Secrecy Energy Efficiency Optimization for Artificial Noise Aided Physical-Layer Security in OFDM-Based Cognitive Radio Networks

Secrecy Energy Efficiency Optimization for Artificial Noise Aided Physical-Layer Security in OFDM-Based Cognitive Radio Networks

In this paper, we investigate the power allocation of primary base station (PBS) and cognitive base station (CBS) across different orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers for energy-efficient secure downlink communication in OFDM-based cognitive radio networks (CRNs) with the e...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on vehicular technology 2018-12, Vol.67 (12), p.11858-11872
Main Authors: Jiang, Yuhan, Zou, Yulong, Ouyang, Jian, Zhu, Jia
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
artificial noise
Cognitive radio
cognitive radio networks
Computer simulation
Eavesdropping
Energy efficiency
Jamming
Maximization
Measurement
OFDM
Optimization
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
Power allocation
Power consumption
Power efficiency
Power management
Radio networks
Resource management
Secrecy aspects
secure communication
Subcarriers
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Summary:In this paper, we investigate the power allocation of primary base station (PBS) and cognitive base station (CBS) across different orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers for energy-efficient secure downlink communication in OFDM-based cognitive radio networks (CRNs) with the existence of an eavesdropper having multiple antennas. For the sake of defending against eavesdropping, artificial noise is used to confuse the eavesdropper at the cost of extra power consumption. For the purpose of improving the energy efficiency (EE) of secure communications, we propose a secrecy energy efficiency maximization (SEEM) scheme by exploiting the instantaneous channel state information (ICSI) of the eavesdropper, called ICSI-based SEEM (ICSI-SEEM) scheme with a given total transmit power budget for different OFDM subcarriers of both PBS and CBS while guaranteeing a certain secrecy rate (SR) for a cognitive user, where a primary user's SR is also taken into consideration for limiting the interference in CRNs at each subcarrier. As for the case when the eavesdropper's ICSI is unknown, we also propose an SEEM scheme by using the statistical CSI (SCSI) of the eavesdropper, namely SCSI-based SEEM (SCSI-SEEM) scheme. Since the ICSI-SEEM and SCSI-SEEM problems are fractional and non-convex, we first transform them into equivalent subtractive problems, and then achieve approximate convex problems by employing the difference of two-convex functions approximation method. Finally, new two-tier power allocation algorithms are proposed to achieve \varepsilon-optimal solutions of our formulated ICSI-SEEM and SCSI-SEEM problems. Simulation results illustrate that the ICSI-SEEM has a better secrecy energy efficiency (SEE) performance than SCSI-SEEM, and moreover, the proposed ICSI-SEEM and SCSI-SEEM schemes outperform conventional SR maximization and EE maximization approaches in terms of their SEE performance.
ISSN:0018-9545
1939-9359