一种非理想感知条件下的双门限机会频谱接入策略

为了有效提高认知网络中次用户的吞吐率性能,提出了一种应用于非理想感知条件下的双门限机会频谱接入策略。该策略能在次用户对信道占用情况感知非理想的条件下,综合考虑次用户的信道质量和非准确的信道占用信息,使次用户在信道感知为空闲和占用时分别以不同的信道质量门限选择接入信道,从而最大程度地利用信道质量较好的传输机会,提高次用户的吞吐率性能。结合本策略,建立了以次用户的有效吞吐率最大化为目标、以对主用户的干扰程度为约束条件的优化问题,并在次用户对信道感知存在误差的条件下给出了最优门限的设计方法。仿真结果表明,所提出的双门限机会频谱接入策略能够在非理想感知条件下显著提高次用户的有效吞吐率。     

感知频谱共享下的多天线功率优化分配算法研究

本文构建了一种在感知结果下具有多天线次用户的频谱共享模型,该模型由单入单出主用户对和多入单出认知用户对构成。当认知用户感知到主用户占用信道时,主用户向认知用户发送Message信息,使得认知用户发射端能够得知主用户对干扰总功率的限制要求,通过自适应地调整认知用户发射机的发射功率,以保证其对主用户不造成有害干扰;如果主用户未占用信道,认知用户立刻以最大发射功率占用信道。并分别在主用户存在和不存在两种情况下,优化认知用户发射机各天线的发射功率来最大化系统总的数据传输率。最后,通过数值仿真来验证推导出的功率分配策略,并对其进行分析和讨论。仿真结果表明:相比于机会频谱接入（Opportunistic Spectrum Access, OSA）和基于感知的频谱共享（Sensing-based spectrum sensing）模式,推导的功率分配策略在提出的模型中可以获得更高的信息传输率。      

接收功率受限下的信道容量研究

基于频谱共享模型,应用拉格朗日极值定理和注水算法,得出在频谱共享中接收功率 受限的情况下对称信道感知和非对称信道感知下认知用户信道容量的关系式,并分析了主 用户个数对认知用户信道容量的影响。仿真结果表明在相同平均信噪比下,瑞利衰落信道的 信道容量最大,而信噪比越小差别越明显。     

感知无线电中的频谱检测技术

感知无线电可以自动感知外界的无线环境并能调整系统参数以适应环境的变化。频谱检测是感知无线电的关键技术之一，要求感知用户可靠、快速地检测频谱空洞。文中按照主用户发射端检测和主用户接收端检测，对当前的主要频谱检测算法进行了分类，并对频谱检测算法进行了讨论和对比研究，给出了在IEEE802．22和频谱池结构中的频谱检测的具体应用。     

基于可靠次用户信息的协作频谱感知算法研究

对认知无线电系统最基本要求之一就是次用户必须有能力以高的精确率来确定主用户是否存在。而以前对认知无线电频谱感知的研究表明：在实际认知网络中次用户之间的相互协作可以提高其频谱检测性能。然而,对于协作频谱感知而言,随着协作次用户数目的增加,势必会增大用于传输本地检测结果到融合中心的专用控制信道带宽,从而增加系统开销。该文在控制信道带宽有限的约束条件下,提出一种通过考虑可靠次用户信息的协作频谱感知算法来进一步改善频谱检测的性能。该算法的基本思想：只有具有可靠的本地检测结果的次用户才发送自己的检测结果到融合中心,否则,该次用户不发送任何信息。同时,对提出的该算法在理论上进行了推导,通过仿真结果表明：在控制信道带宽受限的约束下,相比于传统的或门协作频谱感知算法,提出的算法能够大大改善对主用户的检测性能。     

衰落信道下基于接收机信标感知的频谱共享

理想的主、次系统频谱共享应尽量使次级用户发射机与主用户接收机处于互为对方的保护边界和干扰边界的临界状态。本文基于此临界状态对信标感知灵敏度和次级用户发射功率的要求,通过分析信道衰落和双向信道非对称性引起的临界干扰概率,首次针对基于接收机信标感知的频谱共享方法,给出了衰落信道下满足主用户干扰约束的次级用户发射功率约束机制。针对单个工作频段存在多个主用户接收机的（广播）场景,以距次级用户发射机最近的主用户接收机为干扰保护目标,通过分析信标的多个衰落副本的累积作用对信标感知的影响,进一步给出了这种场景下的次级用户发射功率约束与主用户临界干扰概率的关系。      

基于表决融合的带宽受限的协作频谱感知算法

协作的频谱感知使认知无线电（CR）网络对主用户进行可靠的检测,并避免了对主用户通信的干扰。数据融合是协作的频谱感知的关键技术。但是当协作认知无线电用户较多时,它们向融合中心汇报的感知信息就会占用大量的带宽。本文提出了将表决融合准则与检查策略相结合的协作频谱感知的方法,来减少发往融合中心的平均感知比特数,从而有效节约传输带宽。推导分析了该算法在理想信道和非理想信道中的频谱感知性能,并给出了这两种情况检测概率的闭合式。仿真结果表明,此种基于表决融合准则的检查协作频谱感知算法的性能最优,即在较高的感知性能下有大量的感知比特的节约。      

认知无线电网络中次用户平均吞吐量的优化

协作频谱感知的认知无线电网络中,已有研究表明增加参与协作频谱感知的次用户数量能够提高感知性能,进而提高信道吞吐量。然而,由于信道容量的限制,不断增加参与协作感知的次用户数量并不会使信道吞吐量无限提高,反而会使次用户平均可获得的吞吐量不断降低。针对上述问题,该文以次用户平均吞吐量为优化目标,证明多信道条件下,对于任意给定的融合参数,次用户的平均吞吐量是感知时间的凸函数,并提出交叉迭代算法进行2维优化。仿真结果表明,当信噪比为-10 dB时,次用户使用交叉迭代算法获得的平均吞吐量较已有算法可提高20%以上。     

无线认知网络国内外研究现状

无线认知网络(Wireless Cognitive Network,WCN)是在认知无线电(Cognitive Radio,CR)技术基础上形成的网络形态,是当今通信技术的前沿研究领域之一。无线认知网络具有高度智能化能力,能感知网络的环境信息和分辨当前的网络状态,并根据这些状态进行相应的规划、决策和响应。WCN主要应用于机会频谱接入(Opportunistic Spectrum Access)主用户(合法的授权用户,具有较高的优先权接入频谱),而次用户(具有认知功能的非授权用户)通过智能感知周围的无线环境,并在对主用户不造成有害干扰的情况下机会接入授权频谱。     

基于博弈论的空时频谱共享：动态接入与惩罚策略

为了解决时空域频谱资源利用不充分的问题,针对异构网络中多个次用户通过感知空时频谱机会动态接入的场景,提出一种基于博弈论的可靠频谱共享策略。首先,次用户通过信道采样感知主用户的活跃程度,并进一步寻找适合的空时频谱机会。其中,每个次用户旨在寻求更多的频谱资源,须避免对主用户的通信质量造成损害。为此,次用户与主用户之间需进行个人效用的协商,以达到混合纳什均衡状态。当次用户发射功率异常时,其行为将被视为违规。然后,结合违规次数和网络中活动节点数,对次用户采用退避时间补偿算法进行惩罚。最后,仿真结果验证了引入惩罚机制的空时频谱机会共享策略的有效性。     

Effects of imperfect channel sensing and estimation on the performance of cognitive radio systems

In realistic scenarios of cognitive radio (CR) systems, imperfect channel sensing may occur due to false alarms and miss detections. Channel estimation between the secondary user transmitter and another secondary user receiver is another challenge in CR systems, especially for frequency‐selective fading channels. In this context, this paper presents a study of the effects of imperfect channel sensing and channel estimation on the performance of CR systems. In particular, different methods of channel estimation are analyzed under channel sensing imperfections. Initially, a CR system model with channel sensing errors is described. Then, the expectation maximization (EM) algorithm is implemented in order to learn the channel fading coefficients. By exploiting the pilot symbols and the detected symbols at the secondary user receiver, we can estimate the channel coefficients. We further compare the proposed EM estimation algorithm with different estimation algorithms such as the least squares (LS) and linear minimum mean square error (LMMSE). The expressions of channel estimates and mean squared errors (MSE) are determined, and their dependencies on channel sensing uncertainty are investigated. Finally, to reduce the complexity of EM algorithm, a sub‐optimal algorithm is also proposed. The obtained results show that the proposed sub‐optimal algorithm provides a comparable bit error rate (BER) performance with that of the optimal one yet with less computational complexity.     

Adaptive dual‐radio spectrum‐sensing scheme in cognitive radio networks

In this paper, a novel spectrum‐sensing scheme, called adaptive dual‐radio spectrum‐sensing scheme (ADRSS), is proposed for cognitive radio networks. In ADRSS, each secondary user (SU) is equipped with a dual radio. During the data transmission, with the received signal‐to‐noise ratio of primary user (PU) signal, the SU transmitter (SUT) and the SU receiver (SUR) are selected adaptively to sense one channel by one radio while communicating with each other by the other one. The sensing results of the SUR are sent to the SUT through feedback channels (e.g., ACK). After that, with the sensing results from the SUT or the SUR, the SUT can decide whether the channel switching should be carried out. The theoretical analysis and simulation results indicate that the normalized channel efficiency, defined as the expected ratio of time duration without interference to PUs in data transmission to the whole frame length, can be improved while satisfying the interference constraint to PUs. After that, an enhanced ADRSS is designed by integrating ADRSS with cooperative spectrum sensing, and the performance of ADRSS under imperfect feedback channel is also discussed. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Decentralized cognitive MAC for opportunistic spectrum access in ad hoc networks: A POMDP framework

We propose decentralized cognitive MAC protocols that allow secondary users to independently search for spectrum opportunities without a central coordinator or a dedicated communication channel. Recognizing hardware and energy constraints, we assume that a secondary user may not be able to perform full-spectrum sensing or may not be willing to monitor the spectrum when it has no data to transmit. We develop an analytical framework for opportunistic spectrum access based on the theory of partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP). This decision-theoretic approach integrates the design of spectrum access protocols at the MAC layer with spectrum sensing at the physical layer and traffic statistics determined by the application layer of the primary network. It also allows easy incorporation of spectrum sensing error and constraint on the probability of colliding with the primary users. Under this POMDP framework, we propose cognitive MAC protocols that optimize the performance of secondary users while limiting the interference perceived by primary users. A suboptimal strategy with reduced complexity yet comparable performance is developed. Without additional control message exchange between the secondary transmitter and receiver, the proposed decentralized protocols ensure synchronous hopping in the spectrum between the transmitter and the receiver in the presence of collisions and spectrum sensing errors     

Channel capacity analysis of non-line-of-sight ultraviolet communication in noncoplanar geometry based on traversing tiny unit method

Channel capacity reflects the ability of the system to transmit information without errors.The path loss and impulse response of the system were calculated based on traversing tiny unit method,and then the frequency response of the system was obtained by the discrete Fourier transform of the impulse response sampling sequence,and the 3 dB bandwidth of the system was calculated.Considering the shot noise caused by signal light,the signal-to-noise ratio of the system was obtained according to the quantum limit method,and then the relationship between the channel capacity and the geometric parameters of transmitter and receiver in non-line-of-sight noncoplanar ultraviolet communication system were simulated and analyzed by Shannon formula.The results show that the channel capacity decreases with the increase of the off axis angle and the communication distance.When the elevation angles of transmitter and receiver are less than 40°,the channel capacity decreases rapidly with the increase of the elevation angles of transmitter and receiver,and the transmitter elevation angle has a great influence on the channel capacity.The system channel capacity is almost constant with the increase of divergence angle,and the larger the receiver field of view angle,the greater the system channel capacity.     

频谱失配情况下TDCS性能分析及感知结果交换机制

在变换域通信系统(TDCS)中,通常假设收发两端频谱感知结果是一致的,若收发两端频谱感知结果不一致会使TDCS性能恶化。基于TDCS的基本原理,对收发两端频谱感知结果不一致(频谱失配)时的误码率性能进行了理论分析,推导并仿真验证了频谱失配情况下,理论误码率的表达式。为解决频谱失配对TDCS影响,提出了一种不需任何附加控制信道的TDCS收发两端交换频谱感知结果的机制。利用该方案,收发两端在交换各自的频谱感知结果后,利用双方频谱感知结果的交集进行通信,相当于收发两端处于同一频谱环境。最后,对该频谱感知结果交换方案进行了简单的理论分析。     

基于确定性观测的压缩感知MIMO信道参数反馈

在实际资源受限(带宽受限或功率受限)的无线通信系统中,多径信道具有很强的稀疏特性,如何利用这一特点更加高效地将接收端获得的多径信道状态信息( CSI)进行压缩、反馈,是目前信道状态信息反馈技术的研究热点。针对现有多入多出( MIMO)信道状态信息反馈方法中随机观测矩阵需要较大存储空间的问题,引入了确定性Golay测量矩阵,提出了一种基于确定性观测的压缩感知MIMO多径信道参数反馈方法。在接收端对由信道估计得出的信道状态信息利用确定性Golay测量矩阵进行观测,将较少数目的观测值反馈到发送端,在发送端通过重构算法恢复出完全信道状态信息。仿真实验表明,与随机观测相比,采用确定性Golay观测矩阵的方法虽然需要的观测值数目会有所增加,但所需存储空间远小于随机观测矩阵,且利用确定性观测反馈信道状态信息的重构性能与随机观测矩阵相当。     

部分信道状态信息下多天线系统的最优发送

在实际的单用户多天线平坦衰落通信系统中,接收端往往具有理想的信道状态信息,而发送端只有来自接收端的部分信道状态信息反馈,因此在发送端信道模型假设为复高斯随机矩阵.在发射端具有信道协反差反馈或者均值反馈的情形下,对达到最大的信道容量即信息论角度的最优化问题进行了理论分析,研究了系统的最优发送方案.对目前的关于单方向发射的最优条件进行扩展,进一步推导了沿任意多个方向发送达到信道容量的条件.数值结果验证了分析结论.     

Nakagami信道的中断容量分析

本文讨论了Nakagami-m衰落信道系统的中断容量性能,在发射端未知信道信息,接收端的信道估计存在误差时,给出了计算中断容量上界和下界的表达式,它们是接收端的估计误差和信道参数的函数,仿真结果表明随着估计误差的增大中断容量的上界和下界同时降低,但是中断容量的下界随着信道参数的增大而增大,上界随着信道参数的增大而减小。     

On the Impacts of Channel Estimation Errors and Feedback Delay on the Ergodic Capacity for Spectrum Sharing Cognitive Radio

Spectrum sharing cognitive radio aims to improve the spectrum efficiency via sharing the spectrum band licensed to the primary user (PU) with the secondary user (SU) concurrently provided that the interference caused by the SU to the PU is limited. The channel state information (CSI) between the secondary transmitter (STx) and the primary receiver (PRx) is used by the STx to calculate the appropriate transmit power to limit the interference. We assume that this CSI is not only having channel estimation errors but also outdated due to feedback delay, which is different from existing studies. We derive closed-form expressions for the ergodic capacities of the SU with this imperfect CSI under the average interference power (AIP) constraint and the peak interference power (PIP) constraint. Illustrative results are presented to show the effects of the imperfect CSI. It is shown that the ergodic capacity of the SU is robust to the channel estimation errors and feedback delay under high feedback delay. It is also shown that decreasing the distance between STx and secondary receiver (SRx) or increasing the distance between STx and PRx can mitigate the impact of the imperfect CSI and significantly increase the ergodic capacity of the SU.     

Channel capacity analysis of a diffusion‐based molecular communication system with ligand receptors

Diffusion‐based communication is one of the most dominating forms in the micrometer and nanoscale communications. Generally, information is coded in molecules that are released by a transmitter nanomachine, propagated via a diffusion‐based channel, and then received by a receiving nanomachine (called receiver). The receiver considered in this paper is equipped with multiple ligand receptors. The molecular communication system in this paper is single hop and SISO. Namely, there is only a channel connecting a pair of transmitter and receiver. While most literature considers either the channel or the receptors, this paper proposes a channel model that takes into account both the diffusion‐based channel and the ligand‐based receiver. The channel capacity under such model is analyzed, which studies the impact of different parameters at both channel and the receiver on the performance of the molecular communication system. We establish a digital channel model based on the on–off keying and time slot scheme. A capacity expression is derived with consideration of the effects of the channel memory and ligand‐receptor binding mechanisms. The numerical results show that the overall channel capacity is restricted by the physical parameters of diffusion channel and ligand receptors. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.