This brief focuses on the current research on location privacy
preservation in cognitive radio networks (CRNs). Along with a review of
the existing works, this book includes fundamental privacy models,
possible frameworks, useful performance, and future research directions.
It explores privacy preservation techniques, collaborative spectrum
sensing, database-driven CRNS, and modeling potential privacy threats.
Conflicts between database owners and unlicensed users can compromise
location privacy, and CRNs are a means to mitigate the spectrum scarcity
issue due to the increasing demand for wireless channel resources. By
examining the current and potential privacy threats, the authors equip
readers to understand this developing issue. The brief is designed for
researchers and professionals working with computer communication
networks and cognitive radio networks. Graduate students interested in
networks and communication engineering will also find the brief helpful.