ProCLAMUS: A Matrix Completion Based Proactive Spectrum Allocation Protocol for Security of IoT based CRNs

Proactive prediction based channel allocation for Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs) remains a challenging area of research. In Internet of Things (IoT) scenarios, prediction algorithms must balance resource efficiency with high accuracy. The proposed algorithm, ProCLAMUS, a Matrix Completion (MC) Based Proactive Spectrum Allocation Protocol for CRNs, couples nuclear norm matrix completion with short horizon sliding window prediction. By reconstructing sparse spectrum sensing data and down weighting inconsistent reports, ProCLAMUS enables infrequent sensing and decentralized decisions without a fusion center, reducing energy and attack surface. In a network of 40 Secondary Users (SUs), 400 Primary Users (PUs) and 400 channels with malicious data ranging from 5 to 50%, ProCLAMUS sustains the highest channel utilization (avg 89.96%) with the lowest backoff rate (3.81 s^(-1)) and sensing delay (0.58 channels/success). ProCLAMUS achieves the lowest radio energy (16.82×10^(-3) J/s), a 44–53% reduction when compared with recently proposed techniques, while using 33–43% less memory. These gains arise from sparse sensing, fusion (majority voting) and conservative allocation. The results demonstrate superior energy efficiency and robust prediction under malicious data conditions during the Spectrum Sensing Data Falsification Attack.