Cognitive Radio Networks Optimization with Spectrum Sensing Algorithms

 Tanuja Shendkar Dhope, Ph.D. is a full time Associate Professor at Department of electronics and Telecommunication, G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering and Management, Pune, India. She has acquired her Ph.D in wireless communication at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia under Erasmus Mundus Mobility for Life Project in 2012 under the guidance of Dr. Dina Šimuni ́c. She graduated in Electronics and Telecommunication engineering at Cummins College of Engineering, University of Pune in 1999. She has received Master in Electronics Engi- neering from Walchand college of Engineering, Sangli, Shivaji University in 2007. Her research focus is on cognitive radio network optimization with spectrum sensing algorithms, radio channel modelling for cognitive radio, wireless sensor network, cooperative spectrum sensing, Direction of arrival (DoA) Estimation algorithms in Cognitive Radio and in SDMA. She published 30 scientific papers in journals and conference proceedings. She has reviewed 15 IEEE conference papers and honoured as ‘Session Chair’ at ICACCI 2013 conference in Mysore.