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On the Combined Effect of Directional Antennas and Imperfect Spectrum Sensing upon Ergodic Capacity of Cognitive Radio Systems
We consider a cognitive radio system, consisting of a primary transmitter
(PUtx), a primary receiver (PUrx), a secondary transmitter (SUtx), and a
secondary receiver (SUrx). The secondary users (SUs) are equipped with
steerable directional antennas. We assume the SUs and primary users (PUs)
coexist and the SUtx knows the geometry of network. We find the ergodic
capacity of the channel between SUtx and SUrx , and study how spectrum sensing
errors affect the capacity. In our system, the SUtx first senses the spectrum
and then transmits data at two power levels, according to the result of
sensing. The optimal SUtx transmit power levels and the optimal directions of
SUtx transmit antenna and SUrx receive antenna are obtained by maximizing the
ergodic capacity, subject to average transmit power and average interference
power constraints. To study the effect of fading channel, we considered three
scenarios: 1) when SUtx knows fading channels between SUtx and PUrx, PUtx and
SUrx, SUtx and SUrx, 2) when SUtx knows only the channel between SUtx and SUrx,
and statistics of the other two channels, and, 3) when SUtx only knows the
statistics of these three fading channels. For each scenario, we explore the
optimal SUtx transmit power levels and the optimal directions of SUtx and SUrx
antennas, such that the ergodic capacity is maximized, while the power
constraints are satisfied
Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications: A Review of Recent Advances
This article summarizes recent contributions in the broad area of energy
harvesting wireless communications. In particular, we provide the current state
of the art for wireless networks composed of energy harvesting nodes, starting
from the information-theoretic performance limits to transmission scheduling
policies and resource allocation, medium access and networking issues. The
emerging related area of energy transfer for self-sustaining energy harvesting
wireless networks is considered in detail covering both energy cooperation
aspects and simultaneous energy and information transfer. Various potential
models with energy harvesting nodes at different network scales are reviewed as
well as models for energy consumption at the nodes.Comment: To appear in the IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications
(Special Issue: Wireless Communications Powered by Energy Harvesting and
Wireless Energy Transfer
A Survey of Physical Layer Security Techniques for 5G Wireless Networks and Challenges Ahead
Physical layer security which safeguards data confidentiality based on the
information-theoretic approaches has received significant research interest
recently. The key idea behind physical layer security is to utilize the
intrinsic randomness of the transmission channel to guarantee the security in
physical layer. The evolution towards 5G wireless communications poses new
challenges for physical layer security research. This paper provides a latest
survey of the physical layer security research on various promising 5G
technologies, including physical layer security coding, massive multiple-input
multiple-output, millimeter wave communications, heterogeneous networks,
non-orthogonal multiple access, full duplex technology, etc. Technical
challenges which remain unresolved at the time of writing are summarized and
the future trends of physical layer security in 5G and beyond are discussed.Comment: To appear in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication
Power Beacon-Assisted Millimeter Wave Ad Hoc Networks
Deployment of low cost power beacons (PBs) is a promising solution for
dedicated wireless power transfer (WPT) in future wireless networks. In this
paper, we present a tractable model for PB-assisted millimeter wave (mmWave)
wireless ad hoc networks, where each transmitter (TX) harvests energy from all
PBs and then uses the harvested energy to transmit information to its desired
receiver. Our model accounts for realistic aspects of WPT and mmWave
transmissions, such as power circuit activation threshold, allowed maximum
harvested power, maximum transmit power, beamforming and blockage. Using
stochastic geometry, we obtain the Laplace transform of the aggregate received
power at the TX to calculate the power coverage probability. We approximate and
discretize the transmit power of each TX into a finite number of discrete power
levels in log scale to compute the channel and total coverage probability. We
compare our analytical predictions to simulations and observe good accuracy.
The proposed model allows insights into effect of system parameters, such as
transmit power of PBs, PB density, main lobe beam-width and power circuit
activation threshold on the overall coverage probability. The results confirm
that it is feasible and safe to power TXs in a mmWave ad hoc network using PBs.Comment: This work has been submitted to the IEEE for possible publication.
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Outage Analysis for SWIPT-Enabled Two-Way Cognitive Cooperative Communications
In this paper, we study a cooperative cognitive radio network (CCRN) where
the secondary user-transmitter (SU-Tx) assists bi-directional communication
between a pair of primary users (PUs) following the principle of two-way
relaying. In return, it gets access to the spectrum of the PUs to enable its
own transmission to SU-receiver (SU-Rx). Further, in order to support
sustainable operation of the network, SU-Tx is assumed to harvest energy from
the RF signals received from the PUs, using the technique of simultaneous
wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT). Assuming a decode-and-forward
behaviour and power-splitting based relaying protocol at SU-Tx, closed form
expressions for outage probability of PU and SU are obtained. Simulation
results validate our analytical results and illustrate spectrum-efficiency and
energy-efficiency advantages of the proposed system over one-way relaying.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
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Outage Analysis for SWIPT-Enabled Two-Way Cognitive Cooperative Communications
In this paper, we study a cooperative cognitive radio network (CCRN) where
the secondary user-transmitter (SU-Tx) assists bi-directional communication
between a pair of primary users (PUs) following the principle of two-way
relaying. In return, it gets access to the spectrum of the PUs to enable its
own transmission to SU-receiver (SU-Rx). Further, in order to support
sustainable operation of the network, SU-Tx is assumed to harvest energy from
the RF signals received from the PUs, using the technique of simultaneous
wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT). Assuming a decode-and-forward
behaviour and power-splitting based relaying protocol at SU-Tx, closed form
expressions for outage probability of PU and SU are obtained. Simulation
results validate our analytical results and illustrate spectrum-efficiency and
energy-efficiency advantages of the proposed system over one-way relaying.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
Technolog
Performance of cluster-based cognitive multihop networks under joint impact of hardware noises and non-identical primary co-channel interference
In this paper, we evaluate outage probability (OP) of a cluster-based multi-hop protocol operating on an underlay cognitive radio (CR) mode. The primary network consists of multiple independent transmit/receive pairs, and the primary transmitters seriously cause co-channel interference (CCI) to the secondary receivers. To improve the outage performance for the secondary network under the joint impact of the CCI and hardware imperfection, we employ the best relay selection at each hop. Moreover, the destination is equipped with multiple antennas and uses the selection combining (SC) technique to enhance the reliability of the data transmission at the last hop. For performance evaluation, we first derive an exact formula of OP for the primary network which is used to calculate the transmit power of the secondary transmitters. Next, an exact closed-form expression of the end-to-end OP for the secondary network is derived over Rayleigh fading channels. We then perform Monte-Carlo simulations to validate the derivations. The results present that the CCI caused by the primary operations significantly impacts on the outage performance of the secondary network
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