A modified Otsu's algorithm for improving the performance of the energy detector in cognitive radio

• Main Authors: Onumanyi, A. J., Onwuka, Elizabeth Nonye, Aibinu, Abiodun Musa, Ugweje, Okechukwu C., Salami, Momoh Jimoh Eyiomika
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena 2017
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering; TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/62679/1/62679_A%20modified%20Otsu%27s%20algorithm%20for%20improving%20the%20performance_article.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/62679/2/62679_A%20modified%20Otsu%27s%20algorithm%20for%20improving%20the%20performance_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/62679/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1434841116316065?via%3Dihub#!

In this paper, we present a modified Otsu's algorithm for solving the automatic threshold estimation problem in energy detection based Cognitive Radio (CR) application. The modified algorithm was tested extensively and compared with other known algorithms using both simulated and real datasets....