<p> The effectiveness of a cognitive radio (CR) system depends mainly on involved spectrum sensing techniques. The main aim of CR is for effective utilization of the spectrum opportunistically by sharing it with secondary users (SUs), when the primary user (PU) is absent. In this project, cooperative spectrum sensing using weights based on the distance measures from the PU and Multitaper Method (MTM) method is briefly explained. The results show that MTM method provides more accurate threshold value compared to other methods for low signal to noise ratios (SNRs), hence improving the spectrum sensing technique. The results also show that MTM method requires a lesser number of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) sub-blocks compared to Periodogram (PE) for the same performance.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10252432 |
| Date | 15 February 2017 |
| Creators | Balakrishnan, Gautam |
| Publisher | California State University, Long Beach |
| Source Sets | ProQuest.com |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
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