52 research outputs found
Transceiver design and multi-hop D2D for UAV IoT coverage in disasters
When natural disasters strike, the coverage for Internet of Things (IoT) may be severely destroyed, due to the damaged communications infrastructure. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be exploited as flying base stations to provide emergency coverage for IoT, due to its mobility and flexibility. In this paper, we propose multi-antenna transceiver design and multi-hop device-to-device (D2D) communication to guarantee the reliable transmission and extend the UAV coverage for IoT in disasters. Firstly, multi-hop D2D links are established to extend the coverage of UAV emergency networks due to the constrained transmit power of the UAV. In particular, a shortest-path-routing algorithm is proposed to establish the D2D links rapidly with minimum nodes. The closed-form solutions for the number of hops and the outage probability are derived for the uplink and downlink. Secondly, the transceiver designs for the UAV uplink and downlink are studied to optimize the performance of UAV transmission. Due to the non-convexity of the problem, they are first transformed into convex ones and then, low-complexity algorithms are proposed to solve them efficiently. Simulation results show the performance improvement in the throughput and outage probability by the proposed schemes for UAV wireless coverage of IoT in disasters
Energy Efficiency Optimization for D2D Communications Underlaying UAV-assisted Industrial IoT Networks with SWIPT
The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has been viewed as a typical application for the fifth generation (5G) mobile networks. This paper investigates the energy efficiency (EE) optimization problem for the device-to-device (D2D) communications underlaying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)-assisted IIoT networks with simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT). We aim to maximize the EE of the system while satisfying the constraints of transmission rate and transmission power budget. However, the designed EE optimization problem is non-convex involving joint optimization of the UAV’s location, beam pattern, power control and time scheduling, which is difficult to tackle directly. To solve this problem, we present a joint UAV location and resource allocation algorithm to decouple the original problem into several sub-problems and solve them sequentially. Specifically, we first apply the Dinkelbach method to transform the fraction problem to a subtractive-form one, and propose a mulitiobjective evolutionary algorithm based on decomposition (MOEA/D) based algorithm to optimize the beam pattern. We then optimize UAV’s location and power control using the successive convex optimization techniques. Finally, after solving the above variables, the original problem can be transformed into a single-variable problem with respect to the charging time, which is linear and can be tackled directly. Numerical results verify that significant EE gain can be obtained by our proposed algorithm as compared to the benchmark schemes
Energy-efficient non-orthogonal multiple access for wireless communication system
Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has been recognized as a potential solution for enhancing the throughput of next-generation wireless communications. NOMA is a potential option for 5G networks due to its superiority in providing better spectrum efficiency (SE) compared to orthogonal multiple access (OMA). From the perspective of green communication, energy efficiency (EE) has become a new performance indicator. A systematic literature review is conducted to investigate the available energy efficient approach researchers have employed in NOMA. We identified 19 subcategories related to EE in NOMA out of 108 publications where 92 publications are from the IEEE website. To help the reader comprehend, a summary for each category is explained and elaborated in detail. From the literature review, it had been observed that NOMA can enhance the EE of wireless communication systems. At the end of this survey, future research particularly in machine learning algorithms such as reinforcement learning (RL) and deep reinforcement learning (DRL) for NOMA are also discussed
Effective relaying mechanisms in future device to device communication : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in School of Food and Advanced Technology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Listed in 2020 Dean's List of Exceptional ThesesFuture wireless networks embrace a large number of assorted network-enabled devices
such as mobile phones, sensor nodes, drones, smart gears, etc., with different applications
and purpose, but they all share one common characteristic which is the dependence
on strong network connectivity. Growing demand of internet-connected devices
and data applications is burdensome for the currently deployed cellular wireless networks.
For this reason, future networks are likely to embrace cutting-edge technological
advancements in network infrastructure such as, small cells, device-to-device communication,
non-orthogonal multiple access scheme (NOMA), multiple-input-multiple out,
etc., to increase spectral efficiency, improve network coverage, and reduce network latency.
Individual devices acquire network connectivity by accessing radio resources in
orthogonal manner which limits spectrum utilisation resulting in data congestion and
latency in dense cellular networks. NOMA is a prominent scheme in which multiple
users are paired together and access radio resources by slicing the power domain. While
several research works study power control mechanisms by base station to communicate
with NOMA users, it is equally important to maintain distinction between the
users in uplink communication. Furthermore, these users in a NOMA pair are able to
perform cooperative relaying where one device assists another device in a NOMA pair
to increase signal diversity. However, the benefits of using a NOMA pair in improving
network coverage is still overlooked. With a varierty of cellular connected devices, use
of NOMA is studied on devices with similar channel characteristics and the need of
adopting NOMA for aerial devices has not been investigated. Therefore, this research
establishes a novel mechanism to offer distinction in uplink communication for NOMA
pair, a relaying scheme to extend the coverage of a base station by utilising NOMA
pair and a ranking scheme for ground and aerial devices to access radio resources by
NOMA
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