Location-aware spectrum and power allocation in joint cognitive communication-radar networks

A novel approach to spectrum and power allocation is proposed for joint cognitive communication-radar networks, which aim at integrating cognitive radio (CR-o) and cognitive radar (CR-r) paradigms to achieve intelligent utilization of spectrum resources in wireless networks. This approach exploits the location information offered by CR-r combined with spectrum sensing capability of CR-o to aid spectrum and power allocation by minimizing harmful interference among neighboring devices. Such systems require both coexistence and sharing of perception of radio environment and radar scene. To offer better spectrum resource utilization, entropy of the received signal is employed in order to detect spectrum holes over the network topology. This entropy-based technique also demonstrates superior performance as compared to the conventional method based on energy detection. Simulation results indicate both throughput improvement and interference reduction among neighboring devices.