Spectrum Sensing is one of the major steps in Cognitive Radio. There are many methods to conduct Spectrum Sensing. Each method has different detection performances. In this article, the authors propose a modification of one of these methods based on MME algorithm and OAS estimator. In MME&OAS method, in each detection window, OAS estimates the covariance matrix of the signal then the MME algorithm detects the signal on the estimated matrix. In the proposed algorithm, authors assumed that there is correlation between two consecutive decisions, so authors suggest the OAS estimator depending on the last detection decision, and then detect the signal using MME algorithm. Simulation results showed enhancement in detection performance (about 2dB when detection probability is 0.9. compared to MME&OAS method).
Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio by Use of Volume-Based Method