An apparatus, a cognitive radio, a processor, a method, and a
machine-readable medium for detecting a presence of a signal in a
communication channel are disclosed. An apparatus includes a processor
configured to select one or more peak samples of two or more fields of a
sampled signal and configured to determine one or more absolute values of
the one or more peak samples of the two or more fields. In addition, the
processor is configured to superimpose the one or more absolute values of
the one or more peak samples of the two or more fields. The processor is
further configured to combine the one or more absolute values that fall
within a predetermined window to produce a peak value and configured to
compare the peak value with a threshold to determine a presence of a
signal in the communication channel.