The SS-SCR Scheme for Dynamic Spectrum Access

Abstract

We integrate the two models ofCognitive Radio (CR), namely, the conventionalSense-and-Scavenge (SS) Model and Symbiotic Cooperative Relaying (SCR). The resultant scheme, calledSS-SCR, improves the efficiency of spectrum usage and reliability of the transmission links.SS-SCRis enabled by a suitable cross-layer optimization problem in a multihop multichannel CR network. Its performance is compared for different PU activity patterns with those schemes which considerSSandSCRseparately and perform disjoint resource allocation. Simulation results depict the effectiveness of the proposedSS-SCRscheme. We also indicate the usefulness of cloud computing for a practical deployment of the scheme.