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In this paper, we exploit channel diversity for opportunistic spectrum access (OSA). Our approach uses channel quality as a key criterion in selecting channels to use for opportunistic transmission. The difficulty of the problem comes from the fact that when the channel condition is poor, further channel probing, although may lead to better channel conditions and hence yield higher throughput will...