Application of reinforcement learning for security enhancement in cognitive radio networks

MH Ling, KLA Yau, J Qadir, GS Poh, Q Ni - Applied Soft Computing, 2015 - Elsevier
Cognitive radio network (CRN) enables unlicensed users (or secondary users, SUs) to
sense for and opportunistically operate in underutilized licensed channels, which are owned …

Game theory-based anti-jamming strategies for frequency hopping wireless communications

Y Gao, Y Xiao, M Wu, M Xiao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In frequency hopping (FH) wireless communications, finding an effective transmission
strategy to properly mitigate jamming has been recently considered as a critical issue, due to …

Machine-learning-assisted cyclostationary spectral analysis for joint signal classification and jammer detection at the physical layer of cognitive radio

T Nawaz, A Alzahrani - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cognitive radio technology was introduced as a possible solution for spectrum scarcity by
exploiting dynamic spectrum access. In the last two decades, most researchers focused on …

Strategic power allocation with incomplete information in the presence of a jammer

R El-Bardan, S Brahma… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, distributed competitive interactions between a secondary user (SU) transmitter-
receiver pair and a jammer are investigated using a game-theoretic framework under …

Fast convergence cooperative dynamic spectrum access for cognitive radio networks

TM Chiwewe, GP Hancke - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access can reform the way that radiofrequency
spectrum is accessed. Problems of spectrum scarcity, coexistence, and unreliable wireless …

Optimal frequency-hopping anti-jamming strategy based on multi-step prediction Markov decision process

P Wei, S Wang, J Luo, Y Liu, L Hu - Wireless Networks, 2021 - Springer
With the increasingly fierce competition for electromagnetic spectrum resources and the
rapid development in artificial intelligence, frequency-hopping (FH) communication systems …

Honest auction based spectrum assignment and exploiting spectrum sensing data falsification attack using stochastic game theory in wireless cognitive radio network

P Subbulakshmi, M Prakash… - Wireless Personal …, 2018 - Springer
Cognitive radio networks being a widespread disruptive technology where idle spectrum are
being analysed and made available to the unlicensed secondary users (SU) from licensed …

A zero-sum jamming game with incomplete position information in wireless scenarios

M Scalabrin, V Vadori, AV Guglielmi… - … of European Wireless …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider a jamming problem, modeled as a zero-sum game with incomplete information
played by a wireless network and a malicious jammer that wants to disrupt communication …

Jammer detection algorithm for wide-band radios using spectral correlation and neural networks

T Nawaz, D Campo, MO Mughal… - 2017 13th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cognitive radio (CR) is a promising technology for future wireless spectrum allocation to
improve the use of licensed bands. However, security challenges faced by cognitive radio …

Cognitive radio as the facilitator for advanced communications electronic warfare solutions

K Dabcevic, MO Mughal, L Marcenaro… - Journal of Signal …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Throughout the 1990s, Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology was viewed
almost exclusively as a solution for interoperability problems between various military …