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Medium Access Control Protocols in Cognitive Radio Networks

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Cognitive Radio and Networking for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

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The endeavor of categorizing the existing Cognitive-MAC (C-MAC) protocols requires definition of general classification frameworks or layouts that merge most of the aspects of the protocols in a single unified presentation. This chapter introduces the C-MAC cycle as a general classification and systematization layout for C-MAC protocols. The C-MAC cycle originates form the idea that the MAC layer in spectrally heterogeneous environments should provide support for three generic technical features: radio environmental data acquisition; spectrum sharing; and control channel management. The inclusion of these generic technical features is necessary in Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs) for improving the network performance and achieving spectrum efficiency gain while providing maximal level of protection for the primary system. This chapter presents extensive survey on the state-of-art advances in C-MAC protocol engineering by reviewing existing technical solutions and proposals, identifying their basic characteristics and placing them into the C-MAC cycle, with emphasis on the modularity of the C-MAC cycle. It provides overview of large number of technical details concerning the three generic functionalities (i.e. the radio environmental data acquisition, the spectrum sharing and the control channel management) as the main building blocks of the C-MAC cycle. Three uses cases (each in different generic functional group), illustrate the capabilities of the proposed C-MAC cycle layout. In more detail, the first use case theoretically presents and practically evaluates cooperative spectrum sensing based on Estimated Noise Power. The results illustrate the effect of estimating the noise variance on the detection capabilities of the Majority Voting and Equal Gain Combining cooperative spectrum sensing strategies. The second use case presents advanced and computationally efficient horizontal spectrum sharing strategy for secondary systems based on Node Clustering and Beamforming. Finally, the last use case presents and assesses a multiuser quorum-based multiple rendezvous strategy for control channel establishment in distributed Cognitive Radio Networks.

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    Liljana Gavrilovska, Daniel Denkovski, Valentin Rakovic & Marko Angjelicinoski

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Gavrilovska, L., Denkovski, D., Rakovic, V., Angjelicinoski, M. (2015). Medium Access Control Protocols in Cognitive Radio Networks. In: Di Benedetto, MG., Cattoni, A., Fiorina, J., Bader, F., De Nardis, L. (eds) Cognitive Radio and Networking for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01718-1_4

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