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A Radio Spectrum Measurement Platform for Spectrum Surveying in Cognitive Radio

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This paper presents a sophisticated radio spectrum measurement platform specifically envisaged and designed for spectrum occupancy surveys in the context of Dynamic Spectrum Access/Cognitive Radio (DSA/CR). The presented tool is a very flexible computer- controlled radio measurement system, which has successfully been used in extensive spectrum measurement campaigns and empirical studies in the context of the DSA/CR technology. An exhaustive and in-depth description of the developed measurement platform is provided, with a special emphasis on implementation details and lessons learned during the development of the tool that may result helpful to other researchers and engineers in the development of similar radio spectrum measurement tools.

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  1. Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    Miguel López-Benítez & Fernando Casadevall

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  1. Wireless Networks and Network Management, Six Metro Tech Center, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, 11201, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Thanasis Korakis

  2. Next Generation Network and Information Technology, Tsinghua University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, 10084, Beijing, China

    Hongbin Li

  3. Universität Würzburg, Lehrstuhl für Informatik III,, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany

    Phuoc Tran-Gia

  4. Next Generation Network and Optical Communication, Advansed Institute of Science and Technology, Hong-Shik Park, 291 Daehak-ro, (373-1 Gusepmg-dong), Yuseong-gu, 305-714, Daejon, Korea

    Hong-Shik Park

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López-Benítez, M., Casadevall, F. (2012). A Radio Spectrum Measurement Platform for Spectrum Surveying in Cognitive Radio. In: Korakis, T., Li, H., Tran-Gia, P., Park, HS. (eds) Testbeds and Research Infrastructure. Development of Networks and Communities. TridentCom 2011. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 90. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29273-6_5

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