A dual phase genetic algorithm for improved initial access in 5G millimeter wave communication

Initial access (IA) in 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) communication is the problem of establishing a directional link between the base station (BS) and the user equipment (UE). For a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system, where both the BS and UE have many antennas, finding the optimal beams can be prohibitively expensive in terms of delay and computation. In this work, we propose a meta-heuristic approach which is a modified dual-phase genetic algorithm. Since it is a meta-heuristic approach, it is generic and hence does not require extensive modifications to apply to different scenarios, it also does not require context information such as prior knowledge of channel state or statistics of user behavior. The proposed method is using iterative search for the optimal beams, but switch to a different fine-grained search phase on later iterations in order to quickly converge to the local optimum. The effect of this approach is analyzed in terms of capacity achieved vs number of transmit and receive antennas at BS and UE, codebook size, outage probability, total transmitted power, and other parameters specific to this particular dual-phase method. The proposed work has shown improved performance when compared to the existing similar work done in Souto et al. (2019) in terms of capacity achieved (2.12%), reduced power consumption (8.57%), and reduced IA delay (35% to 50%).     

Covert non-orthogonal multiple access communication assisted by multi-antenna jamming

As the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes increasingly popular, the amount of information transmitted through the IoT network has increased significantly. Therefore, the privacy and security problem of the transmitted information has become a major area of focus. Motivated by this, this paper considers the covert communication based on non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), which consists of a transmitter, a legal user, a warden with power detection function and a multi-antenna jammer. To realize the covert communication between the transmitter and the legitimate user, the detection error probability of the warden is firstly derived, and then the optimal detection threshold and the minimum detection error probability (MDEP) are obtained. In addition, with the aim of designing this system, the average MDEP of the warden is calculated, and the closed form solution for the outage probability (OP) of the communication link is obtained. Then, a scheme is proposed to optimize the covertness of this system under the covertness constraint and interruption constraint, through which the maximum covert throughput of the system can be obtained. The simulated numerical results validate the theoretical analysis, and testify that: (i) the detection performance of the warden can be reduced by increasing the maximum jamming power of the jammer or reducing the transmitting power of the transmitter; (ii) by optimizing the power allocation factor, the maximum covert throughput of the system can be obtained under the premise of satisfying the covertness constraint and interruption condition; (iii) the proposed optimization scheme can enhance the covertness performance of this system.     

ON THE ACCURATE MODELING OF MILLIMETER WAVE FIXED WIRELESS CHANNELS EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITY

The ever increasing demand for high date rate multimedia services has led to the deployment of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) networks operating in frequencies above 10GHz. Propagation characteristics of such networks include line-of-sight (LOS) transmissions highly influenced by the presence of rain. In this paper a methodology for evaluating the outage probability of a FWA channel is introduced, making use of the forward scattering amplitude by distorted raindrops of transmitted signals. Expressions for the imaginary part of the scattering amplitude are derived through a regression fitting analysis on the results of the Method of Auxiliary Sources (MAS) to the problem of electromagnetic scattering from a Pruppacher-Pitter raindrop. These expressions are employed and an analytical method to evaluate the rain attenuation exceedance probability over a fixed wireless access link is presented. The derived exceedance probabilities are compared with experimental data from ITU-R databank with encouraging results.     

A novel power allocation strategy for cooperative PDMA systems

Cooperative communication technology is of great importance for increasing the user reachable rate, further improving throughput and reducing the outage probability of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) systems. This paper mainly studies the power allocation optimization method based on amplify-and-forward (AF) pattern division multiple access (PDMA) to obtain the maximum achievable throughput. We formulate an optimization problem of user power allocation in a downlink PDMA system with cooperative relaying, the exact expressions of system throughput and user outage probability of the AF-PDMA system are derived, and a novel power allocation optimization method based on uniform distribution and restricted constraints is proposed. The effectiveness of the restricted constraints and optimization method is verified by theoretical analysis and simulation. The studies we have performed showed that the proposed scheme with uniform distribution and restricted constraints can be significantly improved in terms of the system throughput in comparison to the case with a genetic algorithm (GA) and fixed power allocation scheme. Concerning the proposed method, the search space is reduced to 1/3 of the original feasible region, and the runtime of the algorithm accounts for only 20% of the GA runtime.     

Outage probability and ergodic capacity analysis of satellite–terrestrial NOMA system with mixed RF/mmWave relaying

This paper investigates the performance of hybrid radio frequency/millimeter wave (RF/mmWave) satellite–terrestrial relay network with non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) scheme. In particular, the satellite network operates at the Ka-band while the mmWave band is adopted at decode-and-forward (DF) relay–destination link. The blockage effect in mmWave communication is considered to deduce the ordered probability density function (PDF) of the user equipment (UE) distance. However, the randomness of the UEs’ location and the random beamforming design cause the difficulty of the performance analysis. Herein, we provide a closed-form approximation for the outage probability. Moreover, the system diversity order is derived from the asymptotic expressions of the outage probability at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) slopes. Besides, approximate ergodic capacity performances of the multi-UEs are evaluated with numerical integration. Simulations are applied to demonstrate the accuracy of the theoretical analysis and show that the performance of the ordered selection NOMA scheme outperforms the orthogonal multiple access scheme and random selection scheme.     

Performance analysis of PDMA-based hybrid satellite–terrestrial networks with decode-and-forward relaying

As one of the most promising non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technologies in 5G communication, pattern division multiple access (PDMA) has theoretically higher spectrum utilization and a larger communication capacity than conventional orthogonal multiple access (OMA) technologies. In this letter, PDMA is applied to hybrid satellite–terrestrial networks with decode-and-forward (DF) relaying in the downlink, and an in-depth study on the performance of outage probability (OP), ergodic capacity and system throughput is performed. For a more comprehensive analysis, hybrid satellite–terrestrial relay networks (HSTRNs) with conventional OMA technology are used in the comparative analysis. Analysis and simulation results show that PDMA-based hybrid satellite–terrestrial relay networks outperform the other system in terms of OP and ergodic capacity.     

Analysis of capacity and outage probability for intersatellite optical communications in the presence of random pointing jitter

This work is motivated by the need to achieve the Shannon channel capacity for intersatellite optical communication with intensity modulation and direct detection. In this paper, we investigate the tradeoff between the channel capacity and the outage probability in the presence of random pointing jitter for intersatellite optical links. First, we derive an analytical expression of the outage probability in the absence of bias error, and then the bias error is taken into account. By minimizing the outage probability, we obtain analytically the optimum design of the beam half-width divergence angle $ w_0^{\text{opt}} $ for a given channel code rate. Furthermore, we discuss the tradeoff between the outage probability and the channel capacity and illustrate the results by adopting $ w_0^{\text{opt}} $ in the presence of random pointing jitter. The results obtained are useful for the parametric-estimation optimization of intersatellite optical communication systems.     

Chance-constrained resource allocation for cognitive wireless-powered backscatter communication networks

With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the increasing number of wireless nodes, the problems of scare spectrum and energy supply of nodes have become main issues. To achieve green IoT techniques and resolve the challenge of wireless power supply, wireless-powered backscatter communication as a promising transmission paradigm has been concerned by many scholars. In wireless-powered backscatter communication networks, the passive backscatter nodes can harvest the ambient radio frequency signals for the devices’ wireless charging and also reflect some information signals to the information receiver in a low-power-consumption way. To balance the relationship between the amount of energy harvesting and the amount of information rate, resource allocation is a key technique in wireless-powered backscatter communication networks. However, most of the current resource allocation algorithms assume available perfect channel state information and limited spectrum resource, it is impractical for actual backscatter systems due to the impact of channel delays, the nonlinearity of hardware circuits and quantization errors that may increase the possibility of outage probability. To this end, we investigate a robust resource allocation problem to improve system robustness and spectrum efficiency in a cognitive wireless-powered backscatter communication network, where secondary transmitters can work at the backscattering transmission mode and the harvest-then-transmit mode by a time division multiple access manner. The total throughput of the secondary users is maximized by jointly optimizing the transmission time, the transmit power, and the reflection coefficients of secondary transmitters under the constraints on the throughput outage probability of the users. To tackle the non-convex problem, we design a robust resource allocation algorithm to obtain the optimal solution by using the proper variable substitution method and Lagrange dual theory. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm in terms of lower outage probabilities.     

Outage probability analysis of FSO system with Airy beam as carrier

Optical Review - Based on the scintillation index of Airy beam and exponentiated Weibull channel model, analytical expressions of outage probability for free-space optical (FSO) communication links...     

Estimating the absolute flux distribution for a synchrotron X‐ray beam using ionization‐chamber measurements with various filters

It is shown that an extensive set of accurate ionization‐chamber measurements with a primary polychromatic synchrotron X‐ray beam transmitted through various filter combinations/thicknesses can be used to quite effectively estimate the absolute flux distribution. The basic technique is simple but the `inversion' of the raw data to extract the flux distribution is a fundamentally ill‐posed problem. It is demonstrated, using data collected at the Imaging and Medical Beamline (IMBL) of the Australian Synchrotron, that the absolute flux can be quickly and reliably estimated if a suitable choice of filters is made. Results are presented as a function of the magnetic field (from 1.40 to 4.00 T) of the superconducting multi‐pole wiggler insertion device installed at IMBL. A non‐linear least‐squares refinement of the data is used to estimate the incident flux distribution and then comparison is made with calculations from the programs SPECTRA, XOP and spec.exe. The technique described is important not only in estimating flux itself but also for a variety of other, derived, X‐ray properties such as beam quality, power density and absorbed‐dose rate. The applicability of the technique with a monochromatic X‐ray beam for which there is significant harmonic contamination is also demonstrated. Whilst absolute results can also be derived in this monochromatic beam case, relative (integrated) flux values are sufficient for our primary aim of establishing reliable determinations of the percentages of the various harmonic components.     

Network selection algorithm based on link quality parameters for heterogeneous wireless networks

Next generation wireless networks consist of heterogeneous access technologies. In order to provide global ubiquitous communication, it is required to provide a framework in which user can move across multiple access interfaces while maintaining its ongoing communication at perceived quality of service. Given the scenario of multiple access networks, it is further required to select the optimum network out of multiple candidate networks to meet the requirements of the ongoing session. The selection of optimum network in such heterogeneous environment is generally based on network conditions and user preference. In this paper, we propose an algorithm for network selection based on averaged received signal strength, outage probability and distance. The proposed algorithm comprises of two stages. Assuming that network conditions are dominant in network selection, in first stage, overlapping region is identified through distance estimation. Network selection algorithm based on averaged received signal strength plus outage is invoked in second stage to select the optimum network. Numerical results are obtained through a simulation model of two disparate networks – GSM and UMTS. It has been shown that the proposed algorithm offers 68% improved performance in terms of network selection rate.     

On the use of wavelength and time diversity in optical wireless communication systems over gamma–gamma turbulence channels

Optical wireless communication or free space optical systems have gained significant research and commercial attention in recent years due to their cost-effective and license-free high bandwidth access characteristics. However, by using the atmosphere as transmission media, the performance of such a system depends on the atmospheric conditions that exist between transmitter and receiver. Indeed, for an outdoor optical channel link, the existence of atmospheric turbulence may significantly degrade the performance of the associated communication system over distances longer than 1 or even 0.5 km. In order to anticipate this, particular attention has been given to diversity methods. In this work, we consider the use of wavelength and time diversity in wireless optical communication systems that operate under weak to strong atmospheric turbulence conditions modeled by the gamma–gamma distribution, and we derive closed form mathematical expressions for estimating the system's achievable outage probability and average bit error rate. Finally, numerical results referred to common practical cases are also obtained in order to show that wavelength and time diversity schemes enhances considerably these systems’ availability and performance.     

Secrecy performance analysis of IRS-assisted D2D communication underlaying cellular network

In this paper, we evaluate the secrecy performance of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted device-to-device (D2D) communication in spectrum-shared cellular networks. To this end, we derive novel closed-form expressions for the secrecy outage probability (SOP) and the asymptotic SOP in the presence of multiple eavesdroppers. In the continue, in order to dynamically access the spectrum band of the licensed users, we define the optimization problem of secrecy spectrum resource allocation to minimize the SOP as a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) problem. Then, the globally optimal solutions to this problem are obtained by using the Hungarian algorithm. Numerical analyses show that increasing the reflective elements of IRS can improve the secrecy performance.     

适用于隧道环境的二元相控阵天线系统

为了满足在隧道环境中实现高速率、高质量无线通信的迫切需求,研究了适用于隧道环境的高增益天线,提出了利用二元相控阵天线系统提高隧道内信号传输质量的新方法。相控阵天线系统由两个高增益天线单元及一个移相器组成,通过移相器调整其中一个天线单元的相位,使隧道内合成电场的最小值幅值达到最大,提升信号的平均场强。仿真结果表明:与单个天线发射信号相比,在3000 m隧道轴向传播范围内,相控阵天线系统发射信号合成电场的最低电平最少提升了19.6 dB;与两个天线同时发射信号相比,最低电平最少提升了12.4 dB,取得较好分集优化效果,消除多径效应导致的深度衰落,解决了隧道环境中存在的通信问题。     

Joint terminal-AP association and power allocation for NOMA-enabled space–air–ground integrated networks

This paper considers a space–air–ground integrated network (SAGIN) to provide network access services for aerial and terrestrial terminals. The non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is used for improving spectral efficiency in the uplink transmission between terminals and access points (APs) in SAGIN. A sum rate maximization optimization problem is formulated by optimizing terminal-AP association and power allocation, while simultaneously satisfying the constraints of transmit power, network coverage characteristics, and quality-of-service (QoS) requirements of both aerial and terrestrial terminals. To deal with the formulated mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) optimization problem, we first decouple it into separated terminal-AP association and power allocation problems. Then, we adopt the Q-learning algorithm to solve the terminal-AP association subproblem. Based on the obtained terminal-AP association solution, an iterative power allocation algorithm is developed by exploiting the Lagrange dual method. Moreover, the computational complexity of the proposed algorithm is further analyzed. Simulation results demonstrate that, compared with other schemes, our proposed algorithm can achieves a better performance in terms of the achievable sum rate, average achievable rate, and outage probability.     

Impact of direct links on Intelligent Reflect Surface-aided MEC networks

This paper studies an intelligent reflect surface (IRS) aided mobile edge computing (MEC) network, where the direct link exists in the network can assist the task transmission for computing with the help of multiple elements in the IRS. We perform the performance evaluation by instigating the impact of direct link on the outage probability. Specifically, Firstly, we analyze the system outage probability (SOP) with a different number of reflecting elements and energy consumption constraints. Moreover, we propose two selection methods for the case of multiple reflecting elements. In particular, Method I maximizes the first-hop reflecting channel while Method II maximizes the dual-hop product channel. In further, for the two different methods, we estimate the outage probability of the system by considering the reflecting channel information and providing the analytic expression of the outage probability, respectively. Finally, the numerical results verify the correctness of our results. The results show that increasing the number of reflecting elements can effectively reduce the SOP.     

Ultra-low loss laser communications technique using smart beamforming optics

Theory and design is presented for a technique for ultra-low loss laser communication that uses a combination of strong and weak thin lens optics, hence obeying the paraxial approximation. As opposed to conventional laser communication systems, the Gaussian laser beam is prevented from diverging at the receiving station by using a weak thin lens that places the transmitted beam waist mid-way between a symmetrical transmitter-receiver link design. The weak lens can be a fixed optic for static link distances or programmable for mobile scenarios. The programmable weak optic can be a single pixel or multi-pixel lens made by liquid crystal or mirror technologies. The proposed link design is appropriate for low air turbulence links such as short-range or indoor links and space based links.     

Analysis of outage probability for radio over IsOWC system in the presence of pointing error

In this paper, we analyze the outage probability of the radio over intersatellite optical wireless communication system in the presence of satellite vibration with bias error. The lower-based Mach–Zehnder modulator, optical booster amplifier and optical preamplifier are employed. First, the models of the proposed system and channel are given. Then the outage probability for a given bit error ratio (BER) of a quadrature phase shift keying signal is obtained in the presence of satellite vibration with bias error. Numerical results of outage probability with different bias error and average BER are given. Results indicate that the outage probability is obviously influenced by the pointing error and the optimum telescope diameter to minimize the outage probability exists. With the same pointing error condition, the value of the optimal telescope diameter will increase with the reduction of the given average BER.     

BER and outage probability performance of log-normal distribution non-Kolmogorov turbulent optical links

We model the average bit-error rate (BER) and outage probability for an intensity-modulation/direct detection of tracked or untracked optical wireless communication (OWC) systems with on-off keying in weak turbulence horizontal channels, using the log-normal distribution models. The effects of atmospheric attenuation, beam wander and spread, misalignment and the spectral index of non-Kolmogorov turbulence on system's performance are included. The model can be evaluated the information loss and BER of ground-to-train OWC links.     

Error probability of the data transmission in mimo systems with space-division multiple access in Rayleigh fading environments

We consider multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems with adaptive antenna arrays at both ends of the link in which the data transmission is performed via parallel eigenchannels matched to the random spatial channel. The effectiveness of the projection method of space-division multiple access is studied. The method does not require estimation of the arrival directions of signals and is based on orthogonalization of all eigenchannels. Exact analytical expressions are obtained for the bit-error probability during the data transmission via the channel with uncorrelated Rayleigh fading of signals in an MIMO system with an arbitrary number of users and antennas. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 49, No. 9, pp. 816–828, September 2006.