In this paper,we investigate IRS-aided user cooperation(UC)scheme in millimeter wave(mmWave)wirelesspowered sensor networks(WPSN),where two single-antenna users are wireless powered in the wireless energy transfer(WET...In this paper,we investigate IRS-aided user cooperation(UC)scheme in millimeter wave(mmWave)wirelesspowered sensor networks(WPSN),where two single-antenna users are wireless powered in the wireless energy transfer(WET)phase first and then cooperatively transmit information to a hybrid access point(AP)in the wireless information transmission(WIT)phase,following which the IRS is deployed to enhance the system performance of theWET andWIT.We maximized the weighted sum-rate problem by jointly optimizing the transmit time slots,power allocations,and the phase shifts of the IRS.Due to the non-convexity of the original problem,a semidefinite programming relaxation-based approach is proposed to convert the formulated problem to a convex optimization framework,which can obtain the optimal global solution.Simulation results demonstrate that the weighted sum throughput of the proposed UC scheme outperforms the non-UC scheme whether equipped with IRS or not.展开更多
This work investigates the potential of the aerial intelligent reflecting surface(AIRS)in secure communication,where an intelligent reflecting surface(IRS)carried by an unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)is utilized to help ...This work investigates the potential of the aerial intelligent reflecting surface(AIRS)in secure communication,where an intelligent reflecting surface(IRS)carried by an unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)is utilized to help the communication between the ground nodes.Specifically,we formulate the joint design of the AIRS’s deployment and the phase shift to maximize the secrecy rate.To solve the non-convex objective,we develop an alternating optimization(AO)approach,where the phase shift optimization is solved by the Riemannian manifold optimization(RMO)method,while the deployment optimization is handled by the successive convex approximation(SCA)technique.Furthermore,to reduce the computational complexity of the RMO method,an element-wise block coordinate descent(EBCD)based method is employed.Simulation results verify the effect of AIRS in improving the communication security,as well as the importance of designing the deployment and phase shift properly.展开更多
基金This work was supported in part by the open research fund of National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory,Southeast University(No.2023D11)in part by Sponsored by program for Science&Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province(23HASTIT019)+2 种基金in part by Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province(20232300421097)in part by the project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M682345)in part by the Henan Postdoctoral Foundation(202001015).
文摘In this paper,we investigate IRS-aided user cooperation(UC)scheme in millimeter wave(mmWave)wirelesspowered sensor networks(WPSN),where two single-antenna users are wireless powered in the wireless energy transfer(WET)phase first and then cooperatively transmit information to a hybrid access point(AP)in the wireless information transmission(WIT)phase,following which the IRS is deployed to enhance the system performance of theWET andWIT.We maximized the weighted sum-rate problem by jointly optimizing the transmit time slots,power allocations,and the phase shifts of the IRS.Due to the non-convexity of the original problem,a semidefinite programming relaxation-based approach is proposed to convert the formulated problem to a convex optimization framework,which can obtain the optimal global solution.Simulation results demonstrate that the weighted sum throughput of the proposed UC scheme outperforms the non-UC scheme whether equipped with IRS or not.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61901490,61801434,62071223,and 62031012)the Open Fund of the Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Information Communication Network and Security(No.ICNS201801)+1 种基金the Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2020M682345)the Henan Postdoctoral Foundation(No.202001015).
文摘This work investigates the potential of the aerial intelligent reflecting surface(AIRS)in secure communication,where an intelligent reflecting surface(IRS)carried by an unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)is utilized to help the communication between the ground nodes.Specifically,we formulate the joint design of the AIRS’s deployment and the phase shift to maximize the secrecy rate.To solve the non-convex objective,we develop an alternating optimization(AO)approach,where the phase shift optimization is solved by the Riemannian manifold optimization(RMO)method,while the deployment optimization is handled by the successive convex approximation(SCA)technique.Furthermore,to reduce the computational complexity of the RMO method,an element-wise block coordinate descent(EBCD)based method is employed.Simulation results verify the effect of AIRS in improving the communication security,as well as the importance of designing the deployment and phase shift properly.
