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This paper proposes a new database-based two-stage channel selection method for cognitive radios. The proposed method consists of two stages, namely the database collection and signal detection parts. The database collects information about channels. When a cognitive radio needs to find an unoccupied channel for a transmission, it sends a query to the database. Based on the information collected to...