Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

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Journal Title, Volume, Page: 
Communications and Networks, Journal of Volume 14 Issue 6 Pages 710-718
Year of Publication: 
2012
Authors: 
Ahmed M Masri
Current Affiliation: 
Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, An-Najah National University, Nablus. Palestine
Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini
Claudio Casetti
Alberto Perotti
Preferred Abstract (Original): 

The implementation of a common control channel is one of the most challenging issues in cognitive radio networks, since a fully reliable control channel cannot be created without reserving bandwidth specifically for this purpose. In this paper, we investigate a promising solution that exploits the ultra wide band (UWB) technology to let cognitive radio nodes discover each other and exchange control information for establishing a communication link. The contribution of this paper is threefold:(i) We define the ...