Research Article
A Novel Simulation Framework for Wireless Cognitive Networks: Application to Cooperative Spectrum Sensing
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.simutools.2012.247762, author={Dimitri Tassetto and Sergio Bovelli and Auon Akhtar and Oliver Holland and Luca De Nardis and Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto}, title={A Novel Simulation Framework for Wireless Cognitive Networks: Application to Cooperative Spectrum Sensing}, proceedings={Fifth International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques}, publisher={ICST}, proceedings_a={SIMUTOOLS}, year={2012}, month={6}, keywords={cognitive networking cooperative spectrum sensing ieee 19006}, doi={10.4108/icst.simutools.2012.247762} }- Dimitri Tassetto
Sergio Bovelli
Auon Akhtar
Oliver Holland
Luca De Nardis
Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto
Year: 2012
A Novel Simulation Framework for Wireless Cognitive Networks: Application to Cooperative Spectrum Sensing
SIMUTOOLS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.simutools.2012.247762
Abstract
This paper proposes a novel simulation framework designed to assess the performance of wireless cognitive networks in realistic scenarios. The simulation framework is based on the combination of the OMNeT++ discrete event simulator with Matlab functionalities. The popular INET simulation package for OMNeT++ is extended with the introduction of cognitive functionalities and integrated with a more accurate wireless channel model developed in Matlab, which is employed to simulate propagation e ects of any radio activity and serves as an input for spectrum sensing algorithms. The utilization of a general purpose network simulator makes it possible to evaluate the algorithm's efficiency from a system-level point of view; moreover, it allows us to take into account many factors which in uence network behavior in real scenarios (for example, node mobility), that would usually be neglected in analytical analyses.