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Browsing Research Articles (Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering) by UP Author "Barnes, Simon Daniel"
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Barnes, Simon Daniel; Maharaj, Bodhaswar Tikanath Jugpershad; Alfa, Attahiru Sule
(Springer, 2016-08)
Combining spectrum sensing (SS) and primary user (PU) traffic forecasting
provides a cognitive radio network with a platform from which informed and proactive
operational decisions can be made. The success of these ...
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Barnes, Simon Daniel; Maharaj, Bodhaswar Tikanath Jugpershad
(Elsevier, 2014-04)
The interdependency, in a cognitive radio (CR) network, of spectrum sensing, occupancy modelling, channel switching and secondary
user (SU) performance, is investigated. Achievable SU data throughput and primary user (PU) ...
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Barnes, Simon Daniel; Botha, P.R. (Philippus Rudolph); Maharaj, Bodhaswar Tikanath Jugpershad
(Elsevier, 2016-11)
The findings of a TV broadcast spectrum measurement campaign, performed at six different locations on the Hatfield campus of
the University of Pretoria, are presented. Since the use of television white spaces (TVWS) could ...
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Barnes, Simon Daniel; Jansen van Vuuren, P.A.; Maharaj, Bodhaswar Tikanath Jugpershad
(Elsevier, 2013)
Regulatory bodies have predicted an impending shortage in commercial radio frequency spectrum in the near future.
However, due to outdated regulatory practices, many of these bands are in fact inefficiently underutilised. ...