Cognitive Radio Sensing Using Hilbert Huang Transform

K. A. Narayanankutty, Abhijith A. Nair, Dilip Soori, Deepak Pradeep, V. Ravi Teja, Vishnu K.B.

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DOI: 10.4236/wet.2010.11006                

Abstract

Vast segments of the frequency spectrum are reserved for primary (licensed) users. These legacy users often un-der-utilize their reserved spectrum thus causing bandwidth waste. The unlicensed (secondary) users can take advantage of this fact and exploit the spectral holes (vacant spectrum segments). Since spectrum occupancy is transient in nature it is imperative that the spectral holes are identified as fast as possible. To accomplish this, we propose a novel adaptive spectrum sensing procedure. This procedure scans a wideband spectrum using Hilbert Huang Transform and detects the spectral holes present in the spectrum.

Keywords

Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD), Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD), Intrinsic Mode Function (IMF), Noise Assisted Data Analysis (NADA), Cognitive Radio, Guard Band, Spectrum Sensing

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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