Solar Energy Harvesting Using a Timer-Based Relay Selection

In this paper,the throughput and delay of cooperative communications are derived when solar energy is used and relay node is selected using a timer.The source and relays harvest energy from sun using a photo voltaic system.The harvested power is used by the source to transmit data to the relays.Then,a selected relay amplifies the signal to the destination.Opportunistic,partial and reactive relay selection are used.The relay transmits when its timer elapses.The timer is set to a value proportional to the inverse of its Signal to Noise Ratio(SNR).Therefore,the relay with largest SNR will transmit first and its signal will be detected by the other relays that will remain idle to avoid collisions.Harvesting duration is optimized to maximize the throughput.Packet’s waiting time and total delay are also computed.We also derive the statistics of SNR when solar energy is used.The harvested power from sun is proportional to the sum of a deterministic radiation intensity and a random attenuation due to weather effects and clouds occlusion.The fixed radiation intensity depends on season,month and time t in hour.The throughput of cooperative communications with energy harvesting from sun was not yet studied.

Performance Analysis of NOMA-Based Cooperative Networks with Relay Selection

Non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA)technique is an expert on channel differences exploiting.In this paper,a dual-hop NOMA-based cooperative relaying network where a best relay is selected as an active node to accomplish the communication between a source and a destination is discussed.We assume that both decode-and-forward(DF)and amplify-and-forward(AF)protocols are applied to the selected relay.The metrics that ergodic sum-rate and outage probability are investigated,and the closed-form expressions of the latter for DF and AF protocols are derived.Numerical and simulation results are conducted to verify the validity of the theoretical analysis,in which we can see that the NOMA based DF relaying is better than the NOMA based AF relaying and other existing NOMA-based cooperative communication schemes.

Improved Bi-Directional Three-Phase Single-Relay Selection Technique for Cooperative Wireless Communications

Single-relay selection techniques based on themax-min criterion can achieve the highest bit error rate(BER)performance with full diversity gain as compared to the state-of-the-art single-relay selection techniques.Therefore,in this work,we propose a modified max-min criterion by considering the differences among the close value channels of all relays while selecting the best relay node.The proposed criterion not only enjoys full diversity gain but also offers a significant improvement in the achievable coding gain as compared to the conventional one.Basically,in this article,an improved bi-directional three-phase single-relay selection technique using the decodeand-forward protocol for wireless cooperative communication networks that enhances the overall network performance in terms of BER is proposed and its performance is proved analytically and through Monte-Carlo simulations.More specifically,the proposed criterion is first used to select the best relaynode.After that the selected relay-node forwards the information symbols of the communicating terminals after performing a digital network coding to minimize power consumptions.In our simulations,we show that our proposed technique outperforms the best-known single relay selection techniques.Furthermore,we prove that the BER results obtained from our conducted simulations perfectly match those obtained from the theoretical analysis.

Joint power control and relay selection scheme for cognitive two-way relay networks

A joint power control and relay selection scheme is considered for a cooperative and cognitive radio system where a secondary network shares spectrum with the primary network. In the secondary network, two secondary users （SUs） communicate with each other via an assist relay. The main point is to provide the best system performance to SUs while maintaining the interference power at primary user （PU） under a certain level. Using convex optimization, a closed-form solution is obtained when optimizing the power allocation among the two nodes and relay. Based on this result, a joint power control and relay selection scheme with fewer variable dimensions is proposed to maximize the achievable rate of the secondary system. Simulation results demonstrate that the sum rate of the cognitive two-way relay network increases compared with a random relay selection and fixed power allocation.

Adaptive Relay Selection Scheme for Minimization of the Transmission Time

As the installation of small cells increases,the use of relay also increases.The relay operates as a base station as well as just an amplifier.As the roles and types of relays become more diverse,appropriate relay selection technology is an effective way to improve communication performance.Many researches for relay selection have been studied to secure the reliability of relay communication.In this paper,the relay selection scheme is proposed for a cooperative system using decode-and-forward(DF)relaying scheme in the mobile communication system.To maintain the transmission rate,the proposed scheme classifies a candidate group considering the outage probability of multiple relays.For the applicable candidate group,the proposed scheme selects the relay considering the amount of data allocated to each user.Therefore,the proposed scheme defines the unit transmission time through each user’s data and relay capacity.Finally,the proposed scheme selects a relay that minimizes the total transmission time through the relay transmission time that calculates the unit transmission time for all users.With this adaptive relay selection scheme,an optimal relay can be assigned for each user.For the same transmission rate and the amount of data,the proposed scheme improves the performance of transmission time and reliability.Simulation results show that the proposed scheme reduces the total transmission time for the same amount of data and signal to noise ratio(SNR).

Two-Phase Bidirectional Dual-Relay Selection Strategy for Wireless Relay Networks

In this article,we introduce a new bi-directional dual-relay selection strategy with its bit error rate(BER)performance analysis.During the first step of the proposed strategy,two relays out of a set of N relay-nodes are selected in a way to optimize the system performance in terms of BER,based on the suggested algorithm which checks if the selected relays using the maxmin criterion are the best ones.In the second step,the chosen relay-nodes perform an orthogonal space-time coding scheme using the two-phase relaying protocol to establish a bi-directional communication between the communicating terminals,leading to a significant improvement in the achievable coding and diversity gain.To further improve the overall system performance,the selected relay-nodes apply also a digital network coding scheme.Furthermore,this paper discusses the analytical approximation of the BER performance of the proposed strategy,where we prove that the analytical results match almost perfectly the simulated ones.Finally,our simulation results show that the proposed strategy outperforms the current state-of-the-art ones.

Symbol Error Probability of Incremental Relaying with Distributed/Centralized Relay Selection

In this paper,we derive the Symbol Error Probability(SEP)of cooperative systems with incremental relaying and Distributed Relay Selection(DRS).The relays remain idle when the Signal to Noise Ratio(SNR)between the source and destination is larger than T.Otherwise,we activate a relay using DRS.Relay nodes transmit only if their SNR is larger than thresholdβ.If the SNRs of more than two relays is larger thanβ,there is a collision and the destination uses only the received signal from the source.If all relays have SNR less thanβ,no relay is chosen.Thresholdβis optimized to yield the lowest SEP at the destination.Our results are compared to centralized relay selection using opportunistic Amplify and Forward(OAF),Partial and Reactive Relay Selection(PRS and RRS).We compare our results to computer simulations for Rayleigh fading channels.

Greedy Algorithm Applied to Relay Selection for Cooperative Communication Systems in Amplify-and-Forward Mode

Using a relaying system to provide spatial diversity and improve the system performance is a tendency in the wireless cooperative communications. Amplify-and-forward （AF） mode with a low complexity is easy to be implemented. Under the consideration of cooperative communication systems, the scenario includes one information source, M relay stations and N destinations. This work proposes a relay selection algorithm in the Raleigh fading channel. Based on the exhaustive search method, easily to realize, the optimal selection scheme can be found with a highly complicated calculation. In order to reduce the computational complexity, an approximate optimal solution with a greedy algorithm applied for the relay station selection is proposed. With different situations of the communication systems, the performance evaluation obtained by both the proposed algorithm and the exhaustive search algorithm are given for comparison. It shows the proposed algorithm could provide a solution approach to the optimal one.

BER-based relay selection strategy for cooperative communication

In this paper, a bit error ratio(BER)-based relay selection strategy is investigated under opportunistic relay selection.The challenging problem is to design the relay selection rule so that the relay is able to measure the performance of the cooperative system at the destination exactly with low computation costs.This paper derives a closed-form expression of the end-to-end bit error rate firstly. Then, an approximate BER expression based on the relationship between the instantaneous signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) of the relay-to-destination link and the probability of error propagation is derived. Finally, a simplified relay selection formula is proposed. Simulation results prove that the proposed relay selection rule can reflect the BER of each relay properly as well.

Distributed optimal relay selection for spectral efficiency improvement in underlay-paradigm based cognitive radio networks

A distributed best-relay node selection scheme is investigated for cooperative communications with adaptive modulation and coding （MAC） strategy over underlay-paradigm based cognitive radio （CR） networks. The scheme aims to maximize the average spectral efficiency and meanwhile to guarantee that the primary link is provided with a minimum-rate for a certain percentage of time. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can significantly improve the spectral efficiency compared with other existing schemes.

Opportunistic best-relay node selection for cooperative transmission improvement over underlay cognitive radio networks

In cognitive radio (CR) relay networks,most previous work concentrates on maximizing physical layer quality of service (QoS),e.g.,spectral efficiency and achievable data rate,as relay selection criteria.However,the residual energy state of relay nodes is largely ignored,which has significant effects on the average network lifetime for those battery-limited wireless networks.In this paper,an opportunistic distributed best-relay node selection scheme is proposed for cooperative transmissions over underlay-paradigm based CR networks,and meanwhile guarantee that the primary link is provided with a minimum-rate for a certain percentage of time.The objective is to increase achievable data rate as well as prolong average network lifetime.Specifically,both the instantaneous channel state information (ICSI) and residual energy of candidate relay nodes are taken as weighted metric,and the relay node with the optimal weighted metric is selected as the best one.Simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.

Relay Selection Strategy in the Secure Cooperative Communications System

With the low cost and low hardware complex considerations,cooperative systems are a tendency in the future communications.This work considers the secure cooperative communications systems.For a practical situation in the system,the scenario includes multiple source stations,multiple relay stations,multiple destination stations,and eavesdroppers.To analyze the optimal relay selection in the system,we begin with the performance analysis for a single source station and a single destination station.By applying two cooperative models,the amplify-andforward（AF） mode and decode-and-forward（DF）mode,the secrecy capacity is derived.Then,we apply the derived results to the considered environment to find the optimal relay assignment.By the way,the relay selection can be obtained by the exhaustive search algorithm.However,there are a lot of steps needed if the number of source stations is large.Hence,applying the characters of the cooperative modes in the relay selection,the pre-selection step is proposed with a mathematical derivation.It could be used for the practical situation without a long-time calculation.

Outage Probability Based on Relay Selection Method for Multi-Hop Device-to-Device Communication

To improve the connectivity of device-to-device(D2D)communication between delay-assisted vehicles,a multi-hop D2D relay selection strategy based on outage probability is proposed.The algorithm firstly clusters the relay users based on the distance of D2D users,and determines the number of one-hop relay nodes through the outage probability threshold.Two-hop relay nodes directly select the same number of relays as one-hop relay nodes according to the descending order of signal noise ratio(SNR)to establish a square matrix.The Hungarian algorithm is used to assign the relay nodes of two clusters to complete the inter relay communication.Finally,the information is sent to the D2D receiver by combining technology.The simulation results show that this algorithm can reduce the cost of relay probing process and the outage probability of system in multi-hop D2D relay communication.

Optimal power allocation for complex field network coding scheme with the K-th best relay selection

Wireless relay and network coding are two critical techniques to increase the reliability and throughput of wireless cooperative communication systems. In this paper, a complex field network coding （CFNC） scheme with the K-th best relay selection （KBS） is proposed and investigated, wherein the K-th best relay is selected to forward the multiplexed signal to the destination. First, the upper bound of the symbol error probability （SEP）, the diversity order, and the coding gain are derived for the CFNC scheme with KBS. Then, the coding gain is utilized as the optimized cri- terion to determine the optimal power allocation. It is validated through analysis and simulation that the CFNC scheme with KBS can achieve full diversity only when K=I, while the diversity order decreases with increasing parameter K, and the optimal power allocation can significantly improve the performance of the CFNC scheme with KBS.

Performance Analysis of Relay Based NOMA Cooperative Transmission under Cognitive Radio Network

This paper proposes a hybrid spectrum accessing mechanism by using NOMA-based cooperative transmission and beam-forming technology.In this mechanism,the secondary user employs spectrum-sensing technology to detect the existence of the primary user.If the primary user does not exist,the secondary source user directly transmits data to the destination user.If the primary user exists,the secondary source user finds the optimal relay according to certain selection principle before transmitting data to the destination user through the chosen relay node.For the signal receiving stage,the secondary user takes use of beam-forming technology to receive the signal from both the secondary source and the secondary relay node.Meanwhile the interference from the primary user is cancelled out in the stage.Furthermore,the outage probability for secondary user in the proposed mechanism is theoretically derived.Finally,the simulation results show that compared with the traditional mechanism,the proposed system model can not only guarantee the continuity of secondary transmission,but also significantly reduce the outage probability of secondary transmission.

A Novel Beamforming Emulating Photonic Nanojets for Wireless Relay Networks

In this article,a low-cost electromagnetic structure emulating photonic nanojets is utilized to improve the efficiency of wireless relay networks.The spectral element method,due to its high accuracy,is used to verify the efficiency of the proposed structure by solving the associate field distribution.The application of optimal single-relay selection method shows that full diversity gain with low complexity can be achieved.In this paper,the proposed technique using smart relays combines the aforementioned two methods to attain the benefits of both methods by achieving the highest coding and diversity gain and enhances the overall network performance in terms of bit error rate(BER).Moreover,we analytically prove the advantage of using the proposed technique.In our simulations,it can be shown that the proposed technique outperforms the best known state-of-the-art single relay selection technique.Furthermore,the BER expressions obtained from the theoretical analysis are perfectly matched to those obtained from the conducted simulations.

Multi-user Symmetric Cooperation Based on Nash Bargaining Solution in Cooperative Relay Networks

This paper presents a symmetric cooperation strategy for cooperative relay networks with multiple users. The multi-user symmetric cooperation model and the relay selection algorithm are proposed. Then, the time slot allocation problem is cast into a bargaining problem, and the optimal time slot allocation solution is obtained by Nash bargaining solution （NBS）. Moreover, we also consider the implementations of the cooperation strategy, i.e., the grouping and admission control algorithm. Simulation results show that users can obtain larger rates under the symmetric cooperation strategy than the non-cooperative case.

Secrecy Outage Probability Analysis Based on Cognitive Decode-and-Forward Relaying

Wireless communications have to face to several different security issues in practice due to the nature of broadcast.The information theory is well known to provide efficient approaches to address security issues in wireless communications,which attracts much attention in both industry and academia in recent years.In this paper,inspired by information theory,we study the outage probability of the opportunistic relay selection based on cognitive decode-and-forward relaying with the secrecy consideration.Specifically,the closed-form expression of the outage probability is proposed.Moreover,the asymptotic performance evaluation on the basis of the analytical results is investigated.The simulation results show that the relay selection can reduce the outage probability in accordance with our theoretical analysis.

A DISTRIBUTED COOPERATIVE RELAYING OPTIMIZATION SCHEME FOR SECONDARY TRANSMISSION IN COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKS

In Cognitive Radio(CR) networks,cooperative communication has been recently regarded as a key technology for improving the spectral utilization efficiency and ensuring the Quality of Service(QoS) for Primary Users(PUs).In this paper,we propose a distributed joint relay selection and power allocation scheme for cooperative secondary transmission,taking both Instantaneous Channel State Information(I-CSI) and residual energy into consideration,where secondary source and destination may have different available spectrum.Specifically,we formulate the cognitive relay network as a restless bandit system,where the channel and energy state transition is characterized by the finite-state Markov chain.The proposed policy has indexability property that dramatically reduces the computation and implementation complexity.Analytical and simulation results demonstrate that our proposed scheme can efficiently enhance overall system reward,while guaranteeing a good tradeoff between achievable date rate and average network lifetime.

A Beamforming Technique Using Rotman Lens Antenna for Wireless Relay Networks

Rotman lens,which is a radio frequency beam-former that consists of multiple input and multiple output beam ports,can be used in industrial,scientific,and medical applications as a beam steering device.The input ports collect the signals to be propagated through the lens cavity toward the output ports before being transmitted by the antenna arrays to the destination in order to enhance the error performance by optimizing the overall signal to noise ratio(SNR).In this article,a low-cost Rotman lens antenna is designed and deployed to enhance the overall performance of the conventional cooperative communication systems without needing any additional power,extra time or frequency slots.In the suggested system,the smart Rotman lens antennas generate a beam steering in the direction of the destination to maximize the received SNR at the destination by applying the proposed optimal beamforming technique.The suggested optimal beamforming technique enjoys high diversity,as well as,low encoding and decoding complexity.Furthermore,we proved the advantages of our suggested strategy through both theoretical results and simulations using Monte Carlo runs.The Monte Carlo simulations show that the suggested strategy enjoys better error performance compared to the current state-of-the-art distributed multiantenna strategies.In addition,the bit error rate(BER)curves drawn from the analytical results are closely matching to those drawn from our conducted Monte Carlo simulations.