Cognitive Beamforming for Spectral Coexistence of Hybrid Satellite Systems

In Cognitive Radio (CR) communications, an angular dimension can be considered as an e cient way of exploiting the space dimension in order to enhance the spectral e ciency of an under-utilized primary spectrum. In this context, beamforming is an widely considered signal processing solution with the advantages of spatial discrimination and ltering capabilities. Recently, beamforming has received important attention for spectrum sharing purpose in the literature and has been studied for various objectives such as controlling interference, capacity maximization, Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) balancing etc. In this chapter, we provide a detailed overview of the existing beamforming techniques applied in the context of CR networks. Subsequently, we describe Cognitive Beamforming (CB) techniques which can be applicable in the context of cognitive Satellite Communications (SatComs)