DocumentCode :
1022443
Title :
Frame Synchronization for Variable-Length Packets
Author :
Suwansantisuk, Watcharapan ; Chiani, Marco ; Win, Moe Z.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge
Volume :
26
Issue :
1
fYear :
2008
Firstpage :
52
Lastpage :
69
Abstract :
A cognitive radio can sense its environment and adapt some of its features, such as carrier frequency, transmission bandwidth, transmission power, and modulation, thus allowing dynamic reuse of the available spectrum. Due to their high degree of adaptability to environmental variations, cognitive radios are expected to utilize packet-based transmission with variable-length frames. Packet-based transmission requires the receiver to perform frame synchronization, an important enabling step that allows adaptation in cognitive radios. However, proper metrics to characterize the performance of frame synchronization for transmission of variable-length frames are currently unavailable. To address this issue, we put forth two performance metrics, namely the expected duration to complete frame synchronization and the probability of correct acquisition within a given duration. We then develop analytical expressions for these important metrics. This paper advances our understanding of frame synchronization for the continuous transmission of variable-length frames and for bursty transmission.
Keywords :
packet switching; radio broadcasting; bursty transmission; cognitive radio; dynamic spectrum reuse; frame synchronization; packet-based transmission; variable-length frames; variable-length packets; Bandwidth; Channel coding; Clocks; Cognitive radio; Frequency synchronization; Laboratories; Measurement; Modulation coding; Radio transmitters; Student members;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0733-8716
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JSAC.2008.080106
Filename :
4413140
Link To Document :
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