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Chapter 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6571-2.ch010
ABSTRACT
Cognitive radio networks are a new technology based on which unlicensed users are allowed access to
licensed spectrum under the condition that the interference perceived by licensed users is minimal. That
means unlicensed users need to learn from environmental changes and to make appropriate decisions
regarding the access to the radio channel. This is a process that can be done by unlicensed users in a
cooperative or non-cooperative way. Whereas the non-cooperative algorithms are risky with regard
to performance, the cooperative algorithms have the capability to provide better performance. This
chapter shows a new fuzzy logic-based decision-making algorithm for channel selection. The underlying
decision criterion considers statistics of licensed user channel occupancy as well as information about
the competition level of unlicensed users. The theoretical studies indicate that the unlicensed users can
obtain an efcient sharing of the available channels. Simulation results are reported to demonstrate the
performance and efectiveness of the suggested algorithm.
INTRODUCTION
Today, one of the most active areas of research in Cognitive Radio (CR) is on Dynamic Spectrum Ac-
cess (DSA), which refers to the method used to detect, to select and to access spectrum holes. Related to
this, an important challenge for the research and industrial communities is to bridge the gap between the
existent research results and the large-scale deployment of Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs) (Akyildiz,
On Fuzzy Logic-Based
Channel Selection in
Cognitive Radio Networks
Yong Yao
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Alexandru Popescu
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Adrian Popescu
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden