Cognitive Radio Networking and Security : A Game-Theoretic View

Presenting the fundamentals of designing, implementing, and deploying cognitive radio networks, this book provides a unique focus on game theory and its applications. Cooperation, situational awareness, learning, and security are all covered in detail, in addition to novel, state-of-the-art concepts and recent results.

With the rapid growth of new wireless devices and applications over the past decade, the demand for wireless radio spectrum is increasing relentlessly. The development of cognitive radio networking provides a framework for making the best possible use of limited spectrum resources, and it is revolutionising the telecommunications industry. This book presents the fundamentals of designing, implementing, and deploying cognitive radio communication and networking systems. Uniquely, it focuses on game theory and its applications to various aspects of cognitive networking. It covers in detail the core aspects of cognitive radio, including cooperation, situational awareness, learning, and security mechanisms and strategies. In addition, it provides novel, state-of-the-art concepts and recent results. This is an ideal reference for researchers, students and professionals in industry who need to learn the applications of game theory to cognitive networking.