Cognitive Radio, Mobile Communications and Wireless Networks

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
 Towards Spectrum Sharing in Virtualized Networks: A Survey and an Outlook  (Furqan Ahmed, Adrian Kliks, Leonardo Goratti, Shah Nawaz Khan)....Pages 1-28
 Cloud-Based Context-Aware Spectrum Availability Monitoring and Prediction Using Crowd-Sensing  (Hussein Shirvani, Behrouz Shahgholi Ghahfarokhi)....Pages 29-45
 Cooperative Spectrum Handovers in Cognitive Radio Networks  (Anandakumar. H, Umamaheswari. K)....Pages 47-63
 Network Coding-Based Broadcasting Schemes for Cognitive Radio Networks  (Khaqan Zaheer, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Mohamed Othman)....Pages 65-114
 Cooperative and Cognitive Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Networks  (Vibhum Singh, Prabhat K. Upadhyay, Kyoung-Jae Lee, Daniel Benevides da Costa)....Pages 115-142
 Health Monitoring Using Wearable Technologies and Cognitive Radio for IoT  (Raluca Maria Aileni, George Suciu, Victor Suciu, Sever Pasca, Rodica Strungaru)....Pages 143-165
 Millimeter Waves: Technological Component for Next-Generation Mobile Networks  (Jolly Parikh, Anuradha Basu)....Pages 167-186
 Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks Under Security Threats and Hybrid Spectrum Access  (Kuldeep Yadav, Abhijit Bhowmick, Sanjay Dhar Roy, Sumit Kundu)....Pages 187-207
 Optimum Spectrum Sensing Approaches in Cognitive Networks  (Ishrath Unissa, Syed Jalal Ahmad, P. Radha Krishna)....Pages 209-231
 Learning Strategies in Cognitive Radio Involving Soft Computing Techniques  (Mithra Venkatesan, Anju Vijaykumar Kulkarni, Radhika Menon)....Pages 233-257
 Multiuser MIMO Cognitive Radio Systems  (Mostafa Hefnawi)....Pages 259-281
Back Matter ....Pages 283-290