As the radio spectrum usage paradigm shifting from the traditional command and control allocation scheme to the open spectrum allocation scheme, wireless mesh networks meet new opp...
Tao Chen, Honggang Zhang, Gian Mario Maggio, Imric...
— Spectrum handoff occurs when the primary users appear in the licensed band occupied by the secondary users. Spectrum handoff procedures aim to help the secondary users to vacat...
One of the key problems in cognitive radio (CR) is the detection of primary activity in order to determine which parts of the spectrum are available for opportunistic access. This...
This paper proposes the utilization of GSM logical channels (RACH, AGCH and TCH) and UMTS signaling (MIB and SIBs) of the Broadcast Channel to transmit a Cognitive Beacon Channel (...
Rodrigo Soule de Castro, Philippe Godlewski, Phili...
— We consider opportunistic spectrum access (OSA) which allows secondary users to identify and exploit instantaneous spectrum opportunities resulting from the bursty traffic of ...