Cognitive Wireless Communication Networks [electronic resource] / edited by Ekram Hossain, Vijay Bhargava.

Fundamental Issues in Cognitive Radio -- Information Theoretic Analysis of Cognitive Radio Systems -- Coexistence and Dynamic Sharing in Cognitive Radio Networks -- Cooperative Spectrum Sensing -- A Protocol Suite for Cognitive Radios in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks -- OFDM-Based Cognitive Radios for Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks -- Link Adaptation in OFDM-Based Cognitive Radio Systems -- UWB-Based Cognitive Radio Networks -- Degrees of Cooperation in Dynamic Spectrum Access for Distributed Cognitive Radios -- Cognitive MAC Protocols for Dynamic Spectrum Access -- Game Theoretic Learning and Pricing for Dynamic Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio -- Decentralized Spectrum Management Through User Coordination -- Optimal Spectrum Sensing Decision for Hardware-Constrained Cognitive Networks -- Microeconomic Models for Dynamic Spectrum Management in Cognitive Radio Networks -- Analysis of Cognitive Radio Dynamics.

Cognitive Wireless Communication Networks provides a unified view on the state-of-the-art in what has emerged as a promising technology for maximizing the utilization of the limited radio bandwidth. With interest in this technology increasing among researchers in both academia and industry and spectrum policy makers, this book offers a wide range of information on the subject. Topics covered include the fundamental challenges and issues in designing cognitive radio systems to the information-theoretic analysis of such systems, spectrum sensing and co-existence issues, adaptive physical layer protocols and link adaptation techniques for cognitive radio, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDM) and ultra wide band (UWB)-based cognitive radio, different techniques for spectrum access by distributed cognitive radio, cognitive medium access control (MAC) protocols, decentralized learning-based dynamic spectrum access methods as well as macroeconomic models for spectrum management in cognitive radio.