同频干扰环境下双向AF中继性能分析及参数优化

双向中继（two-way relaying, TWR）作为提高中继网络频谱效率的一种有效手段,近年来受到广泛关注。本文研究同频干扰环境下三时隙TWR策略的中断概率性能,中继采用放大转发（amplify-and-forward, AF）策略。首先,理论推导了策略中断概率下界的闭合表达式和高信噪比下的渐进表达式。仿真表明,理论结果能够匹配策略的实际中断概率性能。根据理论结果,以最小化中断概率为目标对中继节点功率分配和中继位置参数进行优化。提出三种优化问题,即（1）给定中继位置,中继功率分配优化问题,（2）给定中继功率分配方案,中继位置优化问题,（3）联合优化中继功率分配和中继位置。仿真结果表明,联合优化能够实现最优的中断概率性能。      

A Framework on the Performance Analysis of Cooperative Wireless Body Area Networks

Wireless body area networks (WBANs) are deal with wireless networks in the human body. We describe the performance analysis of dual-hop cooperative relaying systems employing amplify-and-forward (AF) technique in WBANs over independent and nonnecessary identically distributed Gamma fading channels. More specifically, we present closed-form derivations of the outage probabilities (OP), symbol error probabilities (SEP) and ergodic capacity (EC) for fixed gain and channel state information (CSI)-assisted relaying techniques at arbitrary signal-to-noise-ratios (SNRs). We also deduce novel expressions in the high SNR region. By doing so, we can quantify the performance of system by the diversity and coding gains. Using the derived expressions as a starting point and for the case of Exponential fading, we consider three practical optimization scenarios. They are optimal relay position with fixed power allocation, power allocation under the fixed location of the relay and joint optimization of power allocation and relay position under a transmit power constraint. The Monte Carlo simulations are used to validate the accuracy of our derivations, where it is demonstrated that the proposed adaptive allocation method significantly outperforms the fixed allocation method.

     

双向协作系统的中继选择和功率分配策略

针对瑞利衰落信道下双向多中继协作通信系统,为了降低中断概率,提出了一种基于最小化中断概率的中继选择策略和功率分配方案。首先联合考虑两条链路的中继节点处信噪比和信道增益实现双链路中继选择,然后推导出一种新的最优中继下双向放大转发协作中断概率的近似表达式上界,并利用凸优化求解得到使中断概率最小的最优功率分配解。仿真结果表明,与现有策略相比,提出的策略能够明显降低系统中断概率和误码率,显著提高系统性能。     

Joint optimization of power allocation and relay location for regenerative relaying with multi‐antenna reception at destination

We consider joint power allocation (PA) and relay positioning in a dual‐hop regenerative relay system with multiple antennas equipped at the destination. With a fixed relay location, an adaptive PA strategy at the source and relay under a sum power constraint that minimizes the system outage probability is presented. With a fixed PA strategy, the optimal relay location is derived. We then propose to jointly optimize PA and relay location. It is shown that employing more destination antennas and/or choosing an appropriate relay location can significantly save the power needed at the relay. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the performance of the proposed PA and relay positioning algorithms. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于中断概率的协作通信中继选择与功率分配算法

研究了功率受限情况下多中继协作通信网络的中继选择和功率优化问题。在AF网络中,提出了一种低复杂度中继选择与功率分配算法,其目标是在总功率一定的条件下使系统的中断概率最小。本算法对源节点和所有潜在中继节点进行功率分配,结合当前信噪比选择最优的中继集合,通过最速下降法求出使系统中断概率最低的功率分配因子。该算法不需要知道大量瞬时信道信息、不需要系统在等功率条件下进行中继选择,只需求得中继节点排列矩阵便可根据当前信噪比自适应获得最优中继节点集合。仿真结果表明,在相同条件下,该算法明显优于不同中继节点集合下几种算法的中断性能,并且与传统的SAF及AAF算法相比,有效降低了中断概率,提升了系统性能和功率效率。     

Joint Impact of Co-Channel Interference and Channel Estimation Error on Outage Performance of Cellular Two-Way Relay Networks

This paper investigates the joint impact of co-channel interference and channel estimation error (CEE) on the performance of cellular multiuser two-way relay network, wherein a multi-antenna base station communicates with one of the several single-antenna mobile stations via a single-antenna relay. Specifically, we derive a tight lower bound closed-form expression for the overall outage probability under Rayleigh fading channels. We also evaluate an asymptotic outage expression in the high signal-to-noise ratio regime. Based on the asymptotic analysis, we study some practical cases of interest under both interference-limited and interference-free scenarios with CEE, from which various insights into the system diversity order are presented. Numerical and simulation results corroborate our theoretical findings.     

On outage minimization in RF energy harvesting relay assisted bidirectional communication

This paper explores an end-to-end outage probability experienced in a bidirectional relay assisted communication where the relay is assumed to be equipped with an RF energy harvesting circuit. First, the closed-form expression for the outage of the system is derived. This is followed by the formulation of an unconstrained optimization problem to achieve minimum outage probability with respect to the relay placement and consequent time allocation for energy harvesting. The system model is further extended in an underlay cognitive radio framework to study the impact of a primary user outage constraint on the end-to-end outage performance of the two-way communications. The accuracy of analytical results is validated through simulation results. The impact of various system parameters like relay position, time allocation factor, target rate of transmission on the outage probability is also observed. In addition, it is also shown that spectral efficiency of the communication system using hybrid power-time switching relaying protocol is much superior to similar one-way and two-way relay assisted communication system with power splitting relaying protocol.

     

非对称信道下协作通信系统中断概率的研究

首先建立了非对称信道下协作系统的数学模型,考虑了源节点到目的节点的直通链路,利用特征函数法推导出协作系统的平均中断概率公式,通过仿真验证了该中断概率公式的精确性,理论和仿真都表明协作系统的中断概率和中继节点的个数、位置分布以及协作系统的功率分配因子有着密切关系,并且考虑源到目的节点的直通链路相对于不考虑直通链路的情况具有更高的性能增益;然后又在此公式基础卜就协作系统中继节点的位置分布对最优功率分配因子的影响进行了仿真分析,并指出协作系统的最优功率分配因子受制于中继节点的位置分布情况.     

基于速率约束的OFDM中继链路能效最优资源分配策略

该文研究解码转发(DF)模式的OFDM中继链路的能效最大化资源分配问题。与现有典型的固定速率最小化发射功率或无约束最大化能效算法不同,该文考虑电路功率消耗的前提下,将问题建模为以最大化系统能效为目标,同时考虑用户最小速率需求、源节点S和中继节点R各自总发射功率约束下的联合子载波配对和最优功率分配问题。证明了速率和功率联合约束条件下中继链路全局能效最优解的唯一性,在此基础上提出一种低复杂度联合最优资源分配策略。仿真结果表明,该文所提方案能够在最小速率和S/R节点最大发射功率约束下自适应分配功率资源,实现系统能效最优,并能够降低链路的中断概率。     

认知中继协同无线通信系统功率分配和混合频谱接入方案

文章首先对Underlay 认知-中继协作（cognitive radio relay cooperation, CR-RC）系统信源和中继的功率分配问题进行了研究,获得了Underlay CR-RC系统信源、中继独立功率分配(independent power allocation, IPA）和联合功率分配（joint power allocation, JPA）方案,并给出了基于IPA和JPA的CR-RC系统的中断概率和各态历经容量的封闭解析解;其次通过对Underlay CR-RC系统中断性能的比较分析,提出了高频谱效率、高能量效率的混合Interweave-Underlay CR-RC方案。在该方案中,定义了主、从用户中断概率约束,充分考虑了主、从系统的服务质量(quality of service, QoS),当即使从用户的发射功率为零,主系统的QoS仍不能满足时,从用户以最大功率发送信号,无需考虑其对主用户的影响;当由于很强的主用户干扰,使得从用户的QoS不能得到满足时,从用户不再发射信号,发信功率为零;当主、从系统的QoS能够同时满足时,以Underlay模式工作。      

非理想干扰删除下全双工中继NOMA系统的物理层安全性能研究

全双工协作中继转发信号时存在的自干扰现象会降低系统性能.本文考虑存在窃听者的下行非理想自干扰全双工协作中继非正交多址接入（NFCR-E-NOMA,Non-ideal Full Duplex Cooperative Relay in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access system with Eavesdropper）系统,分别从系统中断概率和系统截获概率的角度分析了全双工协作中继的自干扰因素对于NFCR-E-NOMA系统安全中断性能的影响;推导了系统中断概率和截获概率的闭合表达式.仿真结果表明,全双工中继转发的自干扰因素对系统性能的影响较大,在NFCR-E-NOMA系统中,存在优化的中继转发功率,且在不同的基站发射功率和中继转发功率条件下,功率分配比对系统性能的影响也不同,在实际主链路信道条件允许的情况下,可通过设置较高的数据传输速率来抑制窃听者的截获概率.     

Performance Analysis and Enhancement for Opportunistic Analog Network Coding with Imperfect CSI

Imperfect channel state information (CSI) is among the main factors that affect system performance in wireless networks. In this paper, we investigate the impact of imperfect CSI on the performance of analog network coding (ANC) for a two-way relaying system based on opportunistic relay selection (ORS). An exact and generalized closed-form expression for system outage probability is presented in a Rayleigh flat-fading environment. To provide more insights, the closed-form asymptotic expression is then obtained. It is shown that the presence of channel estimation error causes outage probability maintain a fixed level even when a noiseless channel is adopted. Therefore, to mitigate the negative impact of imperfect CSI, we deduce the power allocation to minimize the system outage probability based on the knowledge of instantaneous channel information. Numerical results validate the accuracy of the derived expressions and highlight the effect of proposed power allocation algorithm compared with conventional uniform power allocation.     

广东工业大学信息工程学院

广东工业大学信息工程学院成立于2000年4月，其前身为原电子与信息工程系和原机械电子工程二系的测量与控制专业。现设有“信息工程”和“测控技术与仪器”两个本科专业，拥有“电子电力与电力传动”与“测试计量技术与仪器”两个学科的硕士学位授予点。     

Adaptive Power Allocation for Regenerative Relaying with Multiple Antennas at the Destination

We consider a dual-hop regenerative relay system with multiple antennas at the destination. Subject to a total power constraint, we explore adaptive power allocation between the source and relay to minimize the system outage probability and the average symbol error rate. Simulation results show that the presented adaptive power allocation solutions significantly outperform the uniform power allocation. For a fixed relay location, we show that using two destination antennas brings significant power saving and performance improvement over using one destination antenna, and that using more than two destination antennas does not necessarily bring further performance improvement. It is also found that by using more destination antennas and/or choosing an appropriate relay location, less power will be needed at the relay.     

非正交多址接入系统中的联合中继选择和用户配对算法

针对多用户NOMA中继系统,文中提出了一种联合中继选择和用户配对算法。该算法首先利用最小距离准则选择最优次级用户与主用户配对,然后进行最优中继选择来改善系统中断性能。根据系统模型的分析,推导了系统中断概率的准确表达式,并分析了高信噪比条件下的渐近中断性能。系统分集阶数的研究说明了所提NOMA中继系统相比于传统单中继NOMA系统的优越性。最后,蒙特卡洛仿真结果验证了理论分析的正确性。     

Power Allocation Schemes for Amplify-and-Forward MIMO-OFDM Relay Links

We consider a two-hop MIMO-OFDM communication scheme with a source, an amplify-and-forward relay, and a destination. We examine the possibilities of power allocation (PA) over the subchannels in frequency and space domains to maximize the instantaneous rate of this link if channel state information at the transmitter (CSIT) is available. We consider two approaches: (i) separate optimization of the source or the relay PA with individual per node transmit power constraints and (ii) joint optimization of the source and the relay PA with joint transmit power constraint. We provide the optimal PA at the source (or the relay) with a node transmit power constraint that maximizes the instantaneous rate for a given relay (or source) PA. Furthermore, we show that repeating this separate optimization of the source and the relay PA alternately converges and improves the achievable rate of the considered link. Since the joint optimization of the source and the relay PA is analytically not tractable we use a high SNR approximation of the SNR at the destination. This approximation leads to rates which are quite tight to the optimum.     

多中继AF协作系统功率分配研究

功率分配是协作通信中一个重要的研究方向,文章分析了放大转发（AF）协作方式下,基于正交信道的多协作中继系统模型,在此基础上推导了系统中断概率。并以最小化系统中断概率为目标,给出系统功率分配约束表达式,进一步分析了功率分配与中继节点位置的关系,计算求得单中继和两中继情况系统最优功率分配系数。系统仿真表明最优功率分配相对常规的等功率分配,系统性能明显提升。     

MIMO多中继辅助通信中基于最优功率分配的路由选择算法

考虑多个多天线中继站辅助的通信网,各中继站工作于放大转发(AF)模式,本文针对两跳半双工中继信道,提出一种基于最优功率分配的多天线路由选择算法。在总功率约束条件下,首先实现基站与中继间的最优功率分配,然后基于多天线中继模式,选出接收信噪比最大的一个中继进行传输。当功率完全分配给基站时,由于未使用中继传输,等价于选择一跳路由。与不进行中继选择的全工作模式相比,该算法不仅能达到满分集度,而且具有更好的中断概率性能和更大的系统容量。仿真结果表明,本文方法以较小的计算复杂度,使系统获得了较大的性能增益,并对于存在路径损耗的实用场景,该算法的性能优势仍然存在。      

Joint Relay and Antenna Selection in MIMO PLNC Inter-vehicular Communication Systems over Cascaded Fading Channels

We investigate the joint relay and antenna selection performance in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication system employing physical layer network coding (PLNC) with amplify-and-forward (AF) scheme at the relay antenna. Analytic results are derived under the cascaded Nakagami-m fading channel model assumption, which covers cascaded Rayleigh and conventional cellular channel models as well. We evaluate the performance of the system in terms of joint outage probability of sources and derive closed-form expressions for lower and upper bounds while an exact expression is found as a single integral form. Besides, the asymptotic diversity order is analyzed and quantified as a function of number of relays and antennas installed on the source and relay vehicles, and channel parameters. Finally, we verify the analytic derivations by computer simulations. Our results show that the outage probability performance decreases with the increasing cascading degrees of the channels but joint relay and antenna selection enhances the performance of the system superbly with the increasing number of relays and antennas. Also it is shown throughout all the simulation results, the lower bound for the joint outage probability seems to consistently be well tight for large SNR. Therefore it can be used for practical design of inter-vehicular communication systems which contain multiple relays and antennas.     

On the Performance of Cellular Two-Way Relay Systems with Analog Network Coding and Multiuser Diversity

We consider a cellular two-way relaying system in which a multi-antenna base station (BS) communicates bidirectionally with one of several single-antenna mobile stations (MSs) via a single-antenna relay using analog network coding. We employ MS selection coupled with beamforming at the BS so as to maximize the end-to-end signal-to-noise ratios. In the considered system, the target rates at the sources can generally be different owing to the asymmetric traffic flow in opposite directions. With such a general setup, we perform an overall system outage probability analysis over Rayleigh fading channels. For more insights, we derive a closed-form asymptotic expression for overall outage probability and an upper bound expression for ergodic sum-rate of the system. Based on these expressions, we show that the system achieves a performance gain, and a diversity order of minimum of the number of BS antennas and the number of MSs. Moreover, we address the problem of optimization of relay location in order to minimize the overall system outage under asymmetric traffic conditions. Finally, we provide numerical and simulation results to corroborate the theoretical analysis and the advantages offered by the proposed scheme.