Spectrum Sensing Techniques and Applications

Spectrum sensing deals with several subjects, that range from statistical and probability theory to radio propagation and signal processing, with cognitive radio playing an important role to the evolution and dissemination of new applications in the area.

The objective of this book is to connect the basic statistical formulation, the fundamental concepts from signal detection and spectrum sensing, cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access, leading to an interesting, robust, and illustrative content, with recent practical applications of cognitive radio and spectrum sensing.

Marcelo Sampaio de Alencar received his PhD from the University of Waterloo, Canada, 1994. He worked for the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC), the Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB) and the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG). He is visiting chair professor at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. He is founder and president of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Communications (Iecom) and has published over 450 engineering and scientific papers and 20 books. He is a registered professional engineer and a columnist of the traditional Brazilian newspaper Jornal do Commercio, since April 2000.

Fabrício Braga Soares de Carvalho received his DSc in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Brazil, in 2015. He is with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) in João Pessoa, Brazil. He has more than 70 papers published in journals and conferences.

Waslon Terllizzie Araújo Lopes received his DSc from the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Brazil, in 2003. He worked for AREA1 College of Science and Technology, Salvador, he was with the Federal University of Campina Grande, and currently he is with the Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil. He is also finance director of the Iecom.