An Efficient MAC with Spectrum Handoff and Frame Fragmentation Strategies for Cognitive Radio Networks

• Published in: Arabian journal for science and engineering (2011) Vol. 46; no. 9; pp. 8641 - 8654
• Main Author: AlQahtani, Salman A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Access control; Band spectra; Cognitive radio; Engineering; Fragmentation; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Quality of service; Research Article-Computer Engineering and Computer Science; Science; Utilization; Spectrum handoff; System utilization; Simulation; Cognitive radio MAC protocol; Primary users; Secondary users; Fragmentation

The rapid development of advanced wireless technologies has raised a large demand for spectrum bands. Cognitive radio network (CRN) has been proposed to solve the problem of spectrum scarcity. It enables a set of secondary users (SUs) to use the available spectrum allocated to the primary users (PUs...