Dilemma at RF Energy Harvesting Relay: Downlink Energy Relaying or Uplink Information Transfer?

The performance of RF powered communication networks is bottlenecked by the short downlink energy transfer range and the doubly near-far problem faced in uplink information transfer to hybrid access point (HAP). These problems can be resolved by cooperation of an RF energy harvesting node R present...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on wireless communications 2017-08, Vol.16 (8), p.4939-4955
Main Authors: Mishra, Deepak, De, Swades, Krishnaswamy, Dilip
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Channels
Communication networks
Downlink
Energy consumption
Energy harvesting
Energy transfer
Erbium
Exact solutions
generalized convexity
Information transfer
Infrared radiation
Integrated information and energy relaying
Mathematical models
outage analysis
practical RF energy harvesting model
Radio frequency
Relaying
Relays
Rician channels
Rician fading
throughput maximization
Wireless communication
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Summary:The performance of RF powered communication networks is bottlenecked by the short downlink energy transfer range and the doubly near-far problem faced in uplink information transfer to hybrid access point (HAP). These problems can be resolved by cooperation of an RF energy harvesting node R present between HAP and RF energy harvesting information source S. However, there lies a dilemma at R on whether to transfer its harvested energy to S or to act as an information relay for transferring its data to HAP in a two-hop fashion. This paper resolves this dilemma at R by providing insights into its optimal positions suited for either energy relaying (ER) or information relaying (IR). It also investigates the possibilities of integrated ER and IR along with the regions where neither ER nor IR will be useful. In this regard, while considering Rician fading channels and practical nonlinear RF energy harvesting model, the expression for mean harvested dc power at S via energy transfer from HAP and ER from R is first derived. The closedform outage probability expression is also derived for decodeand-forward relaying with maximal-ratio-combining at HAP over Rician channels. Using these expressions, insights into optimal relaying mode is obtained along with global-optimal utilization of harvested energy at R for ER and IR to maximize the delaylimited RF-powered throughput. Numerical results validate the analysis and provide insights into the optimal relaying mode.
ISSN:1536-1276
1558-2248
1558-2248
DOI:10.1109/TWC.2017.2704084