Cognitive radio enhancements for legacy networks using cooperative diversity

Authors:
Zhanwei Sun;Ioannis Krikidis;J. Nicholas Laneman;John S. Thompson
Affiliations:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, IN;Institute for Digital Communications, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK;Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, IN;Institute for Digital Communications, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Venue:
GLOBECOM'09 Proceedings of the 28th IEEE conference on Global telecommunications
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Two driving goals for cognitive radio (CR) techniques are maximizing spectrum utilization and avoiding interference to primary users. In this paper, we deal with the CR concept for legacy primary links optimized for noninterference (singe user) environments. In this type of network, primary destinations are not able to deal with possible interference and a missed cognitive detection significantly reduces the system performance. The enhancement of the primary network with cooperative diversity in addition to the well-known diversity gain for the primary link improves the sensing ability of the system and protects the primary user from possible interference. Both Amplify-Forward and Decode-Forward (DF) cooperative schemes are studied for the problem under consideration and a new DF policy which introduces a cognitive relay behavior is investigated. The proposed technique provides CR benefits without complicated network modifications and seems to be an attractive solution for future legacy networks with flexibility limitations.