EL4005 Cognitive Radio Syllabus:
EL4005 Cognitive Radio Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To understand the evolving paradigm of cognitive radio communication and the enabling technologies for its implementation.
To understand the essential functionalities and requirements in designing software defined radios and their usage for cognitive communication.
To expose evolving next generation wireless networks and their associated challenges.
UNIT I SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO AND ITS ARCHITECTURE
Definitions and potential benefits, software radio architecture evolution, technology tradeoffs and architecture implications. Essential functions of the software radio, basic SDR, hardware architecture, Computational processing resources, software architecture, top level component interfaces, interface topologies among plug and play modules.
UNIT II COGNITIVE RADIOS AND ITS ARCHITECTURE
Marking radio self-aware, cognitive techniques – position awareness, environment awareness in cognitive radios, optimization of radio resources, Artificial Intelligence Techniques, Cognitive Radio – functions, components and design rules, Cognition cycle – orient, plan, decide and act phases, Inference Hierarchy, Architecture maps, Building the Cognitive Radio Architecture on Software defined Radio Architecture.
UNIT III SPECTRUM SENSING AND IDENTIFICATION
Primary Signal Detection: Energy Detector, Cyclostationary Feature Detector, Matched Filter ,Cooperative Sensing , Definition and Implications of Spectrum Opportunity, Spectrum Opportunity Detection , Fundamental Trade-offs: Performance versus Constraint , MAC Layer Performance Measures, Global Interference Model, Local Interference Model, Fundamental Trade-offs: Sensing Accuracy versus Sensing Overhead.
UNIT IV USER COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONS
User Cooperation and Cognitive Systems , Relay Channels: General Three-Node Relay Channel, Wireless Relay Channel , User Cooperation in Wireless Networks: Two-User Cooperative Network, Cooperative Wireless Network , Multihop Relay Channel
UNIT V INFORMATION THEORETICAL LIMITS ON CR NETWORKS
Types of Cognitive Behavior, Interference-Avoiding Behavior: Spectrum Interweave, Interference Controlled Behavior: Spectrum Underlay, Underlay in Small Networks: Achievable Rates, Underlay in Large Networks: Scaling Laws, Interference-Mitigating Behavior: Spectrum Overlay, Opportunistic Interference Cancellation, Asymmetrically Cooperating Cognitive Radio Channels.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course the student will be able to
CO1:Appreciate the motivation and the necessity for cognitive radio communication strategies.
CO2:Demonstrate understanding of the enabling technologies for its implementation
CO3: Demonstrate understanding of the essential functionalities and requirements in designing software defined radios and their usage for cognitive communication.
CO4: Evolve new techniques and demonstrate their feasibility using mathematical validations and simulation tools.
CO5: Demonstrate the impact of the evolved solutions in future wireless network design.
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
REFERENCES
1. Alexander M. Wyglinski, MaziarNekovee, And Y. Thomas Hou, “Cognitive Radio Communications and Networks – Principles And Practice”, Elsevier Inc. , 2010.
2. Kwang-Cheng Chen and Ramjee Prasad, “Cognitive Radio Networks”, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2009.
3. Khattab, Ahmed, Perkins, Dmitri, Bayoumi, Magdy, “Cognitive Radio Networks – From Theory to Practice”, Springer Series, Analog Circuits and Signal Processing, 2009.
4. J. Mitola, “Cognitive Radio: An Integrated Agent Architecture for software defined radio”, Doctor of Technology thesis, Royal Inst. Technology, Sweden 2000.
5. Simon Haykin, “Cognitive Radio: Brain –empowered wireless communications”, IEEE Journal on selected areas in communications, Feb 2005.
6. Ian F. Akyildiz, Won – Yeol Lee, Mehmet C. Vuran, ShantidevMohanty, “Next generation / dynamic spectrum access / cognitive radio wireless networks: A Survey Elsevier Computer Networks”, May 2006.