Cognitive Radio Networks

- Main functionalities of a cognitive radio node at the MAC layer

- Cognitive Radio Rendezvous

- Homogeneous Coexistence: Spectrum sharing and allocation

- Security of Medium Access Control in Cognitive Radio Networks

- Heterogeneous Coexistence

- Challenges and future directions

Kaigui Bian received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from Peking University in 2001, and received his Ph.D. degree in Computer engineering from Virginia Tech in 2011. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Network Computing and Information Systems, School of EECS at Peking University. His research interests include cognitive radio networks, mobile computing, network security and privacy. He was a visiting scholar at Microsoft Research Asia in 2013.

Jung-Min "Jerry" Park received a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Purdue University in 2003. He is currently an Associate Professor at Virginia Tech, and the Site Director of an NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (I-UCRC) called Broadband Wireless Access & Applications Center (BWAC). As the Site Director of BWAC, Park is leading several sponsored research projects on wireless networks and security. He is widely recognized for his pioneering work on enforcement and security problems in cognitive radio networks. His research interests include cognitive radio networks, spectrum sharing, and security. Current or recent research sponsors include NSF, NIH, DARPA, ONR, Motorola Solutions, and Samsung. He is a recipient of a 2014 College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Award, a 2008 NSF CAREER Award, a 2008 Hoeber Excellence in Research Award, and a 1998 AT&T Leadership Award. He is a senior member of the IEEE and the ACM.

Bo Gao is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. He received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University, China in 2006, and his Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University, China in 2009. His research interests include wireless networking, dynamic spectrum access, and network coexistence.