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Implementation of combined geolocation database and infrastructure sensing in TV bands using different spectrum devices (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Fanan, A., Riley, N. G., Mehdawi, M., & Alfahad, O. (in press). Implementation of combined geolocation database and infrastructure sensing in TV bands using different spectrum devices. In Proceedings of the 25th Telecommunications forum TELFOR 2017

—In the present day, the TV Band has become a realistic option and has attracted much attention due to the potential to exploit underutilized TV white space for other communications, based on time and location. In this paper, we design a flexible sys... Read More about Implementation of combined geolocation database and infrastructure sensing in TV bands using different spectrum devices.

Influence of antenna selection on spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Mehdawi, M., Riley, N. G., Fanan, A., & Ammar, M. (2017). Influence of antenna selection on spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio. In 2016 24th Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR). https://doi.org/10.1109/TELFOR.2016.7818754

© 2016 IEEE. Cognitive radio (CR) has been proposed as a solution to the spectrum scarcity problem, which is aggravated by emergence of bandwidth-hungry and feature-rich wireless applications. Selection of appropriate antennas for cognitive radio app... Read More about Influence of antenna selection on spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio.

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.

Experimental detection using cyclostationary feature detectors for cognitive radios (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Zolfaghari, M., Fanan, A., Mehdawi, M., Riley, N. G., & Ammar, M. (2014). Experimental detection using cyclostationary feature detectors for cognitive radios. . https://doi.org/10.1109/telfor.2014.7034403

© 2014 IEEE. Signal detection is widely used in many applications. Some examples include Cognitive Radio (CR) and military intelligence. Without guaranteed signal detection, a CR cannot reliably perform its role. Spectrum sensing is currently one of... Read More about Experimental detection using cyclostationary feature detectors for cognitive radios.

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.

Cooperative wideband spectrum sensing with multi-bit hard decision in cognitive radio (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Mehdawi, M. A., Riley, N. G., Ammar, M., Fanan, A., & Zolfaghari, M. (2013). Cooperative wideband spectrum sensing with multi-bit hard decision in cognitive radio. . https://doi.org/10.1109/TELFOR.2013.6716212

Cognitive radio offers an increasingly attractive solution to overcome the underutilization problem. A sensor network based cooperative wideband spectrum sensing is proposed in this paper. The purpose of the sensor network is to determine the frequen... Read More about Cooperative wideband spectrum sensing with multi-bit hard decision in cognitive radio.

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.