Signal Processing Techniques for Robust Spectrum Sensing

Cognitive radios have the potential to greatly improve spectral efficiency in wireless networks. Cognitive radios are considered lower priority or secondary users of spectrum allocated to a primary user. Their fundamental requirement is to avoid interference to potential primary users in their vicinity. Spectrum sensing has been identified as a key enabling functionality to ensure that cognitive radios would not interfere with primary users, by reliably detecting primary user signals. In addition, reliable sensing creates spectrum opportunities for capacity increase of cognitive networks. One of the key challenges in spectrum sensing is the robust detection of primary signals in highly negative signal-to-noise regimes (SNR).In this paper , we present the system design approach to meet this challenge with technique , The design space is diverse as it involves various types of primary user signals, We analysis of signal processing approaches and identify the regimes where these techniques are applicable. The goal of this paper is to present a practical system design view of spectrum sensing functionality.