Energy Efficiency Under Double Deck Relay Assistance on Cluster Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Hybrid Spectrum Sharing

Abstract

Rapid growth in demand for spectrum resources and technology expansion in wireless communication systems such as satellite communication networks and upcoming 5G networks has led us to investigate the best cognitive radio network scheme towards achievements of energy efficiency in wireless communication networks for cooperative spectrum sensing. In this paper, we introduce a double-deck cluster cooperative relay assistance model in hybrid spectrum sharing for cognitive radio networks. This proposed model enables the attainment of energy efficiency by optimizing cooperative secondary users in their respective cluster groups. According to the design of this model, we apply the power allocation scheme under mathematical analysis based on its power constraints. Normalized energy consumptions and amplifying gains are achieved and assessed for both network scenarios when cognitive relays are used and not used in the network. Simulation results show that there is a good performance on the energy efficiency of our proposed scheme compared to a traditional scheme.

Keywords

• Cognitive radio
• cognitive relay assistance
• cooperative spectrum sensing
• energy efficiency
• hybrid spectrum sharing