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Spectrum occupancy measurements and lessons learned in the context of cognitive radio (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Mehdawi, M., Riley, N. G., Ammar, M., Fanan, A., & Zolfaghari, M. (2016). Spectrum occupancy measurements and lessons learned in the context of cognitive radio. . https://doi.org/10.1109/TELFOR.2015.7377446

Various measurement campaigns have shown that numerous spectrum bands are vacant even though licenses have been issued by the regulatory agencies. Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) based on Cognitive Radio (CR) has been regarded as a prospective solution... Read More about Spectrum occupancy measurements and lessons learned in the context of cognitive radio.

Security aspects in cognitive radio networks detection and mitigation of primary user emulation attacks (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Ammar, M., Riley, N., Mehdawi, M., Fanan, A., & Zolfaghari, M. (2015). Security aspects in cognitive radio networks detection and mitigation of primary user emulation attacks. In Advances in cognitive radio. International conference. 5TH 2015. (COCORA 2015) (1-7)

Cognitive Radio Networks (CR) is an advanced growing technique and a promising technology for the upcoming generation of the wireless networks. Deployment of such networks is hindered by the vulnerabilities that these networks are exposed to, in this... Read More about Security aspects in cognitive radio networks detection and mitigation of primary user emulation attacks.

Physical Layer Security in Cognitive Radio Networks: Detection and Mitigation of Primary User Emulation Attacks (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Ammar, M., Riley, N., Mehdawi, M., Fanan, A., & Zolfaghari, M. (2015). Physical Layer Security in Cognitive Radio Networks: Detection and Mitigation of Primary User Emulation Attacks. In International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Energy and Manufacturing Engineering (ICAEME'2015) (86-91). https://doi.org/10.15242/IIE.E0115036

Cognitive Radio Networks (CR) is an advanced growing technique and a promising technology for the upcoming generation of the wireless networks in order to efficiently utilize the limited spectrum resources and satisfy the rapidly increasing demand fo... Read More about Physical Layer Security in Cognitive Radio Networks: Detection and Mitigation of Primary User Emulation Attacks.

Survey: A comparison of spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive radio (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Fanan, A., Riley, N., Mehdawi, M., Ammar, M., & Zolfaghari, M. (2014). Survey: A comparison of spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive radio. In International Conference Image Processing, Computers and Industrial Engineering (ICICIE'2014) (73-77). https://doi.org/10.15242/IIE.E0114560

In the present day Cognitive Radio has become a realistic option for solution of the spectrum scarcity problem in wireless communication. One of the most challenging issues in cognitive radio systems is spectrum sensing concepts, which is considered... Read More about Survey: A comparison of spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive radio.

A Spectrum Sensing Test Bed based on Matlab and USRP2 (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Ammar, M., Mehdawi, M., Riley, N., Fanan, A., Paulson, K., & Zolfaghari, M. (2014). A Spectrum Sensing Test Bed based on Matlab and USRP2. In International Conference Image Processing, Computers and Industrial Engineering (ICICIE'2014) (14-17). https://doi.org/10.15242/IIE.E0114

— The spectrum monitoring has gained new aspects with development of the software defined radio SDR as its very important issue in the spectrum management area. In this paper a spectrum monitoring technique with SDR is proposed, the setup of the prot... Read More about A Spectrum Sensing Test Bed based on Matlab and USRP2.

Comparing historical and current spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Mehdawi, M., Riley, N., Ammar, M., & Zolfaghari, M. (2012). Comparing historical and current spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio. In 20th Telecommunications forum TELFOR 2012 (623-626). https://doi.org/10.1109/telfor.2012.6419287

Cognitive radio (CR) technology promises to be one possible solution to solve the problem of lack of frequency spectrum, by allowing access of unlicensed users in licensed bands, based on an opportunistic approach and without interfering with the lic... Read More about Comparing historical and current spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio.