Spectrum sensing method based on goodness of fit test using chi-square distribution

In cognitive radio, spectrum sensing is a challenging task. Proposed is a new spectrum sensing method based on the goodness of fit test of the energy of the received samples with a chi-square distribution. The test statistic is derived and the performance of the proposed method is evaluated by Monte Carlo simulations. It is shown that the proposed spectrum sensing method outperforms the conventional energy detection method without increasing the complexity of the sensing.