Cooperative non-orthogonal relaying for security enhancement in untrusted relay networks

Lu Lv, Qiang Ni, Zhiguo Ding, Jian Chen

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Abstract

Recently, there has been a surge of increased interest in using physical layer security to safeguard the fifth generation (5G) mobile networks. In this paper, we study the problem of secure communications in untrusted relay networks. A new nonorthogonal relaying protocol is proposed, aiming at maximizing the secrecy rate. Specifically, we allow the source and relay to transmit signals simultaneously over non-orthogonal channels, and apply successive interference cancellation at the destination to separate the multiplexed signals. We also propose two transmit antenna selection schemes to further improve security. To evaluate the secrecy performance, closed-form expressions for ergodic secrecy rate (ESR) and ESR scaling law are derived. The results show that the proposed non-orthogonal relaying protocol yields a considerable ESR improvement than conventional orthogonal relaying, despite the presence of co-channel interference. It is also revealed that the ESR scales with the average signal-to-noise ratio γ and the number of available transmit antennas Nt according to log (√γ log Nt), thus achieving superior secrecy performance in the untrusted relay networks.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publication2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2017
EditorsMerouane Debbah, David Gesbert, Abdelhamid Mellouk
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781467389990
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Jul 2017
Event2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2017 - Paris, France
Duration: 21 May 201725 May 2017

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
ISSN (Print)1550-3607

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2017
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period21/05/1725/05/17

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