Effective spectrum resource sharing with dynamic handoff process in cognitive radio networks

Abstract

With rapid development in wireless applications, there arises a demand for available spectrum. Cognitive radio technology is a promising solution to enhance the spectrum utilization by enabling unlicensed users to exploit the spectrum in an opportunistic manner. Since unlicensed users are temporary visitors to the licensed spectrum, they are required to vacate the spectrum when a licensed user reclaims it. Due to the randomness of the appearance of licensed users, disruptions to both licensed and unlicensed communications are often difficult to prevent, which may lead to low throughput of both licensed and unlicensed communications. This paper avoids the congestion and reduces the waiting time of the secondary user by implementing Channel Allocation Algorithm for Primary and Secondary Users separately in Cognitive Radio Networks.