中国物理B ›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (12): 128401-128401.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/12/128401

• INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS AND RELATED AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY • 上一篇    下一篇

A robust power spectrum split cancellation-based spectrum sensing method for cognitive radio systems

齐佩汉, 李赞, 司江勃, 高锐   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Service Networks, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
  • 收稿日期:2014-04-17 修回日期:2014-06-26 出版日期:2014-12-15 发布日期:2014-12-15
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61301179), the Doctorial Program Foundation of the Ministry of Education, China (Grant No. 20110203110011), and the 111 Project, China (Grant No. B08038).

A robust power spectrum split cancellation-based spectrum sensing method for cognitive radio systems

Qi Pei-Han (齐佩汉), Li Zan (李赞), Si Jiang-Bo (司江勃), Gao Rui (高锐)   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Service Networks, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
  • Received:2014-04-17 Revised:2014-06-26 Online:2014-12-15 Published:2014-12-15
  • Contact: Qi Pei-Han E-mail:qipeihan@126.com
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61301179), the Doctorial Program Foundation of the Ministry of Education, China (Grant No. 20110203110011), and the 111 Project, China (Grant No. B08038).

摘要:

Spectrum sensing is an essential component to realize the cognitive radio, and the requirement for real-time spectrum sensing in the case of lacking prior information, fading channel, and noise uncertainty, indeed poses a major challenge to the classical spectrum sensing algorithms. Based on the stochastic properties of scalar transformation of power spectral density (PSD), a novel spectrum sensing algorithm, referred to as the power spectral density split cancellation method (PSC), is proposed in this paper. The PSC makes use of a scalar value as a test statistic, which is the ratio of each subband power to the full band power. Besides, by exploiting the asymptotic normality and independence of Fourier transform, the distribution of the ratio and the mathematical expressions for the probabilities of false alarm and detection in different channel models are derived. Further, the exact closed-form expression of decision threshold is calculated in accordance with Neyman–Pearson criterion. Analytical and simulation results show that the PSC is invulnerable to noise uncertainty, and can achive excellent detection performance without prior knowledge in additive white Gaussian noise and flat slow fading channels. In addition, the PSC benefits from a low computational cost, which can be completed in microseconds.

关键词: spectrum sensing, power spectral density, noise uncertainty, real time

Abstract:

Spectrum sensing is an essential component to realize the cognitive radio, and the requirement for real-time spectrum sensing in the case of lacking prior information, fading channel, and noise uncertainty, indeed poses a major challenge to the classical spectrum sensing algorithms. Based on the stochastic properties of scalar transformation of power spectral density (PSD), a novel spectrum sensing algorithm, referred to as the power spectral density split cancellation method (PSC), is proposed in this paper. The PSC makes use of a scalar value as a test statistic, which is the ratio of each subband power to the full band power. Besides, by exploiting the asymptotic normality and independence of Fourier transform, the distribution of the ratio and the mathematical expressions for the probabilities of false alarm and detection in different channel models are derived. Further, the exact closed-form expression of decision threshold is calculated in accordance with Neyman–Pearson criterion. Analytical and simulation results show that the PSC is invulnerable to noise uncertainty, and can achive excellent detection performance without prior knowledge in additive white Gaussian noise and flat slow fading channels. In addition, the PSC benefits from a low computational cost, which can be completed in microseconds.

Key words: spectrum sensing, power spectral density, noise uncertainty, real time

中图分类号:  (Telecommunications: signal transmission and processing; communication satellites)

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