Recovery Using Backup Channels in Channel-Hopping Cognitive Networks

Author

Misic, Jelena ; Misic, Vojislav

Author_Institution

Ryerson Univ., Toronto, ON, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

20-23 May 2013

Firstpage

454

Lastpage

459

Abstract

When a channel-hopping cognitive network experiences a collision with primary user transmission, it may re-form the network by repeating the network formation (rendezvous) procedure, which is costly and time-consuming, or attempt to recover by re-establishing operation on an idle channel from a predefined backup set. In this paper we analyze a practical recovery mechanism implemented atop the transmission tax-based MAC protocol. The recovery mechanism uses a list of backup channels obtained from sensing data. We investigate the performance of the mechanism and show that a small number of backup channels suffices to ensure speedy and reliable recovery.

Keywords

access protocols; cognitive radio; frequency hop communication; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network reliability; backup channel; channel hopping cognitive network; idle channel; network formation; network recovery; practical recovery mechanism; primary user transmission; reliable recovery; sensing data; tax based MAC protocol; Personal area networks; Probability density function; Probability distribution; Protocols; Sensors; Switches; backup channels; channel-hopping wireless networks; opportunistic spectrum access; recovery;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0206-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DCOSS.2013.20

Filename

6569471