Power allocation for efficient cooperative communication

Sarmad Sohaib, Daniel K C So, Junaid Ahmed

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    Abstract

    Cooperative communication achieves diversity through spatially separated cooperating nodes, which are battery powered in most applications. Therefore the energy consumption must be minimized without compromising the transmission quality (bit error rate). In this context, we present a novel power allocation scheme that results in efficient cooperative multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication. Considering channel path loss, the total transmission energy is distributed between the source and the relay nodes. The energy distribution ratio between the relay and direct link is optimized such that the quality of received signal is maintained with minimum total transmission energy consumption. We calculate the energy distribution ratio analytically and verified it through computer simulation. With the new power allocation scheme, the system also obtains an increased channel capacity as compared to cooperative scheme with conventional equal power allocation and non-cooperative scheme. Optimal relay positioning with proposed energy allocation scheme is explored to maximize the capacity. ©2009 IEEE.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationIEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC|IEEE Int Symp Person Indoor Mobile Radio Commun PIMRC
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009
    Event2009 IEEE 20th Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium, PIMRC 2009 - Tokyo
    Duration: 1 Jul 2009 → …

    Conference

    Conference2009 IEEE 20th Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium, PIMRC 2009
    CityTokyo
    Period1/07/09 → …

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