基于过时信道状态信息的机会协作性能研究

机会中继是协作通信系统中提高频谱效率和节省功率消耗的常用方法.在通信过程中,信道估计时刻和实际中继传输信息时刻存在一定的延时,其产生的过时信道状态信息（Outdated CSI）会严重地影响协作通信系统的性能.分别从考虑直传链路和不考虑直传链路两方面,分析了过时信道状态信息对机会协作分集系统中断概率的影响.仿真结果表明,系统性能随着相关系数ρ的减小而变差,并且随着中继节点数目的增加而提高.     

Performance analysis of cellular networks with mobile relays under different modes

With the popularity of smart phones and tablets, people make intensive use of these devices on public transport. The deployment of mobile relays on public transport may increase the quality of mobile services.The objective of this paper is to study the performance of cellular networks when mobile relays are deployed in public transport vehicles. We consider two modes: in the FDD mobile relay mode, the same spectrum is reused for all links while in the TDD/FDD hybrid mode, a small part of the spectrum is dedicated to the access link between the terminals inside a transport vehicle and the mobile relay. We provide a general analytical model for the two mobile relay modes by using the stochastic geometry approach. Key metrics like the CDF of the SINR and the CDF of the end-to-end rate are computed. Furthermore, the cell total average rate and the energy efficiency in different modes are evaluated. It has been found that penetration loss is a factor that determines how much gain mobile relay can bring. Numerical results show that when the ratio of vehicular UEs in the cell is 0.4 and the penetration loss is 20 dB, the FDD mobile relay mode and the TDD/FDD hybrid mobile relay mode can achieve \(+16.3, +29.1\%\) cell rate gain respectively compared with the direct mode.     

Performance analysis of multiple-antenna cooperative networks under Weibull fading

In wireless communications, cooperative relaying is well-known to enhance the overall system performance, but implementation and cost constraints stand against its wide deployment. This paper investigates the performance of cooperative relays with and without multiple antennas under independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) Weibull faded channels in a two-hop wireless network. We consider the Weibull fading channel model due to its flexibility in describing the radio propagation environment more than the classical Rayleigh model. Our study relies on applying selection combining (SC) along with threshold decode and forward (TDF) protocol at the cooperative relays as a good compromise between cost and performance. In addition, maximal ratio combining (MRC) is used at the destination. We derive analytical expressions for the end-to-end (E2E) error performance of the network under such scenario and provide simulation results to confirm the validity of the obtained analytical expressions.     

Optimum/sub-optimum detectors for multi-branch dual-hop amplify-and-forward cooperative diversity networks with limited CSI

We study the optimum maximum-likelihood (ML) detection and sub-optimum detection for a multi-branch dualhop cooperative diversity network with limited channel state information (CSI). Compared to the full CSI strategy, the signalling overhead at each relay involved with the limited CSI is reduced by 50%. We derive optimum ML detection with the limited CSI, which involves numerical integral evaluations. We also propose two closed-form sub-optimum detection rules of low complexity. It is shown that the first sub-optimum detection has almost identical performance to the optimum ML detection when Gaussianity in the added noise dominates, and the second sub-optimum detection has almost identical performance to the optimum ML detection when non-Gaussianity dominates. Finally, we propose a hybrid sub-optimum detection and demonstrate that its performance is almost identical to that of the optimum ML detection for general cases.     

Power allocation of cooperative amplify-and-forward communications with multiple relays

Cooperative diversity is one of the most effective ways to mitigate the fading effect of wireless channels and obtain the spatial gain in wireless networks.In this paper,an optimal power allocation(OPA)scheme for a cooperative communication system using the amplify-and-forward(AF)transmit strategy with multiple relay users is proposed by minimizing the bit-error-rate(BER)at the destination under the constraint of the total transmit power of both the source user and the relay users.Simulation results indicate that the proposed power allocation method can achieve significant BER performance improvement than using the equal power allocation(EPA)scheme,while still attains low complexity.The system performance is improved significantly with the increasing of the number of relay users at high signal-noise ratio(SNR).However,at low SNR,the system performance decreases when the relay number increases.Thus,an adaptive relay selection scheme may be used to choose the appropriate relay numbers in different transmission scenarios to provide system performance improvement and keep the power allocation scheme with low complexity.     

Performance analysis of threshold digital relaying M2M cooperative networks

Exact average bit error probability (BEP) expressions for mobile-to-mobile cooperative networks employing threshold digital relaying over N-Nakagami fading channels are derived. The power allocation problem is formulated for performance optimization. The average BEP performance is evaluated via numerical simulation to verify the accuracy of the analysis with binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation. The simulation results showed that the fading coefficient, number of cascaded components, relative geometrical gain, and power-allocation parameter have a significant influence on the performance.     

Performance analysis of rate-adaptive cooperative MAC based on wireless local area networks

Bi-dimensional Markov chain model based on cooperative medium access control (MAC) of wireless local area networks (WLAN) is considered to reflect system performance accurately. Two basic factors that affect the analysis results are station retry limits and non-saturated transmit probability. A uniform solution considering both factors is proposed. To prove the theoretical analysis, a cooperative MAC (CoopMAC) topology is established and the simulation model is enhanced by changing the cooperative table to the nodes' memory with more information added. Meanwhile, the three-way handshake scheme is modified and a handshake threshold is set based on the packet size. Simulation results show the performance analytical model is accurate, and the rate-adaptive cooperative MAC protocol significantly improves the network performance in terms of non-saturated system throughput and delay.     

Performance analysis of multiuser diversity in cooperative multi-relay networks under rayleigh-fading channels

In multiuser cooperative relay networks, cooperative diversity can be obtained with the help of relays, while multiuser diversity is an inherent diversity in multiuser systems. In this letter, the performance analysis of multiuser diversity in cooperative multi-relay networks is presented. Both the case of all relay participating and the case of relay selection are considered. We first derive asymptotic expressions of outage probability and symbol error probability for amplify-and-forward (AF) and decode-and-forward (DF) protocols with joint multiuser and cooperative diversity. Then, the theoretical analysis are validated by Monte Carlo simulations. Both the theoretical analysis and simulations show that a multiuser diversity order of K and a cooperative diversity order of M+ 1 can be achieved simultaneously for both AF and DF protocols (where K is the number of accessing users and M is the number of available relays). These demonstrate that the multiuser diversity can be readily combined with the cooperative diversity in multiuser cooperative relay networks.     

Performance of amplify-and-forward cooperative networks with differential unitary space time coding

In wireless communications, multi-input multi-output technology has been appreciated for its high transmission rate and diversity gain. These can also be exploited in cooperative networks by using network nodes as virtual antenna arrays. In this paper, we analyze the performance of cooperative networks with differential unitary space-time modulation under high signal-to-noise ratio. Relaying protocol is based on amplify-and-forward. The effect of relay location and energy allocation as well as the comparison with a conventional cooperative network is also addressed.     

基于发射分集的多点中继合作通信系统性能研究

为了降低合作通信系统中的误码率和中断概率,本文研究了多点中继合作通信系统.采用矩母函数(Moment Generating Function)分析方法,通过引入超几何函数,详尽推导出Rayleigh衰落信道下的平均符号错误率和中断率的精确表达式.通过蒙特卡洛仿真,验证了表达式的正确性,其性能优于单点中继合作通信系统.     

Joint optimization of relay-precoders and decoders with partial channel side information in cooperative networks

We jointly optimize the relay-precoders and decoders with full or partial channel side information (CSI) in a cooperative network. Specifically, three different CSI assumptions are considered: 1) full CSI at the destination terminal and the relay terminals; 2) full CSI at the destination terminal and partial CSI at the relay terminals; 3) partial CSI at the destination terminal and the relay terminals. We show that, under the assumption of full CSI at the destination terminal and the relay terminals, the optimum relay-precoder is the cooperative transmission beamforming and the optimum decoder is a maximum ratio combiner. Under the two partial CSI assumptions, the optimum relay-precoders and decoders work in a fashion of channel selection. It is demonstrated that the proposed optimum relay-precoders and decoders improve the performance considerably     

Performance analysis of ZF receivers with imperfect CSI for uplink massive MIMO systems

We consider the uplink of massive multiple-input multiple-output systems in a multicell environment. Since the base station (BS) estimates the channel state information (CSI) using the pilot signals transmitted from the users, each BS will have imperfect CSI in practice. Assuming zero-forcing method to eliminate the multi-user interference, we derive the exact analytical expressions for the probability density function of the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio, the corresponding achievable rate, the outage probability, and the symbol error rate (SER) when the BS has imperfect CSI. An upper bound of the SER is also derived for an arbitrary number of antennas at the BS. Moreover, we derive the upper bound of the achievable rate for the case where the number of antennas at the BS goes to infinity, and the analysis is verified by presenting numerical results.     

Performance of phase-shift keying communication systems with partial fading channel statistical information

In this paper, a method of evaluating the performance of phase-shift keying systems over non-Rayleigh fading channels is presented. The technique is based on utilizing a quasi-moment expansion of the probability density function. The results obtained using fourth-order statistics show good agreement with those obtained using full statistical information which is not available in practice.     

Performance optimization for energy harvesting cognitive cooperative networks with imperfect spectrum sensing

Wireless Networks - In this paper, considering imperfect spectrum sensing in a cognitive cooperative system, we study the performance optimization for throughput maximization of secondary user (SU)...     

Performance analysis of shadowed-Rice fading channel with cooperative spectrum sensing

In this paper, the performance analysis of wireless communication system over shadowed-Rice (SR) composite fading channel has been investigated and analysed. The unified analytical expressions of the average symbol error probability (ASEP) for several coherent and non-coherent modulation schemes separately with different constellation sizes are derived for composite fading channel under two different fade mitigation methods, with maximal ratio combining (MRC) microdiversity (Method 1) and MRC applied over the composite fading channel (Method 2). Furthermore, an asymptotic analysis is carried out and a closed-form expression of the ASEP with Method 2 is presented. Analytical expressions of the corresponding average probability of energy detection (PD) are formulated for both the methods. Finally, the derived PD expression is utilised to analyse the performance of cooperative system assuming erroneous feedback channel. Analysis of optimisation of detection threshold as well as number of cognitive users to minimise the total error rate is also carried out. The closed-form expressions are validated by comparing them with exact numerical results and Monte Carlo simulation.     

Two-way cooperative communications with statistical channel knowledge

We consider the problem of distributed beamforming for a two-way relay network which consists of two transceivers and multiple relay nodes. The main assumption in this work, which differentiates it from previously reported results, is that one of the transceivers is assumed to have only statistical information about channels between the other transceiver and the relay nodes. This assumption imposes less stringent restrictions on the bandwidth required to obtain channel state information via training. Based on this statistical modeling, we propose to use a chance-constrained programming approach to design a distributed beamforming algorithm. In this approach, we aim to minimize the total transmit power (consumed in the entire network) as perceived by one of the transceivers, subject to two probabilistic constraints. These constraints guarantee that the outage probability of the transceivers' received SNRs, as perceived by the master transceiver, is not less than certain given thresholds. We prove rigorously that such an approach leads to a relay selection algorithm where the relay with the strongest channel coefficient to the master transceiver participates in relaying and the remaining relays are shut off. As such, the optimal distributed beamforming algorithm is simplified to a power control solution. Closed-form solution to this problem is obtained and its performance is evaluated through numerical examples.     

Multiuser detection for cooperative networks and performance analysis

We investigate strategies for user cooperation in the uplink of a synchronous direct-sequence code-division multiple-access (DS/CDMA) network employing nonorthogonal spreading codes and analyze their performance. We consider two repetition-based relay schemes: decode-and-forward (DAF) and amplify-and-forward (AAF). Focusing on the use of linear multiuser detectors, we first present cooperation strategies, i.e., signal processing at both the relay nodes and the base station (BS), under the assumption of perfectly known channel conditions of all links; then, we consider the more practical scenario where relays and BS have only partial information about the system parameters, which requires blind multiuser detection methods. We provide performance analysis of the proposed detection strategies in terms of the (asymptotic) signal-to-(interference plus noise) ratio and the bit error rate, and we show that AAF achieves a full second-order diversity when a minimum mean-square-error detector is employed at both the relay side and the BS. A simple, yet effective, partner selection algorithm is also presented. Finally, a thorough performance assessment is undertaken to study the impact of the multiple-access interference on the proposed cooperative strategies under different scenarios and system assumptions.     

Performance analysis of cellular networks

Dynamic channel allocation can reduce the probability of blocking in cellular telephone networks. However, more is needed to achieve optimal performance. The author aims at estimating the minimal blocking probability for some simple cellular networks. Some dynamic channel allocation strategies are analyzed, the optimal performance (obtained by dynamic allocation and flow control) of some very simple networks is computed, and simple bounds on optimal performance are presented. These results lead to a better understanding of cellular networks and can be used to evaluate new control algorithms     

Performance evaluation of direct and cooperative transmissions in body area networks

Body area networks (BAN) offer amazing perspectives to instrument and support humans in many aspects of their life. Among all possible applications, this paper focuses on body monitoring applications having a body equipped with a set of sensors transmitting in real time their measures to a common sink. In this context, at the application level, the network fits with a star topology, which is quite usual in the broad scope of wireless networks. Unfortunately, the structure of the network at the physical layer is totally different. Indeed, due to the specificity of BAN radio channel features, all radio links are not stationary and all sensors suffer from link losses during independent time frames. In wireless networks, link losses are often coped with multi-hop transmission schemes to ensure a good connectivity. However, since the radio links are not stationary, the multi-hop routes should adapt quickly to BAN changes. We instead propose in this work a different approach based on opportunistic relaying. The concept relies on electing some sensors to support the transmission of other ones having a worst connection. Instead of changing the relay time to time, we rather select a relay node from a statistical perspective. We evaluate this approach from a theoretical point of view and on realistic simulations using the packet error rate outage probability as a performance criterion.