Research Article

Optimal Time Allocation for Energy Harvesting Cognitive Radio Networks with Multichannel Spectrum Sensing

Table 1

Key notations.

SymbolDefinition


Number of subchannels in the EH-CRN

The bandwidth of each subchannel

Transmit power of the PT in the th subchannel

EH power of the ST

Probability that each subchannel is active

Energy harvested in one time slot

Energy consumed for sensing one subchannel

Duration of EH phase

Sensing time of one subchannel

Duration of transmission phase

Number of sensed subchannels in sensing phase

Number of correctly sensed inactive subchannels

Channel gain of the th subchannel

Channel gain from the ST to the SR

Probability of detection for subchannel

Probability of false alarm for subchannel

Collision probability