Opportunistic Spectral Access in Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks

A pragmatic distributed algorithm (PDA) is proposed for supporting the efficient spectral access of multiple Primary Users (PUs) and Cognitive Users (CUs) in cooperative Cognitive Radio (CR) networks. The CUs may serve as relay nodes for relaying the signal received from the PUs to their destinations, while both the PUs' and the CUs' minimum rate requirements are satisfied. The key idea of our PDA is that the PUs negotiate with the CUs concerning the specific amount of relaying and transmission time, whilst reducing the required transmission power or increasing the transmission rate of the PU. Our results show that the cooperative spectral access based on our PDA reaches an equilibrium, when it is repeated for a sufficiently long duration. These benefits are achieved, because the PUs are motivated to cooperate by the incentive of achieving a higher PU rate, whilst non-cooperation can be discouraged with the aid of a limited-duration punishment.

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