| Title | Detection of Rank-P Signals in Cognitive Radio Networks With Uncalibrated Multiple Antennas |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Authors | Ramírez, D, Vázquez-Vilar, G, López-Valcarce, R, Vía, J, Santamaría, I |
| Journal | IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 3764-3774 |
| Date Published | 08/2012 |
| Keywords | cognitive radio, dynacs, spectrum sensing |
| Abstract | Spectrum sensing is a key component of the Cognitive Radio paradigm. Typically, primary signals have to be detected with uncalibrated receivers at signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) well below decodability levels. Multiantenna detectors exploit spatial independence of receiver thermal noise to boost detection performance and robustness. We study the problemof detecting a Gaussian signal with rank-P unknown spatialcovariance matrix in spatially uncorrelated Gaussian noise withunknown covariance using multiple antennas. The generalizedlikelihood ratio test (GLRT) is derived for two scenarios. In thefirst one, the noises at all antennas are assumed to have the same (unknown) variance, whereas in the second, a generic diagonal noise covariance matrix is allowed in order to accommodate calibration uncertainties in the different antenna frontends. In the latter case, the GLRT statistic must be obtained numerically, for which an efficient method is presented. Furthermore, for asymptotically low SNR, it is shown that the GLRT does admit a closed form, and the resulting detector performs well in practice. Extensions are presented in order to account for unknown temporal correlation in both signal and noise, as well as frequency-selective channels. |
| DOI | 10.1109/TSP.2011.2146779 |
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