  This work presents analytic solutions for a useful integral in wireless
communications, which involves the Marcum $Q{-}$function in combination with an
exponential function and arbitrary power terms. The derived expressions have a
rather simple algebraic representation which renders them convenient both
analytically and computationally. Furthermore, they can be useful in wireless
communications and particularly in the context of cognitive radio
communications and radar systems, where this integral is often encountered. To
this end, we derive novel expressions for the probability of detection in
energy detection based spectrum sensing over $\eta{-}\mu$ fading channels.
These expressions are given in closed-form and are subsequently employed in
analyzing the effects of generalised multipath fading conditions in cognitive
radio systems. As expected, it is shown that the detector is highly dependent
upon the severity of fading conditions as even slight variation of the fading
parameters affect the corresponding performance significantly.
