Analysis of Channel Selection and Heterogeneous Spectrum Handoff in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks

Abstract:

This paper addresses the priority of channel selection and switch over heterogeneous spectrum in cognitive radio ad hoc networks, which is not addressed carefully in the literature, with the aid of a novel 3-D structured Markov-chain model analysis. Our analysis indicates that the performance of the capacity, the probability of collision or switch of the Secondary Users (SUs) will be improved if the new SUs select available channels to initialize a session with a proper priority of Secondary Channels (SCs). Moreover, our work indicates that the same performance improvement would be gained if the active SUs interrupted by the PUs switch their working spectrum to available secondary channels with a proper priority. Extensive numerical analysis results verify the effectiveness of the proposed models and analysis methods.

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volumes 6-7)
• Pages: 1122-1128
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.6-7.1122
• Online since: September 2012
• Authors: Hai Tao Lin, Gan Liu, Wei Min Wu
• Keywords: Ad Hoc Network, Channel Selection, Channel Switch, Cognitive Radio (CR), Markov-Chain Model, Performance Analysis

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