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With nearly 7 billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide, mobility and computing have become pervasive in our society and business. Moreover, new mobile multimedia communication services are challenging telecommunication operators. To support the significant increase in multimedia traffic-especially video-over wireless networks, new technological infrastructure must be created. Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs) are widely regarded as one of the most promising technologies for future wireless communications. This book explains how to efficiently deliver video, audio, and other data over CRNs.

Covering advanced algorithms, protocols, and hardware-/software-based experiments, this book describes how to encode video in a prioritized way to send to dynamic radio links. It discusses different FEC codes for video reliability and explains how different machine learning algorithms can be used for video quality control. It also explains how to use readily available software tools to build a CRN simulation model.

This book explains both theoretical and experimental designs. It describes how universal software radio peripheral (USRP) boards can be used for real-time, high-resolution video transmission. It also discusses how a USRP board can sense the spectrum dynamics and how it can be controlled by GNU Radio software. A separate chapter discusses how the network simulator ns-2 can be used to build a simulated CRN platform.



Preface

About the Editors

Contributors

Network Architecture to Support Multimedia over CRN

A Management Architecture for Multimedia Communication in Cognitive Radio Networks

Alexandru O. Popescu, Yong Yao, Markus Fiedler , and Adrian P. Popescu

Paving a Wider Way for Multimedia over Cognitive Radios: An Overview of Wideband Spectrum Sensing Algorithms

Bashar I. Ahmad, Hongjian Sun, Cong Ling, and Arumugam Nallanathan

Bargaining-Based Spectrum Sharing for Broadband Multimedia Services in Cognitive Radio Network

Yang Yan, Xiang Chen, Xiaofeng Zhong, Ming Zhao, and Jing Wang

Physical Layer Mobility Challenges for Multimedia Streaming QoS Over Cognitive Radio Networks

Chihkai Chen and Kung Yao

Efficient Multimedia Services Provision over Cognitive Radio Networks using a Traffic-Oriented Routing Scheme

Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, George Mastorakis, Athina Bourdena, and Evangelos Pallis

Advanced Network Protocols for Multimedia over CRN

Exploiting Cognitive Management for Supporting Multimedia Applications over Cognitive Radio Networks

Faouzi Bouali, Oriol Sallent, and Jordi Pérez -Romero

Cross-Layer MIMO Cognitive Communications for QoS-/QoE-Demanding Applications

Reema Imran , Maha Odeh, Nizar Zorba , and Christos Verikoukis

Cross-Layer Performance Analysis of Cognitive Radio Networks: A QoS Provisioning Perspective

Yakim Y. Mihov

Reliable Multicast Video Transmission over Cognitive Radio Networks: Equal or Unequal Loss Protection?

Abdelaali Chaoub and Elhassane Ibn-Elhaj

Artificial Intelligence for Multimedia over CRN

Bayesian Learning for Cognitive Radio Networks

Xin-Lin Huang and Jun Wu

Hierarchical Dirichlet Process for Cognitive Radio Networks

Xin-Lin Huang and Jun Wu

Experimental Design for Multimedia over CRN

A Real-Time Video Transmission Test Bed Using GNU Radio and USRP

Ke Bao, Fei Hu, and Sunil Kumar

PR Activity Model for Multimedia Communication in NS-2

Yasir Saleem and Mubashir Husain Rehmani

Other Important Designs

Multimedia Communication for Emergency Services in Cooperative Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Muhammad Awais Javed, Duy Trong Ngo, and Jamil Yusuf Khan

Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Multichannel Cognitive Radio Networks

Ning Zhang, Nan Cheng, Ning Lu, Haibo Zhou, Jon W. Mark, and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

A Policy-Based Framework for Cognitive Radio Networks

Gianmarco Baldini, Ricardo Neisse, Abdur Rahim Biswas, and Alberto Trombetta

Context-Aware Wideband Localization Using Cooperative Relays of Cognitive Radio Network

Homayoun Nikookar

Throughput Improvement in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using Cognitive Methods

Barbaros Preveze

Network Formation Games in Wireless Multihop Networks

Walid Saad and Tamer Basar

Rapid Prototyping for Video Coding over Flexible Radio Links

Matthieu Gautier, Emmanuel Casseau, Hervé Yviquel, Ganda Stéphane Ouedraogo, Mickaël Raulet, and Olivier Sentieys

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