A reliability aware protocol for cooperative communication in cognitive radio networks

Shah, M.A, Zhang, S-J and Yang, H (2016) 'A reliability aware protocol for cooperative communication in cognitive radio networks.' International Journal of Automation and Computing. ISSN 1476-8186

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.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	cognitive radio; common control channel; co-operative communication; medium access control (MAC) protocols; DTMC
Divisions:	Bath School of Design
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11633-016-0995-1
Date Deposited:	05 Mar 2017 15:27
Last Modified:	05 Jan 2022 16:07
URI / Page ID:	https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/9363

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