QoS Performance Analysis of Cognitive Radio-Based Virtual Wireless Networks

Author

Ishibashi, B. ; Bouabdallah, N. ; Boutaba, R.

Author_Institution

Cheriton Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

fYear

2008

fDate

13-18 April 2008

Abstract

Cognitive radio presents a new approach to wireless spectrum utilization and management. In this work, the potential performance improvement gained by applying cognitive radio to multiple-provider wireless systems is investigated. It is shown that virtual wireless networks can be created, utilizing only the residual wasted bandwidth of the primary service providers. These virtual networks are able to support large volumes of users, while still ensuring that QoS reliability requirements, such as blocking and dropping guarantees, are achieved. A Markov chain-based analysis of classic and cognitive systems is complemented by simulations in order to present a quantified perspective of the potential benefits of cognitive radio techniques.

Keywords

Markov processes; cognitive radio; quality of service; radio networks; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; virtual private networks; Markov chain-based analysis; QoS reliability requirements; cognitive radio; multiple-provider wireless systems; virtual wireless networks; wireless spectrum management; wireless spectrum utilization; Analytical models; Bandwidth; Chromium; Cognitive radio; Computer science; Frequency; Performance analysis; Radio spectrum management; Resource management; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM 2008. The 27th Conference on Computer Communications. IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2025-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFOCOM.2008.312

Filename

4509907