一种基于认知无线电的动态频谱接入MAC方案

在传统的无线通信系统中,频谱的分配是固定的。但是由于通信过程的突发性,这些频谱的使用率很低。另一方面,随着无线通信和多媒体的高速发展和广泛应用,无线频谱资源日趋紧张。如何提高频谱利用率已经成为迫切需要解决的问题。一种可行的思路是把这些授权频谱向未授权用户开放,未授权用户采用动态频谱接入技术,在不对授权用户造成干扰的前提下使用频谱。本文以认知无线电技术(Cognitive Radio,CR)为基础,提出了一种基于CR的动态频谱接入MAC方案(CR-Ad Hoc-MAC)。该方案允许未授权用户自适应地选取可用带宽,实现了动态频谱接入,有效地提高了频谱利用率。     

A Fittingness Factor-Based Spectrum Management Framework for Cognitive Radio Networks

In order to increase cognitive radios (CRs) operation efficiency, there has been an increasing interest in strengthening awareness level about spectrum utilisation. In this respect, this paper proposes to exploit the fittingness factor concept to capture the suitability of spectral resources exhibiting time-varying characteristics to support a set of heterogeneous CR applications. First, a new knowledge management functional architecture for optimizing spectrum management has been constructed. It integrates a set of advanced statistics capturing the influence of the dynamic radio environment on the fittingness factor. Then, a knowledge manager (KM) exploiting these statistics to monitor time-varying suitability of spectrum resources has been proposed to support the spectrum selection (SS) decision-making process. In particular, a new Fittingness Factor-based strategy combining two SS and spectrum mobility (SM) functionalities has been proposed, following either a greedy or a proactive approach. Results have shown that, with a proper fittingness factor function, the greedy approach efficiently exploits the KM support at low loads and the SM functionality at high loads to introduce significant gains in terms of the user dissatisfaction probability. The proactive approach has been shown to maintain the introduced performance gain while minimizing the signalling requirements in terms of spectrum handover rate.     

Designing a MAC Algorithm for Equitable Spectrum Allocation in Cognitive Radio Wireless Networks

Spectrum sharing is one of the most important stages in cognitive radio wireless networks, responsible for the opportunistic allocation of free channels to unlicensed users (SUs) to be utilized in data transmission. One of the critical issues at this stage, is related to the absence of a module capable of allocating the available resources fairly to all network users. In this sense, the paper develops a media access control protocol (MAC) for cognitive networks based on infrastructure called CRUD-MAC, which allows to take advantage of channel access in a more equitable and efficient way; for this purpose two algorithms we designed within the MAC standard (using ANFIS and FAHP) for the ranking or classification of SUs by score when assigned channels based on network usage historical metrics, so that nodes with better ranking have priority in the allocation. Validation of the proposals was made by comparing the performance of CRUD-MAC with ANFIS, FAHP, and a channel assignment algorithm, not including ranking. The results show that the system is more efficient from the standpoint of fair allocation of resources.     

认知无线网络中基于微观经济学的动态频谱管理算法

该文提出了认知网络中基于微观经济学的动态频谱管理机制,实现异构无线网络中频谱资源的动态分配,从而最大化频谱资源的利用率并提高运营商的收益.文中引入了频谱资源的经济价值因素以保证运营商间频谱交易的合理性.此外,为了保证系统的性能,文中提出了一种基于地理信息系统的空分模型,并设计了干扰抑制技术以限制动态频谱管理带来的干扰.博弈论是一种能够有效解决自主分布式无线资源优化的算法,该文将其引入,为不同运营商提供双赢的频谱交易策略.仿真结果表明,该频谱管理机制提高了频谱利用率以及运营商的收益,并有效地抑制了系统间的干扰.     

PSHO-HF-PM: An Efficient Proactive Spectrum Handover Mechanism in Cognitive Radio Networks

In the paper, we develop an efficient proactive spectrum handover mechanism by using packet scheduling algorithm, called PSHO-HF-PM, to reduce unusable channel. It effectively integrates several mechanisms (hole filling and packet migration) to reduce the bandwidth fragment and support QoS. Its basic idea is in that a new packet is scheduled by migrating some packets to other channels if none of holes in any channels can accommodate it; otherwise repeating the above processes after random waiting time. Meanwhile under an effective data structure, such as the balanced binary search tree, its computational complexity will be \(O(2n\log n)\) at most. In the proposed packet scheduling algorithm, packet migration plays a key role in the improvement of bandwidth efficiency and QoS. We also evaluate the performance of total service time for proactive spectrum handover mechanism based on a Preemptive Resume Priority M/G/1 queuing network model. The performance analysis and simulation results show that it performs much better than other proactive and reactive handover mechanism in collision rate, total service time, packet loss probability and bandwidth fragment ratio.     

A Cell Based Dynamic Spectrum Management Scheme with Interference Mitigation for Cognitive Networks

Future wireless systems are expected to be characterized by the coexistence of different radio access technologies (RATs) resulting in complex heterogeneous wireless environments. In parallel with this, the tremendous demand for spectrum has inspired the requirement of dynamic spectrum management (DSM). This paper aims at designing a cell based dynamic spectrum management (CBDSM) scheme to enhance the spectrum utilization and maximize the profit of operators in wireless heterogeneous networks. The system architecture and the functional modules supporting the CBDSM scheme are designed. As a fundamental issue in spectrum management, the inter-system interference issue is solved in the proposed CBDSM scheme. Furthermore, game theory, which is a potential tool for studying the distributed autonomous resource optimization algorithms, is applied to design a spectrum trading algorithm enabling the heterogeneous wireless networks to dynamically trade spectrum and to share the profit. In the algorithm, we take into account the economic value of the spectrum of wireless systems in order to guarantee the rationality for the spectrum trading. The simulation results show that the proposed CBDSM scheme effectively improves the spectrum utilization and the profit of operators while it reduces the mutual interference between wireless networks to a tolerable level.

A Multi-factor Trust Management Scheme for Secure Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks

Wireless Personal Communications - Cognitive radio (CR) is an emerging technology for efficient utilization of the limited and scarce radio spectrum resources. Spectrum sensing is a key task in CR...     

认知无线电网络中的频谱管理技术

由于可用频谱的动态特性和应用需求的多样性,认知无线电（Cognitive Radio,CR）面临很多挑战,其中最为迫切的一个问题是有效的频谱管理技术。首先简要介绍认知无线电及其网络体系结构,然后讨论频谱管理的定义和功能,具体包括四个主要方面：频谱感知、频谱决策、频谱共享和频谱迁移。     

A Cluster-Based MAC Protocol for Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks

The cognitive radio (CR) technology is an efficient approach to share the spectrum. But how to access the idle channels effectively is a challenging problem. To solve this problem, we propose a MAC protocol for cluster-based CR ad hoc networks, with the aim of making cluster structure more robust to the primary users’ channel re-occupancy activities, so that the CR users can use the idle spectrum more efficiently. Under this framework, a cluster formation algorithm based on available channels, geographical position and experienced statistics is proposed to maximize the network throughput and maintain the cluster topology stability. The schemes for new CR user joining a cluster and cluster maintenance are also designed. An experience database is proposed to store the experienced statistics which are obtained from spectrum occupancy history. Such a database can be used to support the acts of nodes, such as neighbor discovery and cluster forming. Simulation results reveal that our proposed framework not only outperforms conventional CR MAC protocols in terms of throughput and packet delay, but also generates a smaller number of clusters and has more stable cluster structure with less reclustering time.     

一种认知无线电网络频谱分配策略

频谱分配技术是认知无线电的关键技术之一,为适应认知无线电系统的时变特性,频谱分配算法必须有较快的收敛速度。在干扰温度模型下,提出一种基于Kuhn-Munkras算法的认知无线电频谱分配策略。该策略利用Kuhn-Munkras算法可以实现最佳匹配并且收敛速度快的特性,根据不同的用户在不同信道上所产生的效益的差异性,实现认知用户和信道的最佳匹配。仿真表明,基于Kuhn-Munkras算法的频谱分配在性能上优于传统的配对算法和greedy算法。     

认知无线电与未来动态电磁频谱管理设想

当前静态的电磁频谱管理模式已经无法适应无线通信技术的飞速发展．频谱管理模式亟待变革。认知无线电技术可以感知周围无线频谱环境．并且通过实时改变操作参数以更好地利用有限的频谱资源。这种思想给未来的频谱管理带来了希望．基于认知无线电技术的频谱管理模式已成为频谱管理部门的研究热点。本文基于认知无线电技术对未来的频谱管理模式提出了一些设想．供相关部门和研究人员参考。     

Efficient Spectrum Sensing with Minimum Transmission Delay in Cognitive Radio Networks

In cognitive radio (CR) networks, the secondary users (SUs) need to find idle channels via spectrum sensing for their transmission. In this paper, we study the problem of designing the sensing time to minimize the SU transmission delay under the condition of sufficient protection to primary users (PUs). Energy detection sensing scheme is used to prove that the formulated problem indeed has one optimal sensing time which yields the minimum SU transmission delay. Then, we propose a novel cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS) framework, in which one SU’s reporting time can be used for other SUs’ sensing. The analysis focuses on two fusion strategies: soft information fusion and hard information fusion. Under soft information fusion, it is proved that there exists one optimal sensing time that minimizes the SU transmission delay. Under hard information fusion, for time varying channels, the novel multi-slot CSS is derived. The performance of SU transmission delay is studied in both perfect and imperfect reporting channels. Some simple algorithms are derived to calculate the optimal sensing settings that minimize the SU transmission delay. Computer simulations show that fundamental improvement of delay performance can be obtained by the optimal sensing settings. In addition, the novel multi-slot CSS scheme shows a much lower transmission delay than CSS based on general frame structure.     

OS-MAC: An Efficient MAC Protocol for Spectrum-Agile Wireless Networks

Wireless networks and devices have been rapidly gaining popularity over their wired counterparts. This popularity, in turn, has been generating an explosive and ever-increasing demand for, and hence creating a shortage of, the radio spectrum. Existing studies indicate that this foreseen spectrum shortage is not so much due to the scarcity of the radio spectrum, but due to the inefficiency of current spectrum access methods, thus leaving spectrum opportunities along both the time and the frequency dimensions that wireless devices can exploit. Fortunately, recent technological advances have made it possible to build software-defined radios (SDRs) which, unlike traditional radios, can switch from one frequency band to another at little or no cost. We propose a MAC protocol, called Opportunistic Spectrum MAC (OS-MAC), for wireless networks equipped with cognitive radios like SDRs. OS-MAC (1) adaptively and dynamically seeks and exploits opportunities in both licensed and unlicensed spectra and along both the time and the frequency dimensions; (2) accesses and shares spectrum among different unlicensed and licensed users; and (3) coordinates with other unlicensed users for better spectrum utilization. Using extensive simulation, OS-MAC is shown to be far more effective than current access protocols from both the network's and the user's perspectives. By comparing its performance with an Ideal-MAC protocol, OS-MAC is also shown to not only outperform current access protocols, but also achieve performance very close to that obtainable under the Ideal-MAC protocol.     

结合认知无线电的军事通信频谱管理研究

介绍了认知无线电的基本思想,分析了当前军事通信频谱管理由于其静态管理模式和较低的自适应能力所带来的局限性,探讨了未来军事通信频谱管理的发展方向,提出了一种引入认知无线电概念的频谱管理模式,并分析了这一新的管理模式所带来的好处。该模式的主要特点包括：动态频谱管理、监控装备与通信装备的融合、集中管理与分布式管理相结合等。最后,分析了目前需要解决的技术难题。     

Fair and Efficient Spectrum Splitting for Unlicensed Secondary Users in Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks

In cooperative cognitive radio networks (CCRNs), a licensed primary-user (PU) is allowed to leverage several unlicensed secondary-users (SUs) to relay its traffic. In this paper, a staged dynamic spectrum allocation (DSA) scheme is proposed for CCRNs. In the first stage, the network is uncongested. A simple pricing based DSA scheme is proposed for the PUs to lease their idled frequency bands to the SUs. And, hence, the initial quality of service (QoS) demands (in terms of the minimum rate requirements) of the PUs and the SUs are both satisfied through direct transmission on the allocated frequency bands. In the second stage, the network reaches the full-loaded situation. Therefore, a cooperative relaying based DSA scheme is proposed to stimulate the PUs to split more extra frequency bands to fulfill the increased QoS demands of the SUs, on condition that the QoS of the PUs are well maintained. By applying the cooperative bargaining game theory in the proposed cooperative relaying based DSA, on the one hand, the SUs can get fairness rate-rewards from the PUs according to the level of contribution that they can make to compensate the PUs for the rate-losses. Hence, the increased QoS demands of the SUs can be accommodated in short term. On the other hand, the PUs could retain the SUs successfully to obtain the long-term revenue, on condition that their QoS constraints are still satisfied. Finally, the analysis results of the proposed bargaining game theoretic DSA scheme (in the second stage) are testified through computer simulations.     

A Novel Energy Efficient MAC Protocol for Wireless Body Area Network

Wireless Body Area Network(WBAN) is the most promising technology in e-health applications.Energy efficiency stands out as the paramount issue for WBAN.In this paper,an energy efficient MAC protocol named Quasi-Sleep-Preempt-Supported(QSPS) is proposed.The protocol is mainly TDMA-based:nodes transmit packets in the allocated slots,while entering the Q-Sleep mode in other slots.Moreover,for a node with emergency packet,it can broadcast a special designed Awakening Message to wake up the whole network and preempts the right to use the current slot to transmit that emergency packet,thus decreasing delay.Compared with relevant protocols,QS-PS can achieve high energy efficiency and decrease the delay of both normal packets and emergency packets.     

一种高效太赫兹无线个域网MAC协议

太赫兹无线通信技术越来越多地受到人们关注,MAC协议作为无线通信的关键,如何适应太赫兹超高速率的无线网络是一个急需解决的问题。文章提出了两种新的机制用于改进现有太赫兹MAC协议存在的不足,最大可能地利用了信道资源,除去了冗余的控制开销,从而提高了无线网络通信的吞吐量。最后通过实际验证结果,对太赫兹无线网络MAC协议的进一步研究提供了支持。