Opportunistic power allocation strategies and fair subcarrier allocation in OFDM-based cognitive radio networks

In this paper we have studied the subcarrier and optimal power allocation strategy for OFDM-based cognitive radio (CR) networks. Firstly, in order to protect the primary user communication from the interference of the cognitive user transmissions in fading wireless channels, we design an opportunistic power control scheme to maximize the cognitive user capacity without degrading primary user’s QoS. The mathematical optimization problem is formulated as maximizing the capacity of the secondary users under the interference constraint at the primary receiver and the Lagrange method is applied to obtain the optimal solution. Secondly, in order to limit the outage probability within primary user’s tolerable range we analyze the outage probability of the primary user with respect to the interference power of the secondary user for imperfect CSI. Finally, in order to get the better tradeoff between fairness and system capacity in cognitive radio networks, we proposed an optimal algorithm of jointing subcarrier and power allocation scheme among multiple secondary users in OFDM-based cognitive radio networks. Simulation results demonstrate that our scheme can improve the capacity performance and efficiently guarantee the fairness of secondary users.     

An uplink resource allocation scheme for OFDMA‐based cognitive radio networks

Cognitive radio makes it possible for an unlicensed user to access a spectrum unoccupied by licensed users. In cognitive radio networks, extra constraints on interference temperature need to be introduced into radio resource allocation. In this paper, the uplink radio resource allocation is investigated for OFDMA‐based cognitive radio networks. In consideration of the characteristics of cognitive radio and OFDMA, an improved water‐filling power allocation scheme is proposed under the interference temperature constraints for optimal performance. Based on the improved water‐filling power allocation, a simple subcarrier allocation algorithm for uplink is proposed. The subcarrier allocation rules are obtained by theoretical deduction. In the uplink subcarrier allocation algorithm, the subcarriers are allocated to the users with the best channel quality initially and then adjusted to improve the system performance. A cursory water‐filling level estimation method is used to decrease the complexity of the algorithm. Asymptotic performance analysis gives a lower bound of the stability of the water‐filling level estimation. The complexity and performance of the proposed radio resource allocation scheme are investigated by theoretical analysis and numerical results. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一种基于干扰温度限制的信道与功率联合分配新算法

随着无线通信业务的不断增长,频谱资源越来越紧缺,然而另一方面大量授权的无线频谱却被闲置或者利用率极低,于是认知无线电技术应运而生,已成为无线通信领域的研究热点。认知无线电的基本思想是次用户（认知用户）利用主用户（授权用户）未占用的空闲频谱进行通信,其可用无线资源是根据授权用户的频谱使用情况而动态变化的。因此,能否实现对系统可用无线资源的合理有效管理,对整个认知无线电系统性能的优劣起着决定性作用。本文提出了一种在干扰温度限制下基于公平的功率与信道联合分配算法,该算法在主用户干扰温度及次用户发射功率的双重限制下,以最大化系统容量为基本目标,实现信道与功率的联合分配,并且引入贫困线来保证各个用户信道分配的公平性。论文建立了该问题的非线性规划数学模型,给出了模型的求解方法,并进一步设计了具体分配算法及其步骤。论文对干扰门限分别为-90dBm、-95dBm、-100dBm、-105dBm、-110dBm时的系统归一化容量累积分布函数进行了仿真比较,发现当干扰门限越低时,本文算法的优势越明显。这是因为在干扰门限较低时,干扰温度限制是功率分配的主要制约因素,而本文的算法正是基于干扰门限进行分配的。因此基于干扰温度限制的公平的功率与信道联合分配算法具有良好的性能,在保证了系统的公平性效益的同时,提高了系统的归一化容量。      

Resource Allocation in an OFDM-Based Cognitive Radio System

The problem of subcarrier, bit and power allocation for an OFDM based cognitive radio system in which one or more spectrum holes exist between multiple primary user (PU) frequency bands is studied. The cognitive radio user is able to use any portion of the frequency band as long as it does not interfere unduly with the PUs' transmissions. We formulate the resource allocation as a multidimensional knapsack problem and propose a low-complexity, greedy max-min algorithm to solve it. The proposed algorithm is simple to implement and simulation results show that its performance is very close to (within 0.3% of) the optimal solution.     

Resource allocation for multiuser cognitive OFDM networks with proportional rate constraints

In this paper we study the resource allocation problem for the multiuser orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)‐based cognitive radio (CR) systems with proportional rate constraints. The mutual interference introduced by primary user (PU) and cognitive radio user (also referred to secondary user, SU) makes the optimization problem of CR systems more complex. Moreover, the interference introduced to PUs must be kept under a given threshold. In this paper, the highest achievable rate of each OFDM subchannel is calculated by jointly considering the channel gain and interference level. First, a subchannel is assigned to the SU with the highest achievable rate. The remaining subchannels are always allocated to the SU that suffers the severest unjustness. Second, an efficient bit allocation algorithm is developed to maximize the sum capacity, which is again based on the highest achievable rate of each subchannel. Finally, an adjustment procedure is designed to maintain proportional fairness. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm maximizes the sum capacity while keeping the proportional rate constraints satisfied. The algorithm exhibits a good tradeoff between sum capacity maximization and proportional fairness. Furthermore, the proposed algorithm has lower complexity compared with other algorithms, rendering it promising for practical applications. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

认知无线电下行链路中的OFDMA资源分配算法

摘 要： 本文提出一种适用于下行认知无线电系统的正交频分多址接入资源分配算法,在总发射功率、误比特率和对授权用户的干扰受限的条件下最大化系统信息传输速率.本算法分两步实现：首先通过比较各认知用户在各子载波上单位信号发送条件下接收信号的信干噪比实现子载波分配;然后利用凸优化理论求解非负实数域内的比特数和功率值的最优解,并将其调整为符合实际系统需要的比特数和功率值,实现比特和功率分配.仿真结果表明,相比传统的基于频谱空洞的资源分配算法,本算法可以提供显著的系统信息传输速率增益.     

Optimal power allocation for cognitive radio under interference outage constraint

Cognitive radio is able to share the spectrum with primary licensed user, which greatly improves the spectrum efficiency. We study the optimal power allocation for cognitive radio to maximize its ergodic capacity under interference outage constraint. An optimal power allocation scheme for the secondary user with complete channel state information is proposed and its approximation is presented in closed form in Rayleigh fading channels. When the complete channel state information is not available, a more practical transmitter-side joint access ratio and transmit power constraint is proposed. The new constraint guarantees the same impact on interference outage probability at primary user receiver. Both the optimal power allocation and transmit rate under the new constraint are presented in closed form. Simulation results evaluate the performance of proposed power allocation schemes and verify our analysis.     

Proportional Fair Resource Allocation Based on Chance-Constrained Programming for Cognitive OFDM Network

Proportional fair resource allocation plays a critical role to balance the spectrum efficiency and fairness for cognitive orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) network. However, due to the lack of cooperation between cognitive radio (CR) network and primary network, channel state information between CR base station (CRBS) and primary user (PU) could not be estimated precisely. Therefore, the interference of CRBS–PU couldn’t be computed precisely and chance-constrained programming is adopted to formulate the resource allocation problem. In this work, we study the proportional fair resource allocation problem based on chance-constrained programming for cognitive OFDM network. The objective function maximizes the spectral efficiency of cognitive OFDM network over subcarrier and power allocation. The constraint conditions include the interference constraint of PU with the target probability requirement and the proportional fair rate requirement of CR users. In order to solve the above optimization problem, two steps are taken to develop hybrid immune optimization algorithm (HIOA). In the first step, the probabilistic interference constraint condition is transformed as an uncertain function which is computed by a generalized regression neural network (GRNN). In the second step, we combine immune optimization algorithm and GRNN to develop HIOA. Simulation results demonstrate that HIOA yields higher spectral efficiency while the probabilistic interference constraint condition and the proportional fair rate constraint condition could be satisfied very well.     

Robust power and subcarrier allocation algorithm for cognitive network based on interference efficiency maximization

For the cognitive OFDMA uplink communication system,a robust power and subcarrier allocation algorithm based on maximum interference efficiency was proposed.Firstly,considering primary user interference constraint,secondary user transmit power constraint,subcarrier allocation constraint and secondary user minimum rate constraint,a robust resource optimization model based on outage probability was established.Then,by using Bernstein approximation and Dinkelbach’s method,the original non-convex problem based on outage probability was transformed into an equivalent convex optimization one,and the analytical solution was obtained by Lagrangian dual function method.Meanwhile,the computational complexity and robust sensitivity of the algorithm were analyzed.The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm has better interference efficiency and robustness.     

Ergodic capacity and outage probability optimization for secondary user in cognitive radio networks under interference outage constraint

This paper considers a cognitive radio network where a secondary user (SU) coexists with a primary user (PU). The interference outage constraint is applied to protect the primary transmission. The power allocation problem to jointly maximize the ergodic capacity and minimize the outage probability of the SU, subject to the average transmit power constraint and the interference outage constraint, is studied. Suppose that the perfect knowledge of the instantaneous channel state information (CSI) of the interference link between the SU transmitter and the PU receiver is available at the SU, the optimal power allocation strategy is then proposed. Additionally, to manage more practical situations, we further assume only the interference link channel distribution is known and derive the corresponding optimal power allocation strategy. Extensive simulation results are given to verify the effectiveness of the proposed strategies. It is shown that the proposed strategies achieve high ergodic capacity and low outage probability simultaneously, whereas optimizing the ergodic capacity (or outage probability) only leads to much higher outage probability (or lower ergodic capacity). It is also shown that the SU performance is not degraded due to partial knowledge of the interference link CSI if tight transmit power constraint is applied.     

认知无线电中基于Stackelberg博弈的分布式功率分配算法

在underlay认知无线电场景中,为了让认知用户能随机地接入主用户正在使用的授权频段,且对主用户产生的干扰不高于主用户能够容忍的干扰温度门限,该文采用Stackelberg博弈机制进行认知用户的发射功率分配。将主用户作为模型中的leader,认知用户作为follower,认知用户使用主用户的授权频段时需以干扰功率为单位支付给主用户相应的费用,而主用户则可以通过调整价格,限制认知用户产生的总干扰功率不高于其所能容忍的干扰温度门限,以便获得最大收益。同时,不同认知用户间根据主用户制定的价格,进行非协作博弈。仿真结果表明,与集中式的最优功率分配算法相比,该文可通过简单的分布式功率分配算法获得与其相近的系统性能,且主用户与认知用户间只需进行少量的信息交互,这与需进行大量信息交互的集中式最优算法相比,具有较大的优势。     

Adaptive subcarrier bandwidth and power in OFDM‐based cognitive radio systems for high mobility applications

OFDM‐based cognitive radio systems are spectrally flexible and efficient, but they are vulnerable to intercarrier interference (ICI), especially in high mobility environments. High mobility of the terminal causes large Doppler frequency spread resulting in serious ICI. Such ICI severely degrades the system performance, which is ignored in the existing resource allocation of OFDM‐based cognitive radio systems. In this paper, an adaptive subcarrier bandwidth along with power allocation problem in OFDM‐based cognitive radio systems for high mobility applications is investigated. This adaptive subcarrier bandwidth method should choose the suitable subcarrier bandwidth not only to balance the tradeoff between ICI and intersymbol interference but also to be large enough to tolerate an amount of Doppler frequency spread but less than the coherence bandwidth. The power budget and interference to primary users caused by cognitive radio users are imposed for primary users' protection. With these constraints, a joint optimization algorithm of subcarrier bandwidth and power allocation is proposed to maximize the bandwidth efficiency of OFDM‐based cognitive radio systems in such conditions. Numerical simulation results show that the proposed algorithm could maximize the system bandwidth efficiency and balance this tradeoff while satisfying the constraints. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一种新的认知无线电功率分配算法（英文）

Most resource allocation algorithms are based on interference power constraint in cognitive radio networks.Instead of using conventional primary user interference constraint,we give a new criterion called allowable signal to interference plus noise ratio(SINR) loss constraint in cognitive transmission to protect primary users.Considering power allocation problem for cognitive users over flat fading channels,in order to maximize throughput of cognitive users subject to the allowable SINR loss constraint and maximum transmit power for each cognitive user,we propose a new power allocation algorithm.The comparison of computer simulation between our proposed algorithm and the algorithm based on interference power constraint is provided to show that it gets more throughput and provides stability to cognitive radio networks.     

基于OFDM的协同认知网络跨层资源调度

协同通信与认知无线电是未来移动通信的重要技术。针对基于OFDM的无线协同认知网络中的资源分配问题,该文提出了一种有效的跨层资源调度方案。该调度方案在考虑对主用户所受干扰功率进行控制的前提下,以最大化认知用户超帧中总的传输速率为目标,在调度帧中对各传输帧两阶段的子载波进行最佳配对,并为配对子载波分配最优的发送功率。通过分步求解的方法,该调度方案形成的优化问题得到有效解决。仿真结果表明该资源调度方案使得认知用户传输速率有显著提升,方案的可行性与有效性得到了验证。     

A low‐complexity resource allocation algorithm in OFDMA‐based cooperative cognitive radio networks

In this paper, we propose a low‐complexity resource allocation algorithm for the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing cooperative cognitive radio networks, where multiple primary users (PUs) and multiple secondary users (SUs) coexist. Firstly, we introduce a new concept of ‘efficiency capacity’ to represent the channel conditions of SUs by considering both of the interference caused by the PUs and the channel gains of the SUs with the assist of the relays. Secondly, we allocate the relay, subcarrier and transmission power jointly under the constraint of limiting interference caused to the PUs. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can achieve a high data rate with a relative low power level. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Resource allocation in orthogonal frequency division multiple access‐based cognitive radio systems with minimum rate constraints

In this paper, resource allocation problem in orthogonal frequency division multiple access‐based cognitive radio (CR) systems to maintain minimum transmission rate constraints of CR users (CRUs) with the specified interference thresholds is investigated. Firstly, a single primary user (PU) CR system is considered, and a suboptimal resource allocation algorithm to maximize the sum transmission rate of all CRUs is proposed. Secondly, the single‐PU scenario is extended to multiple‐PU case, and an asymptotically optimal resource allocation algorithm is proposed using dual methods subject to constraints on both interference thresholds of PUs and total transmit power of all CRUs. Analysis and numerical results show that, in contrast to classical resource allocation algorithms, the proposed algorithm can achieve higher transmission rate and guarantee each CRU's minimum transmission rate in both scenarios. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于认知OFDM的子载波功率分配改进算法

在认知无线网络中,建立了基于认知OFDM多载波资源分配数学模型,在授权用户干扰受限条件下,以最大化传输速率为目标进行认知用户的子载波功率分配。传统注水法被证明是最优的单用户子载波功率分配算法,在传统注水法功率分配基础上,提出了两种可行的子载波功率分配改进算法,改进算法一是通过对水面值的粗略估计快速确定不分配功率子载波,改进算法二不需要通过迭代计算水面值,只通过线性计算就可以直接确定不分配功率的子载波,且对授权用户不产生干扰。仿真结果表明,在改进的两种子载波功率分配算法下,认知用户的数据传输速率优于传统注水法功率分配时认知用户的数据速率,所提改进算法具有自适应特性且计算复杂度大大降低。      

Proportional-fairness resource allocation for uplink OFDM-based cognitive radio systems

This paper has proposed a proportional-fairness resource allocation algorithm, including both subcarrier assignment algorithm and power allocation algorithm, for uplink orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based cognitive radio (CR) systems. First, to get a better performance in the proposed system model, the influence factor (a,b,c) was introduced to realize the assignment of the subcarriers. Second, the transmit power of the secondary users (SUs) was allocated to the corresponding subcarriers in order to maximize the uplink capacity of the SUs subject to both power and interference constraints. With the appropriate influence factor in the subcarrier assignment, the loss of transmitted data rate arising from the fairness was minimized. Simulation results showed that the proposed algorithm can achieve a perfect fairness among the SUs while maximizing the system capacity simultaneously, and is of a low computation complexity.     

Joint Power and Time Allocation Scheme with QoS Constraints in Overlay Multi-user Cognitive Radio Networks

This paper studies the case of an overlay cognitive radio network where the primary user leases spectral resources to the secondary user in exchange for cooperation, considering that both type of users have specific quality of service requirements. We investigate the problem of joint power and time allocation for the secondary access during the cooperative phase, with a view to optimizing the effective capacity of the primary user given an average energy constraint for the secondary user. Afterwards, the optimal power allocation of the secondary user for its own transmission phase is investigated in order to maximize the effective capacity of the secondary link. The proposed joint power and time allocation mechanism is compared with an optimal time/constant power allocation scheme and a less sophisticated baseline allocation scheme, i.e. power allocation under constant time and its superiority is proven for various network parameters. The reference model of one primary–one secondary user is extended to a general multi user cognitive radio network through the proposed pairing mechanism based on matching theory. Particularly, considering the remarks of the reference scenario, we propose two different matching schemes (with/without consideration of primary users’ quality of service requirements) and we confirm their superiority compared to other matching mechanisms.