Internet of things (IoT) paradigm poses new challenges to the communication technology as
numerous heterogeneous objects will need to be connected. To address these issues new …

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications enables networked devices to exchange
information among each other as well as with business application servers and therefore …

Spectrum sensing is a key function of cognitive radio to prevent the harmful interference with
licensed users and identify the available spectrum for improving the spectrum's utilization …

In order to meet the growing needs for wireless communication in dynamic and diverse
circumstances, Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs) have evolved as a transformational …

Cognitive radio networks have been recognized as a promising paradigm to address the
spectrum under-utilization problem. To improve spectrum efficiency, many operations such …

Electromagnetic interference, equipment noise, multi-path effects and obstructions in harsh
smart grid environments make the quality-of-service (QoS) communication a challenging …

Although more than a decade has passed from the proposal of the Cognitive Radio
paradigm, in these years the research has mainly focused on physical and medium access …

Recently, cognitive radio (CR) has become a key technology for addressing spectrum
scarcity. In CR networks, spectrum access should not interfere the colocate incumbent …

Incorporating cognitive radio in traditional wireless sensor networks creates a new Internet
of Things paradigm, which is termed as cognitive radio sensor networks (CRSNs). This …

Cognitive radio sensor network (CRSN) is a combination of wireless sensor network (WSN)
and opportunistic spectrum access technology. It involves the issues related to energy and …