Performance Analysis of Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radios in Nakagami-m Fading Channels
Yamuna K. Moorthy1, Sakuntala S. Pillai2

1Yamuna K Moorthy, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala), India.
2Dr. Sakuntala S. Pillai, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala), India.

Manuscript received on 15 December 2015 | Revised Manuscript received on 25 December 2015 | Manuscript Published on 30 December 2015 | PP: 26-29 | Volume-5 Issue-2, December 2015 | Retrieval Number: B4328125215/15©BEIESP
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Abstract: This paper studies and presents the effect of different hard fusion schemes applied to a cooperative cognitive radio system. The fading channel considered is the Nakagami-m channel. The hard fusion rules are the OR rule, AND rule and the majority fusion rule. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves for cooperative sensing using the abovementioned fusion rules are plotted. The simulation results show that the OR fusion scheme gives superior performance compared to other fusion schemes. The paper also studies the effect of different number of co-operating users.
Keywords: Spectrum Sensing, Data Fusion, Cooperative Sensing

Scope of the Article: High Performance Computing