Research Article

Intelligent Cognitive Radio Models for Enhancing Future Radio Astronomy Observations

Table 3

Cost figures used to simulate ownership costs.

S/N ComponentCost (USD)Reference

1 Conversion of unused earth station100,000Hoare and Rawlings [10]
2 Internet link from CCE to SVB1,000ā€‰
3 Control software per telescope20,000 (20% of conversion cost)Kemball and Cornwell [37]
4 Cyclostationary sensing module11,413LeMay [38]