CONCLUSION
In this paper, we study a promising architecture for cognitive sensor networks, where each sensor supporting IoT communications is equipped with CR technology for dynamic and efficient spectrum access. By casting such a cognitive sensor network as a CRAHN, we propose a hybrid interference-aware flooding scheme for CRAHNs that utilizes global timeout and antipackets for information dissemination control. The information delivery dynamics in CRAHNs incorporating the influences of primary receiver sensitivity, mobility of SU, and the control of recovery scheme are analyzed using a novel epidemic model. The integration of stochastic geometry and epidemic model provides efficiency and accurate analysis on reliability of end-to-end SU communications and buffer occupancy. The simulation results show that the implementation of the proposed flooding scheme indeed mitigates the buffer occupancy burden while providing statistical data delivery guarantees. Moreover, with the aid of mobility, information dissemination is shown to possess distinct characteristics that facilitates information dissemination. Consequently, this paper provides performance evaluations and modeling guidelines for efficient flooding in CRAHNs, which offers new insights on buffer occupancy and data delivery reliability analysis for cognitive IoT applications built upon CRAHNs.