Paper Title
A Simulation Testbed for Broadcasting Protocols in Dynamic Cognitive Radio Networks
Abstract
Cognitive radio networks (CRNs) have emerging as a promising paradigm to alleviate the spectrum scarcity
problem. A large number of protocols have been proposed in CRNs, such as rendezvous protocols that establish a
communication link between users, MAC protocols, routing protocols, etc. However, many protocols (such as rendezvous
protocols) assume that the spectrum availability keeps stable for a long time, which is an unrealistic assumption. In this
paper, we propose a practical model for a dynamic CRN and evaluate various broadcasting protocols under the model. Both
users’ geographical location and broadcasting activities are taken into consideration. We implemented a simulation testbed,
which can plug-in any broad-casting protocols for CRNs and possesses the ability to configure a plethora environmental
settings to meet various requirements. Furthermore, we propose a simple protocol “Cross” on the basis of the model.
Through extensive evaluation, various protocols can be easily evaluated in our testbed and “Cross” has a good performance
in scalability, throughput and broadcast delay.