Analysis of Outage Probability, Throughput in Hybrid Cognitive Radio Networks with and without Transceiver Impairments

Cognitive radios in wireless networks is the efficient way of sensing and accessing the spectrum dynamically. In this paper we analyze the outage probability and capacity of hybrid network model in cognitive radios considering transceiver impairments. Every physical device has hardware impairments which degrades the performance of the system. Majority of technical contributions in wireless communications neglect transceiver impairments, assuming ideal hardware. Transceiver impairments like IQ imbalance, phase noise etc. have greater effect on system performance. A hybrid overlay/underlay transmission scheme has been proposed. This transmission method takes the effect of transceiver impairments into consideration and finds the best channel; best relay and best relay power. In this we develop a simulation test model to evaluate the performance and outage probability of hybrid model considering transceiver impairments. The manuscript provides how the effect of hardware impairments can be modeled. The manuscript also provides the analysis of the proposed hybrid cognitive radio model with the help of a case study, which considers various practical aspects.