Blind estimation of primary user traffic parameters under sensing errors

In this work we investigate the bounds on the estimation accuracy of Primary User (PU) traffic parameters with exponentially distributed busy and idle times. We derive closed-form expressions for the Cramér-Rao bounds on the mean squared estimation error for the blind joint estimation of the PU traffic parameters, specifically, the duty cycle, and the mean arrival and departure rates. Moreover, we present the corresponding maximum-likelihood estimators for the traffic parameters and discuss the effect of sensing errors in the joint estimation of PU traffic.