An Integrated Parallel Multistage Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Faten Mashta ◽  
Mohieddin Wainakh ◽  
Wissam Altabban
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Radio ◽  
Computational Complexity ◽  
Spectrum Sensing ◽  
Energy Detection ◽  
Maximum Eigenvalue ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Smoothing Factor ◽  
Low Snr ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Good Detection

Spectrum sensing for cognitive radio requires speed and good detection performance at very low SNR ratios. There is no single-stage spectrum sensing technique that is perfect enough to be implemented in practical cognitive radio. In this paper, the authors propose a new parallel fully blind multistage detector. They assume the appropriate stage based on the estimated SNR values that are achieved from the SNR estimator. Energy detection is used in first stage for its simplicity and sensing accuracy at high SNR. For low SNRs, they adopt the maximum eigenvalues detector with different smoothing factor in higher stages. The sensing accuracy for the maximum eigenvalue detector technique improves with higher value of the smoothing factor. However, the computational complexity will increase significantly. They analyze the performance of two cases of the proposed detector: two-stage and three-stage schemes. The simulation results show that the proposed detector improves spectrum sensing in terms of accuracy and speed.

Multistage Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Using Energy and Maximum Eigenvalues Detection

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-59
Author(s):  
Faten Mashta ◽  
Mohieddin Wainakh ◽  
Wissam Altabban
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Radio ◽  
Computational Complexity ◽  
Spectrum Sensing ◽  
Energy Detection ◽  
Probability Of Detection ◽  
Smoothing Factor ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Good Detection ◽  
High Computational Complexity

Spectrum sensing in cognitive radio has difficult and complex requirements such as requiring speed and sensing accuracy at very low SNRs. In this paper, the authors propose a novel fully blind sequential multistage spectrum sensing detector to overcome the limitations of single stage detector and make use of the advantages of each detector in each stage. In first stage, energy detection is used because of its simplicity. However, its performance decreases at low SNRs. In second and third stage, the maximum eigenvalues detector is adopted with different smoothing factor in each stage. Maximum eigenvalues detection technique provide good detection performance at low SNRs, but it requires a high computational complexity. In this technique, the probability of detection improves as the smoothing factor raises at the expense of increasing the computational complexity. The simulation results illustrate that the proposed detector has better sensing accuracy than the three individual detectors and a computational complexity lies in between the three individual complexities.

An Overview of the Different Principal Spectrum Sensing Techniques in Cognitive Radio Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-347
Author(s):  
Asmaa Maali ◽  
Hayat Semlali ◽  
Sara Laafar ◽  
Najib Boumaaz ◽  
Abdallah Soulmani
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Radio ◽  
Spectrum Sensing ◽  
Matched Filter ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Energy Detection ◽  
Primary User ◽  
Operational Characteristic ◽  
Main Function ◽  
Maximum Eigenvalue ◽  
Smoothing Factor

Cognitive radio is a technology proposed to increase the effective use of the spectrum. This can be done through the main function of cognitive radio technology, which is the spectrum sensing. In our work, we propose an analysis of the following spectrum sensing techniques: the matched filter detector, the cyclostationary feature detector, the energy detector and the maximum eigenvalue detector. More attention is given to blind sensing techniques that they do not need any knowledge of the primary user signal characteristics, namely the energy detection and maximum eigenvalue detection. These methods are evaluated in terms of Receiver Operational Characteristic curves and detection probability for various values of Signal to Noise Ratio based on Monte Carlo simulations, using MATLAB. As a result of this study, we found that the energy detection offers a good performance only for high SNR. Furthermore, with the maximum eigenvalue detector, the noise uncertainty problem encountered by the energy detection is solved when the value of the smoothing factor L ≥ 8 and. Finally, a summary of the comparative analysis is presented.

Two-Stage Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Using Eigenvalues Detection

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 18-36
Author(s):  
Faten Mashta ◽  
Wissam Altabban ◽  
Mohieddin Wainakh
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Radio ◽  
Spectrum Sensing ◽  
Primary User ◽  
Detection Performance ◽  
Probability Of Detection ◽  
Energy Detector ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Low Snr ◽  
Good Detection

Spectrum sensing in cognitive radio has difficult and complex requirements, requiring speed and good detection performance at low SNR ratios. As suggested in IEEE 802.22, the primary user signal needs to be detected at SNR = -21dB with a probability of detection exceeds 0.9. Conventional spectrum sensing methods such as the energy detector, which is characterized by simplicity with good detection performance at high SNR values, are ineffective at low SNR values, whereas eigenvalues detection methods have good detection performance at low SNR ratios, but they have high complexity. In this paper, the authors investigate the process of spectrum sensing in two stages: in the first stage (coarse sensing), the energy detector is adopted, while in the second stage (fine sensing), eigenvalues detection methods are used. This method improves performance in terms of probability of detection and computational complexity, as the authors compared the performance of two-stage sensing scheme with ones where only energy detection or eigenvalues detection is performed.

scholarly journals A Cognitive Radio Spectrum Sensing Algorithm to Improve Energy Detection at Low SNR

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus Subekti ◽  
Sugihartono Sugihartono ◽  
Nana Rachmana S ◽  
Andriyan B.Suksmono
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Radio ◽  
Spectrum Sensing ◽  
Energy Detection ◽  
Radio Spectrum ◽  
Low Snr

Improved Two-Stage Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1052-1062
Author(s):  
Fidel Wasonga ◽  
Thomas O. Olwal ◽  
Adnan Abu-Mahfouz ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Radio ◽  
Spectrum Sensing ◽  
Feature Detection ◽  
Energy Detection ◽  
Probability Of Detection ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Probability Of Error ◽  
Average Spectrum ◽  
Sensing Time

Cognitive radio employs an opportunistic spectrum access approach to ensure efficient utilization of the available spectrum by secondary users (SUs). To allow SUs to access the spectrum opportunistically, the spectrum sensing process must be fast and accurate to avoid possible interference with the primary users. Previously, two-stage spectrum sensing methods were proposed that consider the sensing time and sensing accuracy parameters independently at the cost of a non-optimal spectrum sensing performance. To resolve this non-optimality issue, we consider both parameters in the design of our spectrum sensing scheme. In our scheme, we first derive optimal thresholds using an optimization equation with an objective function of maximizing the probability of detection, subject to the minimal probability of error. We then minimize the average spectrum sensing time using signal-to-noise ratio estimation. Our simulation results show that the proposed improved two-stage spectrum sensing (ITSS) scheme provides a 4%, 7%, and 6% better probability of detection accuracy rate than two-stage combinations of energy detection (ED) and maximum eigenvalue detection, energy detection and cyclostationary feature detection (CFD), and ED and combination of maximum-minimum eigenvalue (CMME) detection, respectively. The ITSS is superior also to single-stage ED by 19% and shows an improved average spectrum sensing time.

scholarly journals IMPROVEMENT OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN SPECTRUM SENSING COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKS USING AN EFFICIENT TWO STAGE SENSING METHOD

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hikmat Najem Abdullah ◽  
Hadeel Sami Abed
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Cognitive Radio ◽  
Fading Channels ◽  
Spectrum Sensing ◽  
Minimum Energy ◽  
Energy Detection ◽  
Primary User ◽  
Low Snr ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Two Stages

Cognitive radio (CR) is a wireless technology developed to improve the usage in the spectrum frequency. Energy consumption is considered as a big problem in this technology, especially during a spectrum sensing. In this paper, we propose an algorithm to improve the energy consumption during the spectrum sensing. The theoretical analysis to calculate the amount of energy consumption, using the proposed method during sensing stage as well as the transmission stage during transmitting a local decision to the fusion center FC, are derived. The proposed algorithm is using energy detection technique to detect the presence or absence of the primary user (PU). The proposed algorithm consists of two stages: the coarse sensing stage and fine sensing stage. In the coarse sensing stage, all the channels in the band are sensed shortly and the channel that have maximum (or minimum) energy is identified to make a dense fine sensing for confirming the presence of the PU signal (or hole). The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated in two scenarios: non-cooperative, and cooperative in both the AWGN and Rayleigh fading channels. The simulation results show that the proposed method improves the energy consumption by about 40% at a low SNR values, when compared with the traditional methods based on a single sensing stage and more advanced method based on censoring and sequential censoring algorithms.

Adaptive Two-Stage Sensing Based on Energy Detection and Cyclostationary Feature Detection for Cognitive Radio Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 411-414 ◽  
pp. 1521-1528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Yang ◽  
Yan Li Ji ◽  
Han Hui Li ◽  
Du Lei ◽  
Meng Rui
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Radio ◽  
Spectrum Sensing ◽  
Feature Detection ◽  
Energy Detection ◽  
Probability Of Detection ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Probability Of False Alarm ◽  
Detection Model ◽  
Radio Systems ◽  
Cyclostationary Feature Detection

In this paper, we investigate the features of energy detection and cyclostationary feature detection for spectrum sensing. In order to combine their advantages, we propose an adaptive two-stage sensing scheme which performs spectrum sensing using an energy detector first in cognitive radio networks. Then in the second stage, this scheme decides whether or not to implement cyclostationary feature detection based on the sensing results of the first stage. On the premise of meeting a given constraint on the probability of false alarm, the goal of our proposed scheme is to optimize the probability of detection and sensing speed at the same time. In order to obtain the optimal detection thresholds, we can formulate the detection model as a nonlinear optimization problem. Furthermore, the simulation results show that the proposed scheme improves the performance of spectrum sensing compared with the ones where only energy detection or cyclostationary feature detection is performed.

scholarly journals A novel double threshold-based spectrum sensing technique at low SNR under noise uncertainty for Cognitive Radio Systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garima Mahendru
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Radio ◽  
Spectrum Sensing ◽  
Energy Detection ◽  
Communication Link ◽  
Noise Power ◽  
Radio System ◽  
Low Snr ◽  
Detection Probabilities ◽  
Analytical Result ◽  
Novel Concept

Abstract Cognitive Radio is a novel concept that has invoked a paradigm shift in wireless communication and promises to solve the problem of spectrum underutilization. Spectrum sensing plays a pivotal role in a cognitive radio system by detecting the vacant spectrum for establishing a communication link. For any spectrum sensing method, detection probability and error probability portray a significant part in quantifying the detection performance. At low SNR, it becomes cumbersome to differentiate noise and signal due to which sensing method loses robustness and reliability. In this paper, mathematical modeling and critical measurement of detection probabilities has been done for energy detection-based spectrum sensing at low SNR in uncertain noisy environment. A mathematical model has been proposed to compute double thresholds for reliable sensing when the observed energy is less than the uncertainty in the noise power. A novel parameter “Threshold Wall” has been formulated for optimum threshold selection to overcome sensing failure. Comparative simulation and analytical result measurements have been presented that reveals improved sensing performance.

scholarly journals Performance Analysis of Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio under Low SNR and Noise Floor

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 2655-2661
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Radio ◽  
Spectrum Sensing ◽  
Kernel Function ◽  
Feature Space ◽  
Energy Detection ◽  
Spectrum Efficiency ◽  
Dynamic Threshold ◽  
Noise Uncertainty ◽  
Low Snr ◽  
Space Data

Cognitive radio (CR) is a new technology that is proposed to improve spectrum efficiency by allowing unlicensed secondary users to access the licensed frequency bands without interfering with the licensed primary users. As there are several methods available for spectrum sensing, the energy detection (ED) is more popular due to its simple implementation. However, ED is more vulnerable to the noise uncertainty so for that reason, we present a robust detector using signal to noise ratio (SNR) with dynamic threshold energy detection technique is combined with the kernel principal component analysis (KPCA) in Cognitive Radio Networks (CRN). The primary purpose of kernel function is to ensure that its dependency relies on inner-product of data without the feature space data requirement. In this paper, with the aid of kernel function the spectrum sensing with the leading eigenvector approach is modified to a feature space of higher dimensionality.By introducing of efficient detection system with dynamic threshold facility helps the better detection levels even low SNR values with quite a lot of noise uncertainty levels. The simulation results of the proposed system reveal that KPCA outperforms with that of traditional PCA in terms of false alarm rate, detector performance when tested under various uncertainties for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal.

scholarly journals DWT Based Energy Detection Spectrum Sensing Method for Cognitive Radio System

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Muntaser S. Falih ◽  
Hikmat N. Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Radio ◽  
Spectrum Sensing ◽  
Detection Probability ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Energy Detection ◽  
Primary User ◽  
Radio System ◽  
Processed Sample ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Sensing Time

In this paper a new blind energy detection spectrum-sensing method based on Discreet Wavelet Transform (DWT) is proposed. The method utilizes the DWT sub-band to collects the received energy. The proposed method recognizes the Primary User (PU) signal from noise only signal using the differences in the collected energy in first and last sub-bands of one level DWT. The simulation results show that the proposed method achieves improved detection probability especially at low Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) compared to Conventional Energy Detector (CED). The results also show that the proposed method has shorter sensing time and less Energy Consumption (EC) compared to CED due to using small number of processed sample. Therefore, this method is suitable for Cognitive Radio (CR) applications where only limited energy like device battery is available.

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