Research Article

On the Eigenvalue Based Detection for Multiantenna Cognitive Radio System

Table 1

Promotion schemes of eigenvalue weighting based spectrum sensing algorithm.

Algorithm Test statistic Priori conditions

Energy based maximum ratio combination (EN-MRC) , 
where and are the eigenvalues of sample and the power of the PU signals, respectively.
PU signals’ energy and noise power

Signal eigenvalue weighting (SEW) based detection ,
where and are the eigenvalues of sample and PU signals’ covariance matrix, respectively.
Eigenvalues of PU signals’ covariance matrix and noise power

Signal eigenvalue approximation weighting (SEAW) based detection ,
where is the eigenvalues of sample covariance matrix; is the noise power at receiver.
Noise power at receiver