The integration of 5G networks with cognitive radio (CR) technology enables the software-defined networking (SDN) infrastructure to support emergency applications. In future, CR can be integrated with 5G and many wireless networks like Wi-Fi, WSN, and MANET for efficient spectrum utilization with higher data rate and lower latency. This CR technology allows unlicensed users to access the licensed spectrum, whenever it is free. In this paper, an efficient SDN architecture with cognitive ability for emergency network is proposed in which the SDN controller prolong communication between disaster victims and first responders and so the first responders can arrive at the spot directly and rescue the victims. The SDN controller has cognitive ability so that the victims can utilize the vacant licensed band to communicate with the first responders, thereby improving the spectrum utilization of the network.Another two main challenges during emergency are the occurrence of interference and link failure. The proposed dynamic handover algorithm with interference cancellation (DHAIC) cancels the interference between the nodes inside the network and performs dynamic handoff, whenever link failure occurs between the cluster head (CH) and the controller. An optimum throughput and minimal delay is achieved to ensure the network performance.
KEYWORDScognitive radio (CR), emergency communication networks (ECN), interference cancellation, mobility management, software-defined networking (SDN) technology, so controlling the network task of different application is very difficult. Software-defined networks provide a better solution for simplifying the network tasks.Software-defined networking (SDN), an efficient framework integrated with 5G technology, 2 allows the present network administrators to dynamically manage and control the network resources without the need of tedious manual configuration. Here, the data plane and control plane get separated for improving the network performance. The open flow protocol of SDN enables the 5G network to be more flexible and reprogrammable.The spectrum should be efficiently utilized in 5G networks since the 5G network supports higher data rate with minimal delay. The cognitive radio is a technology 3 that paves the way for efficient utilization of spectrum by allowing unlicensed users to access the licensed spectrum. The licensed users are termed as primary users (PU) and the unlicensed users are termed as secondary users (SU). According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the major portion of TV UHF band (470-590 MHz) is underutilized, ie, 100% of the TV UHF band is free, for at least 56.27% areas in the country. So to improve spectrum utilization, cognitive radio allows the unlicensed users to access the licensed spectrum whenever the spectrum is free. This improved spectrum utilization results in higher data rate with lower latency.
| SDN-MANET architectureThe proposed SDN-MANET (software-defined networking-based MANET) architecture incorporates the technologies like 5G, cognit...