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A reliability aware protocol for cooperative communication in cognitive radio networks

  • COMSATS University Islamabad
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

One of the challenging tasks in cognitive radio (CR) networks is to agree on a common control channel to exchange control information. This paper presents a novel medium access control (MAC) protocol for CR network which efficiently and intelligently establishes a common control channel between CR nodes. The proposed protocol is the first CR MAC protocol which is hybrid in nature and lies between global common control channel (GCCC) and non-GCCC family of MAC protocols. The dynamic nature of the protocol makes the CR nodes converge on a newly found control channel quicker whenever the interference from a licensed user is sensed. The analytical results show that the dynamic, hybrid and adaptive nature of proposed protocol yields higher throughputs when compared with other CR MAC protocols.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 84-92

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

International Journal of Automation and Computing (Volume 16, Issue 1)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 29/06/2016

Publication status

Published - 29/06/2016

ISSN

1476-8186

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/623768
  • Scopus: 84976449599

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