Department of Electronics and Communication EngineeringThe LNM IIT, Jaipur

ECEXXXX: Cognitive Radio

Programme: B.Tech. (ECE)
Year:4th
Course :Core/Program/Open/HSS/Science/Math : Program

Semester :II
Credits :4

Hours : 41

Course Context and Overview (100 words):

Cognitive radio is an emerging technology driving the future of wireless communication. It has opened up
new opportunities for spectrum utilization, dynamic spectrum allocation and software defined networking.
The course will impart several important topics such as spectrum sensing, spectrum sharing, opportunistic
spectrum access, cooperation in cognitive radio, cognitive radio platforms and associated SDR technology.
Prerequisites Courses:
Digital Communication, Digital Signal Processing
Course outcomes (COs):
On completion of this course, the students will have the ability to:
CO1:To model and simulate the CR channels
CO2: To analyze, design and implement various spectrum sensing methods
CO3: To analyze and determine the channel capacity of a given CR network architecture
CO4: To analyze and evaluate the MAC protocols used in a CR system
CO5: To be aware of CR standards and CR applications

Course Topics:
Lecture Hours

Topics
UNIT I
1. INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE RADIO
1.1 Current data network practices, Evolutionary wireless networks, Projected
growth of data traffic

1.2 Spectrum availability, Definition and Scope of CR

1.3 Cognitive cycle, CR architecture
1.4 Examples of CR testbeds, CR applications, Future research scopes in CR
networks
UNIT II
2. COGNITIVE RADIO CHNNEL MODEL and CAPACITY ANALYSIS
2.1 Review of wireless channel models: Path-loss, fading and shadowing
2.2 Generalized fading models for fading and shadowed fading

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2.3 Time dispersive and Frequency selective channels

2.4 Interference modelling in CR: The concept of interference temperature
2.5 Coexistence in heterogeneous networks, distribution of accumulated
interference
2.6 Basic definition of entropy, mutual information, Shannons capacity
formula
2.7 Capacity analysis for fading channel, MIMO channels, Capacity for
OFDM with water-filling algorithm
2.8 Capacity analysis for spectrum sharing systems: Underlay, Overlay and
Interweave system
UNIT - III

3. SPECTRUM SENSING for CR

3.1 Spectrum sensing techniques: Energy detection, Cyclo-stationary
detection, Wavelet detection, Matched filtering, Concept of SNR wall
3.2 Performance analysis of spectrum sensing systems: ROC,
Spectrum sensing in fading channel
3.3 Concept of cooperative spectrum sensing, hard combining, soft
combining
3.4 Wideband spectrum sensing and Spectrum sensing in OFDM systems
UNIT - IV

4. RELAY BASED COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONS

4.1 Concept and advantages of cooperative communication, Concept of
diversity
4.2 Cooperation protocols: fixed (A/F, D/F), adaptive (selective/incremental),
coded cooperation
4.3 Calculation of outage probability with A/F and D/F protocols
4.4 Radio resource allocation in cooperative systems with A/F and D/F
schemes

4.5 Relay based cooperative spectrum sensing

UNIT V

5. DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS IN CR

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5.1 DSA models and architecture

5.2 Spectrum access methodology, Spectrum sharing protocols

5.3 CR MAC with rate and power adaptation

5.4 Spectrum occupancy measurement, modeling and prediction,

measurement of noise floor

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Textbook/ references :
TEXT BOOKS:
1. A.M. Wyglinski, M. Nekovee, and T. Hou, Cognitive Radio Communications and Networks:
Principles and Practices. Academic Press, 2009.
2. A. Khattab, D. Perkins, and M. Bayoumi, Cognitive Radio Networks: From Theory to Practice.
Springer-Verlag, 2013.
3. E. Hossain, and V.K. Bhargava, Cognitive Wireless Communication Networks, Springer, 2007.
4. K.J.R. Liu, A.K. Sadek, W. Su, and A. Kwasinski, Cooperative Communications and Networking.
Cambridge University Press, 2008.
5. E. Hossain, D. Niyato, and Z. Han, Dynamic Spectrum Access and Management in Cognitive Radio
Networks. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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REFERENCES:
1. E. Biglieri, A. Goldsmith, L. Greenstein, N. Mandayam, and H.V. Poor, Principles of Cognitive
Radio. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
2. K.C Chen, and R. Prasad, Cognitive Radio Networks. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
Additional Resources:
IEEE Research Papers, Review Papers and Project Reports and PhD Dissertations

Evaluation Methods:
Item
Quiz (2)
Seminar
Midterm (1)
End Term (1)

Weightage
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