Intelligent selection of threshold in cognitive radio system

Gaurav Verma () and O. P. Sahu ()
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Gaurav Verma: National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra (NITKKR)
O. P. Sahu: National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra (NITKKR)

Telecommunication Systems: Modelling, Analysis, Design and Management, 2016, vol. 63, issue 4, No 5, 547-556

Abstract: Abstract To evaluate the performance of cognitive radio (CR) under the energy detection scheme, the proper selection of threshold is an important and a critical task. The threshold is generally selected, either under a target probability of detection $$(\overline{P_d})$$ ( P d ¯ ) called as the constant detection rate (CDR) principle, or under the target probability of false alarm $$(\overline{P_{fa}})$$ ( P f a ¯ ) , called as the constant false alarm rate (CFAR) principle. To ensure sufficient protection to the licensed users (or primary users), the selection of threshold under the CDR principle is best suited. This paper discusses and analyzes the inefficiency of CR under the blind use of CDR principle, mainly, when primary receiver is located at a sufficient distance d from the secondary transmitter where signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) is larger than a cut-off value $$SINR_{th}$$ S I N R t h (which is a minimum SINR required to properly decode the intended information of primary user). To overcome this inefficiency, we propose an approach which while considering distance d between the secondary transmitter and primary receiver as an important parameter, makes an interference-aware selection of threshold based on the CDR and CFAR principles. Under the proposed approach, the CR system achieves a significant gain in its throughput even under the low signal to noise ratio conditions.

Keywords: Cognitive radio; Detection threshold; Energy detection; Spectrum sensing; Signal to noise ratio (SNR) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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