A Model for Bursty Traffic and Its Impact on the Study of Cognitive Radio Networks

In this thesis, we investigate the impact of channels that have a bursty nature in a cognitive radio network scenario. Our goal is to design a general channel usage model that can handle bursty primary user channel usage. The proposed model describes idle periods with a discrete platoon arrival proc...

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Main Author: Alvarenga Chu, Sofia Cristina
Other Authors: Alfa, Attahiru S. (Electrical & Computer Engineering) Cai, Jun (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/8127