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Nelder‐Mead–based power optimization for secrecy enhancement in amplify‐and‐forward cooperative relay networks
Author(s) -
Shemi P.M.,
Jibukumar M.G.,
Ali M.A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of communication systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1099-1131
pISSN - 1074-5351
DOI - 10.1002/dac.3965
Subject(s) - computer science , relay , jamming , benchmark (surveying) , secrecy , wireless , secure transmission , optimization problem , transmission (telecommunications) , physical layer , artificial noise , power (physics) , computer network , transmitter power output , ant colony optimization algorithms , mathematical optimization , algorithm , telecommunications , mathematics , computer security , channel (broadcasting) , physics , transmitter , geodesy , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics , geography
Summary Cooperative communication based on relaying nodes has been considered as a promising technique to increase the physical layer security (PLS) performance in wireless communications. In this paper, an optimal power allocation (OPA) scheme based on Nelder‐Mead (NM) algorithm is proposed for improving the secrecy rate of amplify‐and‐forward (AF) cooperative relay networks employing cooperative jamming (CJ) scheme. The proposed hybrid jamming scheme allows the source and selected relay to transmit the jamming signal along with the information to confound the eavesdropper. The path selection probability of ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm is used for selecting the relay for transmission. The performance based on secrecy rate is evaluated for “ n ” trusted relays distributed dispersedly between the source and destination. Gradient‐based optimization and three‐dimensional exhaustive search methods are used as benchmark schemes for comparison of the proposed power optimization algorithm. The secrecy performance is also compared with conventional AF scheme and CJ scheme without power optimization (EPA). The impact of single and multiple relays on secrecy performance is also evaluated. Numerical results reveal that, compared with the gradient method and exhaustive search algorithm, the proposed power allocation strategy achieves optimal performance. Also, the derived OPA results show a significantly higher secrecy rate than the EPA strategy for both CJ and AF schemes.