Research Article

Optimizing Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks with Opportunistic Access

Table 1

Glossary.

AcronymFull name

AP-ORA All-participate with optimal resource allocation
AP-ORA-GL All-participate optimal resource allocation with global constraint only
AP-ORA-Ind All-participate optimal resource allocation with individual constraints only
UPA uniform power allocation
AP-ORA-NDL All-participate optimal resource allocation with no direct link
AP-ORA-GL-NDL All-participate optimal resource allocation with global constraint only and no direct link
AP-ORA-Ind-NDL All-participate optimal resource allocation with individual constraints only and no direct link
UPA-NDL uniform power allocation with no direct link
Sel-ORA selection with optimal resource allocation
Sel-ORA-GL selection optimal resource allocation with global constraint only
Sel-ORA-Ind selection optimal resource allocation with individual constraints only
Sel-UPA selection with uniform power allocation
Sel-ORA-NDL selection optimal resource allocation with no direct link
Sel-ORA-GL-NDL selection optimal resource allocation with global constraint only and no direct link
Sel-ORA-Ind-NDL selection optimal resource allocation with individual constraints only and no direct link
Sel-UPA-NDL selection uniform power allocation with no direct link