Dempster-Shafer (D-S) algorithm with credit scale in spectrum sensing

In cognitive radio, the detection probability of primary user affects the signal receiving performance for both primary and secondary users significantly. In this paper, a new Dempster-Shafer (D-S) algorithm with credit scale for decision fusion in spectrum sensing is proposed for the purpose to improve the performance of detection in cognitive radio. The validity of this method is established by simulation in the environment of multiple cognitive users who know their signal to noise ratios (SNR) and a central node. The channels between the cognitive users and the central node are considered to be additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN). Compared with traditional data fusion rules, the proposed D-S algorithm with credit scale provides a better detection performance.