Accepted Manuscript Regular paper Towards Software Defined Antenna for Cognitive Radio Networks through Appropriate Selection of RF-switch using Reconfigurable Antenna Array Ahmed Mansour, Ahmed F. Tayel, Aya Khames, Mohamed Azab, Sherif I. Rabia, Nader Shehata PII: S1434-8411(18)31141-5 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2019.01.033 Reference: AEUE 52665 To appear in: International Journal of Electronics and Communi- cations Received Date: 3 May 2018 Accepted Date: 29 January 2019 Please cite this article as: A. Mansour, A.F. Tayel, A. Khames, M. Azab, S.I. Rabia, N. Shehata, Towards Software Defined Antenna for Cognitive Radio Networks through Appropriate Selection of RF-switch using Reconfigurable Antenna Array, International Journal of Electronics and Communications (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.aeue.2019.01.033 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.