In a practical system the cyclostationary signature can be
detected by sweeping across the bands of interest and performing
circular correlations on the received signal samples.
When the signature is present in the received signal, a spike
in the SCF is observed and the receiver can start decoding the
received signal. In case the signature can no longer be detected,
the receiver will start sweeping the band until the signature
is found again and a new centre frequency is determined.
The cyclostationary signatures can be used to identify specific
radio systems, specific access networks in coalitions of access
networks [13], or to enable rendezvous in dynamic spectrum
access networks [12].