Innovative Spectrum Handoff Process Using a Machine Learning-Based Metaheuristic Algorithm

• Published in: Sensors
• Main Authors: Vikas Srivastava, Parulpreet Singh, Praveen Kumar Malik, Rajesh Singh, Sudeep Tanwar, Fayez Alqahtani, Amr Tolba, Verdes Marina, Maria Simona Raboaca
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
• Subjects: cognitive radio network; support vector machine; red deer algorithm; spectrum handoff; spectrum sensing
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/4/2011

A cognitive radio network (CRN) is an intelligent network that can detect unoccupied spectrum space without interfering with the primary user (PU). Spectrum scarcity arises due to the stable channel allocation, which the CRN handles. Spectrum handoff management is a critical problem that must be addressed in the CRN to ensure indefinite connection and profitable use of unallocated spectrum space for secondary users (SUs). Spectrum handoff (SHO) has some disadvantages, i.e., communication delay and power consumption. To overcome these drawbacks, a reduction in handoff should be a priority. This study proposes the use of dynamic spectrum access (DSA) to check for available channels for SU during handoff using a metaheuristic algorithm depending on machine learning. The simulation results show that the proposed “support vector machine-based red deer algorithm” (SVM-RDA) is resilient and has low complexity. The suggested algorithm’s experimental setup offers several handoffs, unsuccessful handoffs, handoff delay, throughput, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), SU bandwidth, and total spectrum bandwidth. This study provides an improved system performance during SHO. The inferred technique anticipates handoff delay and minimizes the handoff numbers. The results show that the recommended method is better at making predictions with fewer handoffs compared to the other three.