Collaborative Multi-Resource Allocation in Terrestrial-Satellite Network Towards 6G

Terrestrial-satellite networks (TSNs) are envisioned to play a significant role in the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. In such networks, hot air balloons are useful as they can relay the signals between satellites and ground stations. Most existing works assume that the hot air balloons are deployed at the same height with the same minimum elevation angle to the satellites, which may not be practical due to possible route conflict with airplanes and other flight equipment. In this paper, we consider a TSN containing hot air balloons at different heights and with different minimum elevation angles, which creates the challenge of non-uniform available serving time for the communication between the hot air balloons and the satellites. Jointly considering the caching, computing, and communication (3C) resource management for both the ground-balloon-satellite links and inter-satellite laser links, our objective is to maximize the network energy efficiency. Firstly, by proposing a tapped water-filling algorithm, we schedule the traffic to relay among satellites according to the available serving time of satellites. Then, we generate a series of configuration matrices, based on which we formulate the relation between relay time and the power consumption involved in the relay among satellites. Finally, the collaborative resource allocation problem for TSN is modeled and solved by geometric programming with Taylor series approximation. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed scheme

Relaying in the Internet of Things (IoT): A Survey

The deployment of relays between Internet of Things (IoT) end devices and gateways can improve link quality. In cellular-based IoT, relays have the potential to reduce base station overload. The energy expended in single-hop long-range communication can be reduced if relays listen to transmissions of end devices and forward these observations to gateways. However, incorporating relays into IoT networks faces some challenges. IoT end devices are designed primarily for uplink communication of small-sized observations toward the network; hence, opportunistically using end devices as relays needs a redesign of both the medium access control (MAC) layer protocol of such end devices and possible addition of new communication interfaces. Additionally, the wake-up time of IoT end devices needs to be synchronized with that of the relays. For cellular-based IoT, the possibility of using infrastructure relays exists, and noncellular IoT networks can leverage the presence of mobile devices for relaying, for example, in remote healthcare. However, the latter presents problems of incentivizing relay participation and managing the mobility of relays. Furthermore, although relays can increase the lifetime of IoT networks, deploying relays implies the need for additional batteries to power them. This can erode the energy efficiency gain that relays offer. Therefore, designing relay-assisted IoT networks that provide acceptable trade-offs is key, and this goes beyond adding an extra transmit RF chain to a relay-enabled IoT end device. There has been increasing research interest in IoT relaying, as demonstrated in the available literature. Works that consider these issues are surveyed in this paper to provide insight into the state of the art, provide design insights for network designers and motivate future research directions

Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access schemes for Next Generation Cellular Networks: System Model and Performance Consideration

The dissertation deals with next generation cellular networks, especially in regard to the integration of wireless networks which apply non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and other advanced techniques such as multi-antennae, radio frequency energy harvesting (EH), physical layer security (PLS) and satellite communication. Firstly, the dissertation investigates a multi-antenna transmission model to enhance the performance of communications. A novel model of power distribution to NOMA users, who joined both direct link and relay link, is designed to improve transmission quality. Further, we deploy the power beacon, which is able to feed energy to power-constraint relay node to further support transmission to destinations. Secondly, the dissertation studies the secrecy performance of a PLS in cognitive radio (CR)-NOMA networks. The multi-input single-output (MISO) architecture combining transmit antenna selection (TAS) strategy is considered to achieve secure performance analysis such as the secrecy outage probability (SOP). Further, optimal power allocation (PA) factor can be obtained to optimize SOP performance. Since the presence of an illegitimate user, we improve the SOP by adopting relay selection (RS) combining decode-and-forward (DF) with full-duplex (FD)relaying. Finally, as the strongest contribution of the dissertation, an application of the NOMA technique, which improves the spectral efficiency, in satellite networks is introduced. Satellite communication systems integrate with emerging small-cell networks to provide seamless connectivity and high-speed broadband access for mobile users in future wireless networks. In the dissertation, we study a hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay system (HSTRS). To characterizing the HSTRS-assisted small-cell network, Shadowed-Rician fading for satellite links and Nakagami-m fading for terrestrial links are adopted.Disertační práce se zabývá buňkovými sítěmi příští generace, zejména s ohledem na integraci bezdrátových sítí, které používají neortogonální vícenásobný přístup (NOMA) a další pokročilé techniky, jako jsou víceanténové systémy, získávání energie z elektromagnetického záření (EH), zabezpečení fyzické vrstvy (PLS) a satelitní komunikace. Disertační práce nejprve zkoumá model komunikace s více anténami s cílem dosáhnout vyšší efektivity přenosu. Nový model distribuce energie uživatelům NOMA, kteří se připojili přímým spojem anebo zprostředkovaně (přes realy uzel), je navržen tak, aby zlepšil kvalitu přenosu. Dále je v modelu navržen výkonový maják, který je schopen dodávat energii do relay uzlu, aby podpořil přenos k příjemcům. Za druhé, disertační práce studuje výkonnost PLS v sítích kognitivního rádia (CR)-NOMA. V návrhu je uvažována architektura více vstupů s jedním výstupem (MISO) kombinující strategii výběru vysílací antény (TAS), přičemž úroveň zabezpečení je zkoumána metrikou pravděpodobnosti výpadku utajení (SOP). Dále lze pro optimalizaci výkonu SOP získat faktor optimálního přidělování energie (PA). Vzhledem k předpokládané přítomnosti nelegitimního uživatele vylepšujeme SOP pomocí výběru relay uzlu (RS) kombinující režimy dekóduj a přepošli (DF) s plně duplexním (FD) přenosem. A konečně, jako nejsilnější přínos disertační práce, je představena aplikace techniky vícenásobného přístupu NOMA v satelitních sítích, která vylepšuje spektrální účinnost. Satelitní komunikační systémy se integrují s nově vznikajícími buňkovými sítěmi malého dosahu. Zajišťují bezproblémové připojení a vysokorychlostní širokopásmový přístup pro mobilní uživatele v budoucích bezdrátových sítích. V disertační práci studujeme hybridní satelitně-terestrický relay systém (HSTRS). K popisu sítě malých buněk s asistencí HSTRS je v případě satelitní komunikace použit útlumový model "Shadowed-Rician" a v případě terestrické pak "Nakagami-m."440 - Katedra telekomunikační technikyvyhově