Cooperative Power and DoT Estimation for a Directive Source

in Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers 2015 (2015)

Reliable estimation of the source power as well as the direction of transmission (DoT) is required in a large number of applications, e.g. radio environment mapping for cognitive radios, security, system ... [more ▼]

Reliable estimation of the source power as well as the direction of transmission (DoT) is required in a large number of applications, e.g. radio environment mapping for cognitive radios, security, system performance and interference monitoring. In this paper, we develop a multi-sensor cooperative estimation algorithm for joint power and DoT estimation of a source with a known location and equipped with a directive antenna pattern. The source signal is assumed to be known, e.g. a training sequence, and the channel is modeled by the free-space path loss. Simulation results show that the developed algorithm can deliver a reliable estimation accuracy. [less ▲]

Resource allocation for cognitive satellite uplink and fixed-service terrestrial coexistence in ka-band

in Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST (2015), 156

This paper addresses the cognitive Geostationary Orbit (GSO) satellite uplink where satellite terminals reuse frequency bands of Fixed-Service (FS) terrestrial microwave links which are the incumbent ... [more ▼]

This paper addresses the cognitive Geostationary Orbit (GSO) satellite uplink where satellite terminals reuse frequency bands of Fixed-Service (FS) terrestrial microwave links which are the incumbent users in the Ka 27.5-29.5 GHz band. In the scenario considered herein, the transmitted power of the cognitive satellite user has to ensure that the interference impact on potentially present FS links does not exceed the regulatory interference limitations. In order to satisfy the interference constraint and assuming the existence of a complete and reliable FS database, this paper proposes a Joint Power and Carrier Allocation (JPCA) strategy to enable the cognitive uplink access to GSO Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) terminals. The proposed approach identifies the worst FS link per user in terms of interference and divides the amount of tolerable interference among the maximum number of FSS terminal users that can potentially interfere with it. In so doing, the cognitive system is guaranteed to never exceed the prescribed interference threshold. Subsequently, powers and carriers are jointly allocated so as to maximize the throughput of the FSS system. Supporting results based on numerical simulations are provided. It is shown that the proposed cognitive approach represents a promising solution to significantly boost the performance of conventional satellite systems. © Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2015. [less ▲]

Joint Power Control in Wiretap Interference Channels

in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2015)

Interference in wireless networks degrades the signal quality at the terminals. However, it can potentially enhance the secrecy rate. This paper investigates the secrecy rate in a two-user interference ... [more ▼]

Interference in wireless networks degrades the signal quality at the terminals. However, it can potentially enhance the secrecy rate. This paper investigates the secrecy rate in a two-user interference network where one of the users, namely user 1, requires to establish a confidential connection. User 1 wants to prevent an unintended user of the network to decode its transmission. User 1 has to transmit such that its secrecy rate is maximized while the quality of service at the destination of the other user, user 2, is satisfied, and both user's power limits are taken into account. We consider two scenarios: 1) user 2 changes its power in favor of user 1, an altruistic scenario, 2) user 2 is selfish and only aims to maintain the minimum quality of service at its destination, an egoistic scenario. It is shown that there is a threshold for user 2's transmission power that only below or above which, depending on the channel qualities, user 1 can achieve a positive secrecy rate. Closed-form solutions are obtained in order to perform joint optimal power control. Further, a new metric called secrecy energy efficiency is introduced. We show that in general, the secrecy energy efficiency of user 1 in an interference channel scenario is higher than that of an interference-free channel. [less ▲]

Spectrum Awareness and Exploitation for Cognitive Satellite Communications

in European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), Paris, France, Jun 2015. (2015)

Feasibility of Positive Secrecy Rate in Wiretap Interference Channels

in IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP) (2014, December 03)

Interference usually is an adverse phenomenon in wireless networks. However, the interference can potentially be used to boost the secrecy rate in wireless interference channels. This work studies the ... [more ▼]

Interference usually is an adverse phenomenon in wireless networks. However, the interference can potentially be used to boost the secrecy rate in wireless interference channels. This work studies the secrecy rate in a two-user interference network where unintended user may overhear one of the users, namely user 1. User 1 tunes its transmission power in order to maximize its secrecy rate as well as to maintain the quality of service at the other user’s destination, user 2, while both user’s power limits are considered. It is demonstrated that achieving a positive secrecy rate for user 1 only depends on the channel conditions and user 2’s transmission power. Consequently, depending on the channel conditions, the exact threshold for user 2’s transmission power which leads to a positive secrecy rate for user 1 is derived. [less ▲]

Cognitive Radio for Ka Band Satellite Communications

in 32nd AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference, August 2014 (2014, August)

The satellite communication data traffic is increasing dramatically over the coming years. High throughput multibeam satellite networks in Ka band are potentially able to accommodate the upcoming high ... [more ▼]

The satellite communication data traffic is increasing dramatically over the coming years. High throughput multibeam satellite networks in Ka band are potentially able to accommodate the upcoming high data rate demands. However, there is only 500 MHz of exclusive band for download and the same amount for upload. This spectrum shortage impose a barrier in order to satisfy the increasing demands. Cognitive satellite communication in Ka band is considered in this paper in order to potentially provide an additional 4.4 GHz bandwidth for downlink and uplink fixed-satellite-services. In this way, it is expected that the problem of spectrum scarcity for future generation of satellite networks is alleviated to a great extent. The underlying scenarios and enabling techniques are discussed in detail, and finally we investigate the implementation issues related to the considered techniques. [less ▲]

Technical Challenges for Cognitive Radio Application in Satellite Communications

in 9th International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications (CROWNCOM), 2014 (2014, June)

During the last years, spectrum scarcity has become one of the major issues for the development of new communication systems. Cognitive Radio (CR) approaches have gained an ever increasing attention from ... [more ▼]

During the last years, spectrum scarcity has become one of the major issues for the development of new communication systems. Cognitive Radio (CR) approaches have gained an ever increasing attention from system designers and operators, as they promise a more efficient utilization of the available spectral resources. In this context, while the application of CRs in terrestrial scenarios has been widely considered from both theoretical and practical viewpoints, their exploitation in satellite communications is still a rather unexplored area. In this paper, we address the definition of several satellite communications scenarios, where cognitive radio techniques promise to introduce significant benefits, and we discuss the major enablers and the associated challenges [less ▲]

Distributed Wideband Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks

in 2014 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) (2014, May)

Wideband spectrum sensing improves the agility of spectrum sensing and spectrum hand-off in cognitive radio systems. In this paper, a distributed wideband spectrum sensing technique over adaptive ... [more ▼]

Wideband spectrum sensing improves the agility of spectrum sensing and spectrum hand-off in cognitive radio systems. In this paper, a distributed wideband spectrum sensing technique over adaptive diffusion networks is proposed. Considering unknown and different channels between the primary and the cognitive users, an averaged received power spectrum across all the cognitive users is estimated by each user using diffusion adaptation techniques. This averaged power spectrum estimate is reliable enough for the users to perform spectrum sensing and make a decision regarding the presence or the absence of the primary user. The simulation results show that the detection performance of the system improves with the number of iterations. Further, a satisfactory detection performance at low SNRs is achieved after a few iterations, which is a desired characteristic for cognitive radio systems. Finally, it is shown that the cooperative technique outperforms the non-cooperative one in terms of estimation accuracy and detection performance. [less ▲]

Energy-Efficient Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks

Book published by ipskampdrukkers (2013)

Dynamic spectrum access employing cognitive radios has been proposed, in order to opportunistically use underutilized spectrum portions of a heavily licensed electromagnetic spectrum. Cognitive radios ... [more ▼]

Dynamic spectrum access employing cognitive radios has been proposed, in order to opportunistically use underutilized spectrum portions of a heavily licensed electromagnetic spectrum. Cognitive radios opportunistically share the spectrum, while avoiding any harmful interference to the primary licensed users. One major category of cognitive radios consists of is interweave cognitive radios. In this category, cognitive radios employ spectrum sensing to detect the empty bands of the radio spectrum, also known as spectrum holes. Upon detection of such a spectrum hole, cognitive radios dynamically share this empty band. However, as soon as the primary user appears in the corresponding band, cognitive radios have to vacate the band and look for a new spectrum hole. This way, reliable spectrum sensing becomes a key functionality of a cognitive radio network. The hidden terminal problem and fading effects have been shown to limit the reliability of spectrum sensing. Distributed cooperative detection has therefore been proposed to improve the detection performance of a cognitive radio network. In this thesis, a distributed detection scheme based on hard fusion of local results is considered. Each cognitive radio senses the spectrum and sends the result to the fusion center, and there the final decision is made about the presence or absence of the primary user. Note that, in general, cognitive radios are low-power sensors and thus energy consumption becomes a critical issue. In this thesis, several energy-efficient approaches are proposed, in order to minimize the maximum average energy consumption per sensor, while satisfying the sensing reliability of the cognitive radio network. The sensing reliability is defined by a lower bound on the probability of detection and an upper bound on the probability of false alarm. This way, the primary user is protected from the cognitive radio transmitter’s interference and also the chance of losing spectrum access through erroneous detection of the primary user in an empty band is constrained. First, a censoring scheme is considered where cognitive radios send their results to the fusion center only if they are deemed to be informative. Second, a combined censoring and truncated sequential sensing scheme is depicted which is shown to be more energy-efficient than the former case due to the sensing energy reduction. And third, a combined censoring and sleeping scheme is discussed where on top of censoring, each cognitive radio switches off its sensing module with a specific sleeping rate, in order to save energy both on transmission and sensing. It is shown that all the proposed schemes, particularly combined censoring and sleeping as well as censored truncated sequential sensing delivers significant energy savings. Further, we conclude that when a cognitive radio system is appropriately well-designed in terms of energy efficiency, increasing the number of cooperative cognitive sensors, not only improves the detection performance, but also reduces the average energy consumption of individual cognitive radios. Finally, an optimal fusion strategy for energy-constrained hard-fusion based cognitive radio networks is presented, which optimizes the network throughput subject to a constraint on the average energy consumption of individual radios and a constraint on the amount of interference to the primary user. It is shown that the majority rule is either optimal or close to optimal in terms of the network throughput. [less ▲]

Censored Truncated Sequential Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks

in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas In Communications (2013), 31(3), 364-378

Reliable spectrum sensing is a key functionality of a cognitive radio network. Cooperative spectrum sensing improves the detection reliability of a cognitive radio system but also increases the system ... [more ▼]

Reliable spectrum sensing is a key functionality of a cognitive radio network. Cooperative spectrum sensing improves the detection reliability of a cognitive radio system but also increases the system energy consumption which is a critical factor particularly for low-power wireless technologies. A censored truncated sequential spectrum sensing technique is considered as an energy-saving approach. To design the underlying sensing parameters, the maximum average energy consumption per sensor is minimized subject to a lower bounded global probability of detection and an upper bounded false alarm rate. This way both the interference to the primary user due to miss detection and the network throughput as a result of a low false alarm rate are controlled. To solve this problem, it is assumed that the cognitive radios and fusion center are aware of their location and mutual channel properties. We compare the performance of the proposed scheme with a fixed sample size censoring scheme under different scenarios and show that for low-power cognitive radios, censored truncated sequential sensing outperforms censoring. It is shown that as the sensing energy per sample of the cognitive radios increases, the energy efficiency of the censored truncated sequential approach grows significantly. [less ▲]