Single decision reporting for cooperative spectrum sensing under erroneous feedback channels with Byzantine attack

Spectrum sensing based on a single user suffers from low detection performance due to fading, shadowing, and hidden node problems. Cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS) is thought to be a potential method to overcome these issues and improve detection performance in determining the available spectrum in cognitive radio (CR). However, CSS suffers in case of erroneous reporting channels, and it is also susceptible to Byzantine attacks by malicious users (MUs). In this paper, we first analyze the traditional CSS under erroneous feedback channels. And then, we extend the analysis to include erroneous reporting channels in the presence of the Byzantine attack. We propose a single decision reporting (SD-R) algorithm immune to erroneous reporting channels. The proposed algorithm also improves the performance under the Byzantine attack. With the proposed algorithm, MUs can attempt only false alarm attacks, whereas the miss detection attack is not possible. An extensive analysis is carried out, and the plots are shown to prove the superiority of the proposed algorithm. (C) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.