Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks: Applications, Architectures, and Challenges: Applications, Architectures, and Challenges

Rehmani, Mubashir Husain · Faheem, Yasir

Jun 2014 · IGI Global

About this ebook

Traditional Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have tremendous applications, but their performance can be limited due to the limited processing and communication power of wireless sensor nodes.

Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks: Applications, Architectures, and Challenges examines how wireless sensor nodes with cognitive radio capabilities can address these challenges and improve the spectrum utilization. This premier reference work presents a broader picture on the applications, architecture, challenges, and open research directions in the area of WSN research. It serves as a reference book for graduate students in courses on topics such as wireless sensor networks, cognitive radio networks, and emerging wireless technologies.

About the author

Mubashir Husain Rehmani is currently an Assistant Professor at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt, Islamabad. He has done Post Doctorate from PASNET, Université Paris Est, France in 2012. He has done PhD under the supervision of Dr. Aline Carneiro Viana and Prof. Serge Fdida from Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France in 2011. He did MS in Networks and Telecommunications from L2S, Laboratory of Signals and Systems, Supelec and University of Paris Sud-11 in 2008. He obtained BE (Bachelors of Engineering) Degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan in 2004. His current research interests include wireless self-organizing networks, such as cognitive radio ad-hoc networks, wireless sensor networks, and mobile ad-hoc networks.

Yasir Faheem is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science at the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan. He received his PhD degree in Networks and Information Technologies from the Laboratory of Information Processing and Transmission (L2TI), Université Paris Nord, France, in 2012. Prior to that, he obtained MS Research degree with specialization in Networks and Distributed Systems from Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France, in 2008, and BS (Computer Science) degree from NUCES-FAST, Pakistan, in 2006. His current research interests are in cognitive radio networks, wireless sensor networks, and cognitive radio sensor networks. [Editor]