• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.115-121
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• 2009

In cognitive radio (CR) systems, cognitive users can use the frequency bands when the primary users are not present. Hence, reliable detection of available spectrum is foundation of cognitive radio technology. To ensure unimpaired operation of primary users, cooperative spectrum sensing is needed. To reduce the network overhead of cooperative spectrum sensing, a novel cooperative spectrum sensing algorithm based on credibility is proposed. In particular, the close-form expressions for probability of detection and false-alarm are derived for the novel algorithm, and expression for the average overhead used for cooperation is given. The thresholds design method for the algorithm is also discussed. The conclusion is proved by computer simulations.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.173-180
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• 2014

Random access protocols feature inherent sensing functionality and distributed coordination, making them suitable for cognitive radio communication environments, where secondary users must detect the white space of the primary spectrum and utilize the idle primary spectrum efficiently without centralized control. These characteristics have led to the adoption of carrier-sensing-multiple-access/collision-avoidance (CSMA/CA) in cognitive radio. This paper proposes a new analytical framework for evaluating the performance of a CSMA/CA protocol that considers the characteristics of idle periods based on the primary traffic behavior in cognitive radio systems. In particular, the CSMA/CA-based secondary network was analyzed in the terms of idle period utilization, which is the average effective data transmission time portion in an idle period. The use of the idle period was maximized by taking its statistical features into consideration.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제31권7C호
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• pp.672-679
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• 2006

Cognitive radio, which is designed to dynamically adapt its transmission to the environments, is believed to be one of the fundamental techniques for future spectrum utilization. As the first step of cognitive radio, spectrum sensing is treated as the most important technique, through which cognition is well explained. In this paper, we propose a spectral correlation based detection method for spectrum sensing. An unlicensed secondary user system operating in TV broadcast bands is taken as an example. Based on the cyclostationarity of communication signals, spectral correlation function is used to minimize the effect of random noise and interference. Energy measurement and peak detection based criteria are proposed. Simulation results show that the proposed detection method outperforms the energy detection and is more suitable for spectrum sensing in cognitive radios.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2015

Spectrum sensing plays an essential role in a cognitive radio network, which enables opportunistic access to an underutilized licensed spectrum. In conventional cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS), all cognitive users (CUs) in the network spend the same amount of time on spectrum sensing and waste time in remaining silent when other CUs report their sensing results to the fusion center. This problem is solved by the superposition cooperative spectrum sensing (SPCSS) scheme, where the sensing time of a CU is extended to the reporting time of the other CUs. Subsequently, SPCSS assigns the CUs different sensing times and thus affects both the sensing performance and the throughput of the system. In this paper, we propose an algorithm to determine the optimal sensing time of each CU for SPCSS that maximizes the achieved system throughput. The simulation results prove that the proposed scheme can significantly improve the throughput of the cognitive radio network compared with the conventional CSS.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권11A호
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• pp.822-830
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• 2009

The spectrum efficiency of mobile communication networks can be improved dramatically adopting multiple antennas technologies. In order to guarantee the licensed rights of primary user (PU), the cognitive radio system should perform in a relatively low interference manner when it gets access to the spectrum of licensed networks. In this paper, we explore a uniformly distributed circular antenna array to implement beamforming algorithm that is accomplished by optimization method at the base station of cognitive radio networks, and therefore we can suppress the interference to PU by steering quite low transmission power toward PU and constructing a narrow beam toward cognitive user (CU). By reducing the constraint number of the optimization problem, we also propose a null steering algorithm that steers rather low radiation power toward PU, while the other areas in the same cell are covered by radiation power except the local area around PU. It is pursued to reduce the computation load and enlarge the capacity of cognitive radio networks extremely. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithms process superior performance.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.23-36
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• 2018

In wireless communication, efficient spectrum usage is an issue that has been an attractive research area for many technologies. Recently new technologies innovations allow compact radios to transmit with power efficient communication over very long distances. For example, Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) are an attractive emerging platform to connect the Internet-of-Things (IoT). Especially, LoRa is one of LPWAN technologies and considered as an infrastructure solution for IoT. End-devices use LoRa protocol across a single wireless hop to communicate to gateway(s) connected to the internet which acts as a bridge and relays message between these LoRa end-devices to a central network server. The use of the (ISM) spectrum sharing for such long-range networking motivates us to implement spectrum sensing testbed for cognitive radio network based on LoRa and GNU radio. In cognitive radio (CR), secondary users (SUs) are able to sense and use this information to opportunistically access the licensed spectrum band in absence of the primary users (PUs). In general, PUs have not been very receptive of the idea of opportunistic spectrum sharing. That is, CR will harmfully interfere with operations of PUs. Subsequently, there is a need for experimenting with different techniques in a real system. In this paper, we implemented spectrum sensing for cognitive radio networks based on LoRa and GNU Radio, and further analyzed corresponding performances of the implemented systems. The implementation is done using Microchip LoRa evolution kits, USRPs, and GNU radio.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.429-436
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 무선인지통신망에서 스펙트럼 센싱을 위한 협업 센싱을 하는 경우에 센싱 시간 및 협업 센싱 단말 수의 최적값들을 결정하는 방식에 대해서 다룬다. 협업 스펙트럼 센싱에서는 전송 중인 CU (Cognitive User) 외에 휴지중인 다른 CU들이 활성화되어 센싱에 참여함으로써 센싱 시간을 줄일 수 있다. 이로 인한 전송 CU의 전송률 이득과 CU들의 센싱으로 인한 에너지 소모간의 관계를 모두 고려하는 혼합 정수 계획법 문제를 풀어서 최적값들을 구할 수 있다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권8호
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• pp.1754-1769
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• 2013

For the purpose of enhancing the spectrum efficiency, cognitive radio (CR) technology has been recently proposed as a promising dynamic spectrum allocation paradigm. In CR, spectrum sensing is the key capability of secondary users in a cognitive radio network that aims for reducing the probability of harmful interference with primary users. However, the individual CRs might not be able to carry out reliable detection of the presence of a primary radio due to the impact of channel fading or shadowing. This paper studies the cooperative spectrum sensing scheme as means of optimizing the sensing performance in AWGN and Rayleigh channels. Results generated from simulation provide evidence of the impact of channel condition on the complementary receiver operating characteristic (ROC). Based on the results, it was found that with constant local SNRs at the secondary users, the probability of missed detection ($P_m$) of cooperative spectrum sensing in a cognitive radio network, calculated using a closed form expression, can be significantly minimized. Thus, the paper illustrates that improvement of the detection performance of the CR network can be achieved by establishing a centralized cooperation among neighboring cognitive radio users. Finally, verification of the validity of the fusion schemes utilized for combining the individual CR decisions is provided.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.58-71
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• 2019

본 논문은 군 전술 무선 통신망에서의 가용 주파수 채널 확보를 위한 인지 라디오 엔진 플랫폼 구조 및 인지 라디오 무선기기를 위한 가용 주파수 채널 추론기법을 제안하였다. 현재의 군 전술 통신망은 동종 및 이종 군 무선기기 주파수의 효과적 운용을 위한 가용 주파수 확보 및 군 무선기기 간의 상호공존 방안에 대한 필요성이 빠르게 증가하고 있는 실정이다. 본 논문은 최적의 가용 주파수 채널확보 방안으로 동적 스펙트럼 접속(DSA, Dynamic Spectrum Access) 실현을 위한 인지 라디오 엔진 기술 기반의 가용채널 추론기법에 대해 소개하였다. 이를 위해 주사용자(PU, Primary User)의 채널 이용현황 모델링 및 채널 점유확률 계산을 통하여 인지 라디오 무선기기를 위한 사례 기반의 가용채널 추론기법을 제안하였으며, 성능분석 모의실험을 통하여 주사용자의 점유채널 정보 대비 인지 라디오 무전기의 가용채널 획득 정보 간의 충돌확률 변화율을 분석하였다.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.77-88
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• 2011

가용 주파수 고갈 문제를 해결하기 위하여 제안된 무선인지기술은 특정 주파수 대역에 대해 사용면허를 가진 주사용자가 사용하지 않는 유휴채널에 접근하여 통신을 수행함으로써 주파수 효율을 향상시키는 차세대 통신기술이다. 주사용자의 유휴채널을 사용하기 위해서는 해당 채널을 현재 주사용자가 점유하고 있는지를 정확히 판단하여야 한다. 분산형 무선인지 네트워크에서 독립적으로 채널을 센싱하는 무선인지 기기의 경우 센싱의 결과가 노이즈, 쉐도윙, 페이딩과 같은 채널 환경에 영향을 많이 받으며 심지어 주사용자가 요구하는 간섭률을 보장하지 못하는 결과를 초래한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 주사용자가 요구하는 최소 간섭량을 보장하는 동시에 기회주의적으로 채널에 접근하여 인지시스템의 처리율(처리율)을 향상시키는 Q-learning 기반의 채널접근기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 기법은 사전 학습 단계에서 주사용자의 채널사용 패턴을 Q-learning으로 학습하고 이를 Q-learning 기반 채널접근 단계에서 실제로 적용함으로써 스펙트럼 센싱 성능을 향상시킨다. 모의실험을 통해 AWGN 및 레일레이 페이딩 무선 환경에서 주사용자에 대한 간섭량 및 처리율 성능이 기존의 에너지 검출 방법에 비해 더 우수함을 확인하였다.