PART 1: Dynamic Spectrum Access -- Chapter 1: Distributed Consensus-Based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Mobile Ad Hoc Networks -- Chapter 2: On the Spectrum Handoff for Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks without Common Control Channel -- Chapter 3: Environment-Mobility Interaction Mapping for Cognitive MANETs -- Chapter 4: Spectrum Sharing in DS-CDMA/OFDM Wireless Mobile Networks -- PART 2: Medium Access Control -- Chapter 5: CREAM-MAC: Cognitive Radio-EnAbled Multi-Channel MAC for Wireless Networks -- Chapter 6: Cognitive MAC Protocol with Transmission Tax: Probabilistic Analysis and Performance Improvements -- Chapter 7: Control Channel Management In Dynamic Spectrum Access Based Ad Hoc Networks -- PART 3: Topology Control and Routing -- Chapter 8: Topology Control and Routing in Cognitive Radio Mobile Ad Hoc Networks -- Chapter 9: Routing Schemes for Cognitive Radio Mobile Ad Hoc Networks -- Chapter 10: Delay in Cognitive Radio Networks -- PART 4: Multimedia Transmissions -- Chapter 11: Real-time Multimedia Transmission over Cognitive Radio Networks -- PART 5: Applications of Cognitive Radio Mobile Ad Hoc Networks -- Chapter 12: An Adaptive WiFi/WiMAX Networking Platform for Cognitive Vehicular Networks -- Chapter 13: Cognitive Radio Mobile Ad Hoc Networks in Healthcare.-Chapter 14: Interoperability Between IEEE 802.11e and HSDPA: Challenges From Cognitive Radio -- Chapter 15: An Autonomous Access Point for Cognitive Wireless Networks -- PART 6: Game Theoretic Approach for Modeling and Optimization -- Chapter 16: Economic Approaches in Cognitive Radio Networks -- Chapter 17: Game Based Self-Coexistence Schemes in Cognitive Radio Networks.

Cognitive radio (CR) is one of today’s up-and-coming technologies. It facilitates communication because it creates greater efficiencies in mobile networks. CR allows unlicensed (secondary) users to exploit, in an opportunistic or ad hoc manner, the radio communications spectrum allocated to licensed (primary) users. CR is a promising potential solution to the problems caused by inflexibility in spectrum allocation policy, with attendant spectrum shortage. The articles in this book come from leading experts in this field. They cover a range of aspects of modeling, analysis, design, management, deployment, and optimization of algorithms, protocols, and architectures of CR-MANETs. Topics covered include distributed co-operative spectrum sensing spectrum hand-off medium access control topology control routing multimedia transmission cognitive vehicular networks cognitive health care networks interoperability game theoretic approach The chapters cover major advances in research on cognitive radio mobile ad hoc networks for next-generation wireless communications systems. The book will be a vital resource for researchers and practitioners in this area, who will find the comprehensive referencing very useful.