NC4251 Cognitive Radio Networks Syllabus:

NC4251 Cognitive Radio Networks Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 Understand the fundamental concepts of cognitive radio networks.
 Develop the cognitive radio, as well as techniques for spectrum holes detection that cognitive radio takes advantages in order to exploit it.
 Understand the functions of MAC layer and Network layer and its various protocols
 Understand fundamental issues regarding dynamic spectrum access, the radio-resource management and trading
 Interpret the basics of security management and the various attacks & its countermeasures

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE RADIO

Cognitive Radio : Techniques and signal processing History and background, Communication policy and Spectrum Management, Cognitive radio cycle, Cognitive radio architecture, SDR architecture for cognitive radio, Spectrum sensing Single node sensing: energy detection, cyclo stationary and wavelet based sensing- problem formulation and performance analysis based on probability of detection Vs SNR. Cooperative sensing: different fusion rules, wideband spectrum

UNIT II SPECTRUM SENSING AND TRADING

Introduction –Spectrum Sensing – Multiband Spectrum Sensing – Sensing Techniques – Other algorithms – Comparison – Performance Measure & Design Trade-Offs : Receiver operating characteristics – Throughput Performance measure –Fundamental limits and trade-off. Introduction to spectrum trading, classification to spectrum trading, radio resource pricing, brief discussion on economics theories in DSA (utility, auction theory), classification of auctions (single auctions, double auctions, concurrent, sequential)

UNIT III MAC PROTOCOLS AND NETWORK LAYER DESIGN

Functionality of MAC protocol in spectrum access –classification –Interframe spacing and MAC challenges – QOS – Spectrum sharing in CRAHN –CRAHN models – CSMA/CA based MAC protocols for CRAHN – Routing in CRN– Centralized and Distributed protocols – Geographical Protocol

UNIT IV DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT

Spectrum broker, Dynamic spectrum access architecture- centralized dynamic spectrum access, distributed dynamic spectrum access, Inter- and intra-RAN dynamic spectrum allocation, Spectrum management, Spectrum sharing, Spectrum mobility issues

UNIT V TRUSTED COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKS AND RESEARCH CHALLENGES

Trust for CRN :Fundamentals – Models – Effects of Trust Management –Security properties in CRN – Route Disruption attacks –Jamming attacks –PU Emulation attacks. Network layer and transport layer issues, cross layer design for cognitive radio networks.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon the completion of the course, students will be able to
CO1: Understand the fundamental concepts of cognitive radio networks.
CO2: Interpret the basics of various spectrum sensing techniques and algorithms
CO3: Understand the functions of MAC layer and Network layer and its various protocols
CO4: Recognize the concepts of cooperative spectrum sensing and handoff process
CO5: Understand fundamental issues regarding dynamic spectrum access, the radio-resource management and trading, as well as a number of optimization techniques for better spectrum exploitation.

TOTAL:45 PERIODS

REFERENCES

1. Cognitive Radio, Software Defined Radio and Adaptive Wireless Systems”, Hüseyin Arslan, Springer, ISBN 978-1-4020-5541-6 (HB), 2007.
2. Linda Doyle, “Essentials of Cognitive Radio”, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
3. Kwang-Cheng Chen, Ramjee Prasad, “Cognitive radio networks”, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2009.
4. Cognitive Radio Technology”, by Bruce A. Fette, Elsevier, ISBN 10: 0-7506-7952-2, 2006.
5. Alexander M. Wyglinski, Maziar Nekovee, and Y. Thomas Hou, “Cognitive Radio Communications and Networks – Principles and Practice”, Elsevier Inc., 2010.