Cross-channel gain estimation with amplify-and-forward relaying in cognitive radio

In this paper, we develop a new proactive estimation method to obtain the cross-channel gain from cognitive transmitter to primary receiver without any backhaul between cognitive and primary users. In conventional proactive methods, the jamming signal is used for probing, which introduces the extra interference to primary receivers. In our method, the relayed primary signal is used for probing, which instead assists the primary transmission. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method with 2% estimation errors can obtain up to about 72% throughput improvement introduced by the cross-channel gain.

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