Opportunistic Spectrum Access with IEEE 802.11 in IEEE P1900.4 Framework

This paper presents a use case scenario of IEEE P1900.4 standard designed to achieve temporal opportunistic spectrum access within IEEE802.11 bands. This offers a flexible framework that allows better utilization of radio resources and thus increases spectral efficiency. In this work, we propose a complete framework including scenario description with IEEE P1900.4 and ad-hoc reinforcement techniques for efficient opportunistic spectrum access. Thus, we propose to use the multi armed bandit approach at the terminal side. Results prove this method to achieve overall good results in performing opportunistic access within IEEE802.11 bands.