Table of Contents

PHYSICAL LAYER ISSUES. Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks. Capacity Analysis of Cognitive Radio Networks. Power Control for Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks. PROTOCOLS AND ECONOMIC APPROACHES. Medium Access Control in Cognitive Radio Networks. Cross-layer Optimization in Cognitive Radio Networks. Security in Cognitive Radio Networks. Distributed Coordination in Cognitive Radio Networks. Quality-of-Service in Cognitive WLAN over Fiber. Game theory for Dynamic Spectrum Access. Game theory for spectrum sharing. Pricing for Security and QoS in Cognitive Radio Networks. APPLICATIONS AND SYSTEMS. Cognitive Radio for Pervasive Healthcare. Network Selection in Cognitive Radio Networks. Cognitive Radio Networks: an Assessment Framework.

About the Author

Yan Zhang received his BS in communication engineering from the Nanjing University of Post and Telecommunications, China; hisMS in electrical engineering from the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China; and his PhD from the School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

He is an associate editor/editorial board of Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS); the International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS); Springer International Journal Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (JAIHC); the International Journal of Adaptive, Resilient and Autonomic Systems (IJARAS); Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC); Wiley Security and Communication Networks; the International Journal of Network Security; the International Journal of Ubiquitous Computing; Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS); the International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS); the International Journal of Ultra Wideband Communications and Systems (IJUWBCS); and the International Journal of Smart Home (IJSH).

He is currently serving as an editor for the book series Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group). He serves as a guest coeditor for Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC) special issue for best papers in the conference IWCMC 2009; ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems Journal special issue on “wireless multimedia transmission technology and application”; Springer Journal of Wireless Personal Communications special issue on “cognitive radio networks and communications”; Inderscience International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communi