One of the main requirements of cognitive radio systems is the ability to detect the presence of the primary user with fast speed and precise accuracy. To achieve that, a possible two-stage spectrum sensing scheme is ...One of the main requirements of cognitive radio systems is the ability to detect the presence of the primary user with fast speed and precise accuracy. To achieve that, a possible two-stage spectrum sensing scheme is suggested in this paper. More specifically, a fast spectrum sensing algorithm based on the energy detection is introduced focusing on the coarse detection. A complementary fine spectrum sensing algorithm adopts one-order cyclostationary properties of primary user＇s signals in time domain. Since the one-order feature detection is performed in time domain, the real-time operation and low-computational complexity can be achieved. Also, it drastically reduces hardware burdens and power consumption as opposed to two-order feature detection. The sensing performance of the proposed method is studied and the analytical performance results are given. The results indicate that better performance can be achieved in proposed two-stage sensing detection compared to the conventional energy detector.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60972039,60972041)the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (2009AA01Z241)+2 种基金the National Postdoctoral Research Program (20090451239)the Natural Science Fund for Higher Education of Jiangsu Province (09KJB510012)the Important National Science and Technology Specific Project of China (2009ZX03003-006)
文摘One of the main requirements of cognitive radio systems is the ability to detect the presence of the primary user with fast speed and precise accuracy. To achieve that, a possible two-stage spectrum sensing scheme is suggested in this paper. More specifically, a fast spectrum sensing algorithm based on the energy detection is introduced focusing on the coarse detection. A complementary fine spectrum sensing algorithm adopts one-order cyclostationary properties of primary user＇s signals in time domain. Since the one-order feature detection is performed in time domain, the real-time operation and low-computational complexity can be achieved. Also, it drastically reduces hardware burdens and power consumption as opposed to two-order feature detection. The sensing performance of the proposed method is studied and the analytical performance results are given. The results indicate that better performance can be achieved in proposed two-stage sensing detection compared to the conventional energy detector.
