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An energy-efficient common control channel selection mechanism for Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks

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Abstract

A common control channel (CCC) is required in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks (CRAHNs) for exchanging vital control messages among the cognitive radio users. However, selecting a CCC in CRAHNs is a challenging problem due to dynamic network topology, versatility of spectrum usage, and multi-hop network architecture. Existing cluster-based CCC selection algorithms are based on periodic beaconing from the cluster heads (CHs) to create and manage their clusters, which makes them more power consuming. Therefore, the battery-powered devices in CRAHNs should select a CCC in an energy-efficient way to prolong their lifetimes. In this paper, we develop an energy-efficient common control channel selection mechanism, called E 2 C 3, through creating multi-hop clusters in a distributed manner. In E 2 C 3, a node does not join a cluster actively by sensing beacons from CHs; rather, it sends an inquiry message to detect existing clusters. It resolves whether to join an existing cluster or to create a new one based on its single-hop neighborhood information. We also propose an energy-efficient passive approach of maintaining cluster membership and provide a distributed CH reassignment procedure. Our performance evaluation, carried out in NS-3, shows that our E 2 C 3 system achieves significant improvements in energy efficiency and protocol operation overhead over the state-of-the-art protocols.

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Notes

  1. Cluster size of a cluster means the depth of the cluster

  2. After cluster formation, NUM c denotes the number of nodes in the cluster as defined in Eq. 1.

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We would like to pay our highest level of gratitude to the anonymous reviewer for his expert opinions and useful feedbacks, which helped a lot to enrich the quality of the paper. This work was supported by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research Fund of 2013.

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    Md. Nazmus Sakib Miazi, Madiha Tabassum & Md. Abdur Razzaque

  2. Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, South Korea

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Miazi, M.N.S., Tabassum, M., Razzaque, M.A. et al. An energy-efficient common control channel selection mechanism for Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks. Ann. Telecommun. 70, 11–28 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-014-0420-0

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