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Besides, MRA is also combined with the Higuchi fractal dimension (a non-linear measure) to establish the decision rule permitting the detection of the absence or presence of one or multiple primary users in the studied wideband spectrum. Methods were tested on simulated and real signals showing a good performance. The results present these two methods as effective options for detecting primary user activity on the multiband spectrum. 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