On the noise uncertainty for the energy detection of OFDM signals

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Abstract

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a promising technology for communication systems. This paper investigates the impacts of unknown noise variance on the popular spectrum sensing scheme, i.e., energy detection, for OFDM cognitive radios over multipath fading channels. To study the effects of unknown parameters on the energy detector, a new maximum-likelihood estimation of noise and signal powers employing the cyclic prefix of OFDM is presented in this paper. The mean values and Cramér–Rao lower bounds of the estimation are obtained. Furthermore, the performances of the energy detector for both hypotheses, i.e., false-alarm rate and detection probability, under the influence of unknown noise variance are validated by both simulation and analytical results. The assessment on the required number of samples for the proposed energy detector is conducted, which indicates that an amount of 40–50% samples can be saved compared to the conventional energy detector.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8727505
Pages (from-to)7593-7602
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Volume68
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Aug

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics

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