ProTOMAC: Proactive Transmit Opportunity Detection at the MAC Layer for Cognitive Radios

• Published in: 2010 IEEE International Conference on Communications pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Kundargi, N, Tewfik, A
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Aggregates; Cities and towns; Cognitive radio; Degradation; Interference; Quality of service; Temperature; Testing; Tin; Wireless LAN

Traditional Cognitive Radio Networks aim to utilize the radio spectrum white space. We present a radically different approach which exploits the excess Signal-to-Noise ratios at which the primary network nodes operate. This paper introduces ProTOMAC (Proactive Transmit Opportunity Detection at MAC L...