Energy Detection Approach for Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Systems with the Use of Random Sampling

In radiomobile contexte, radio frequency spectrum is a ressource that needs to be used with appropriate efficiency. This can be achieved by the mean of spectrum sensing operation. This function consists to analyze the occupancy of the radio frequency spectrum in order to detect which bands are unused. This concept is largely appreciated in cognitive radio where more flexibility is required to adapt to the communication environment. Different techniques are presented in the literature. In this paper, we are interested by the application of the energy detector method for spectrum sensing. This application is performed in cognitive radio systems with the use of random sampling. The performance of this approach is evaluated in term of its receiver operating characteristic curve and compared to the uniform sampling case.