Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks

This book provides a solid understanding of the foundations of cognitive radio technology, from spectrum sensing, access, and handoff to routing, trading, and security. Offering a unifying view of the various approaches and methodologies, this comprehensive text addresses all aspects of the spectrum cycle, including the physical, link, medium access, network, and application layers. Written in a tutorial style with several illustrative examples, this volume features step-by-step analyses of the different algorithms and systems, supported by extensive computer simulations, figures, tables, and references.