Wireless Mesh Networks and Cooperative Relaying Technologies

The Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) has become a focus in research of wireless broadband communications . In a switching technologies - based wireless Mesh network, the entire network is regarded as an IP subnet, so it cannot be applied in situations where large coverage is required . The use of cooperative relaying technologies can improve the transmission rate and reliability of wireless link; while the wireless Mesh network, once integrated with cooperative relaying technologies and routing technologies , can improve its spectrum efficiency and cover a wide area . However, there are many problems to be solved with respect to standardization, key technologies research and industrialization. Therefore , the application of cooperative relaying technologies in wireless Mesh networks is still a great challenge .

Matrix-Geometric Method Based Unified Delay Analysis for Wireless Relay Networks

A lot of work has been focused on desig-ning and analyzing various cooperative diversity pro-tocols for wireless relay networks. To provide a uni-fied queuing analytic framework, we fonmlate an em-bedded Markov chain, which rams out to be a Quasi-Birth-and-Death （QBD） process. Using the Matrix-Ce-ometric method, we can analyze the average delay in a unified way. Theoretical analysis is validated by simu-lation results. We show that the delay performances of Amplify-and-Forward or Decode-and-Forwaxd （AF/ DF） and incremental AF/DF schemes can be analyzed in the unified way. Thus, we can always choose the best cooperative diversity scheme in different scenari-os for delay minimization.

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.

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.

Balanced energy-efficient relay selection scheme in wireless mobile relay networks

In order to resolve the relay selection problem in wireless mobile relay networks （WMRNs）, a novel balanced energy-efficient mobile relay selection scheme is proposed in this paper. Compared with traditional counter-based algorithm, distance and energy consumption are considered from network respect to provide a better network lifetime performance in the proposed scheme. Also, it performs well when nodes move freely at high speed. A random assessment delay （RAD） mechanism is added to avoid collisions and improve transmission efficiency. Simulation results reveal that, the proposed scheme has advantages in prolonging network lifetime, balancing energy compared with existing counter-based scheme. consumption and reducing the total energy consumption

Decode-and-Forward Relay Based Bidirectional Wireless Information and Power Transfer

In this paper, we propose the decode-and-forward(DF) based bidirectional wireless information and power transfer(BWIPT) in two-hop relay systems, where the bidirectional relay can decode and forward information from the user to the access point(AP), and assist the wireless power transfer from the AP to the user. To maximize the information rate from the user to the AP, we derive the closed form expression of the optimal power splitting(PS) factor, and the time allocation scheme to obtain the optimal time switching(TS) factor. Simulation results show that for both PS and TS protocols, the proposed DF based bidirectional relay systems can improve the information rate as compared with the amplify-and-forward(AF) based bidirectional relay systems.

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.

ON THE CAPACITY REGION OF WIRELESS AD HOC RELAY NETWORKS

Network capacity is a key characteristic to evaluate the performance of wireless networks, The goal of this paper is to study the capacity of wireless ad hoe relay network. In the model, there is at lnost ns source nodes transmitting signal simultaneously in the network and the arbitrarily complex network coding is allowed. The upper capacity bound of the network model are derived From the max-flow rain-cut theorem and the lower capacity bound are obtained by the rate-distortion function For the Gaussian source. Finally, simulation results show that the upper network capacity will decrease as the number of source nodes is increased.

Full Duplex Media Access Control Protocol for Multihop Network Computing

Intelligent communication technologies beyond the network are pro-posed by using a new full-duplex protocol.The Media Access Control(MAC)is a data interaction network protocol,which outperforms the IEEE 802.15.4e.This research discusses the planning and execution of full-duplex(FD)pipeline MAC protocol for multihop wireless networks(MWN).The design uses a com-bination of Radio frequency and baseband methods to realize full-duplexing with smallest impact on cross layer functions.The execution and trial results specify that Pipeline Media Access Control(PiMAC)protocol considerably develops net-work implementation in terms of transmission protocol(TP)and transmission delay.The advantage of using FD-MAC will increase the range of nodes.Also takes benefit of the FD mode of the antenna,which outperforms additionally 80%for all assessed cases.In this analysis,it was considered of that Psz=8184 bits and Rc=1Mbps;that’s,T_(DATA) represents an excellent portion of total UTC.Tests on real nodes displays that the FD theme achieves a median gain of 90%in mix-ture throughput as equated to half-duplex(HD)theme for MWN.The energy con-sumption of proposed system method is 29.8%reduced when compared with existing system method.

Optimal power allocation for amplify-and-forward in single relay non-cooperative systems

For a single-relay amplify-and-forward (AF) non-cooperative system,an optimal power proportionbetween source and relay is considered.Aiming to minimize end-to-end bit error rate (BER) and maximizeattainable rate,both large-scale path loss and small-scale Rayleigh fading are taken into account.Aclosed form expression to allocate power in optimal proportion at source is obtained.Simulation resultsshow that the proposed scheme to distribute power can minimize BER under any channel conditions.

Optimization of beamforming and path planning for UAV-assisted wireless relay networks

Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles （UAVs） acting as relay platforms have attracted considerable attention due to the advantages of extending coverage and improving connectivity for long-range communications. Specifically, in the scenario where the access point （AP） is mobile, a UAV needs to find an efficient path to guarantee the connectivity of the relay link. Motivated by this fact, this paper proposes an optimal design for beamforming （BF） and UAV path planning. First of all, we study a dual-hop amplify-and-forward （AF） wireless relay network, in which a UAV is used as relay between a mobile AP and a fixed base station （BS）. In the network, both of the AP and the BS are equipped with multiple antennas, whereas the UAV has a single antenna. Then, we obtain the output signal^to-noise ratio （SNR） of the dual-hop relay network. Based on the criterion of maximizing the output SNR, we develop an optimal design to obtain the solution of the optimal BF weight vector and the UAV heading angle. Next, we derive the closed-form outage probability （OP） expression to investigate the performance of the dual-hop relay network conveniently. Finally, computer simulations show that the proposed approach can obtain nearly optimal flying path and OP performance, indicating the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. Furthermore, we find that increasing the antenna number at the BS or the maximal heading angle can significantly improve the performance of the considered relay network.

Resource allocation using time division multiple access over wireless relay networks

This article considers a wireless network consisting of multiple sources that communicate with the corresponding destination utilizing a single half-duplex relay, whereas, the sources use the relay opportunistically. By integrating the information theory with the concept of effective capacity, this article proposes a dynamic time allocation strategy over the wireless relay network that aims at maximizing the relay network throughput, subject to a given delay quality of service （QoS） constraint, where time division multiple access （TDMA） is applied in the relay network. The simulation results show that the proposed allocation strategy can significantly improve the effective capacity as compared to the traditional equal time allocation strategy.

Centralized and distributed resource allocation in OFDM based multi-relay system

In the presence of multiple non-regenerative relays, we derived optimal joint power allocation, relay selection, and subchannel pairing schemes in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM) based wireless networks.The Lagrange dual method was employed to design the optimal algorithm.First, the optimization problem was formulated for the single-relay system and the optimal centralized algorithm was presented by resolving the dual problem.Next, the optimal algorithm for a multi-relay system was proposed in a similar way.Compared with the exhaustive search method, the computational complexity of the proposed optimal algorithms was reduced from non-polynomial to polynomial time.Finally, the centralized algorithm was extended to the distributed algorithm, which was more feasible for the practical system.Simulation results verify our analysis.