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16.4 Biological Task Allocation and Spectrum Sharing
in Cognitive Radio Networks
In CRN, each CR senses the environment to detect the available spectrum chan-
nels, and then it must communicate over some detected spectrum channels which
are the most appropriate spectrum channels meeting its quality of service (QoS)
requirements and providing high spectrum utilization. Similarly, in insect colonies,
individuals sense the environment and share the available tasks such that each task
is allocated to the individuals which are better equipped for that task. Here, inspir-
ing by this natural mechanism, we