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Wireless relaying is one of the promising solutions to overcome the channel impairments and provide high data rate coverage that appears for beyond 3G mobile communications. In this paper we present an end to end BER performance analysis of…
Performance of cooperative diversity schemes at Low Signal to Noise Ratios (LSNR) was recently studied by Avestimehr et. al. [1] who emphasized the importance of diversity gain over multiplexing gain at low SNRs. It has also been pointed…
In this paper, we consider two-way orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) relay channels, where the direct link between the two terminal nodes is too weak to be used for data transmission. The widely known per-subcarrier…
To understand the network response to large-scale physical attacks, we investigate the asymptotic capacity of a half-duplex fading relay network with random node failures when the number of relays $N$ is infinitely large. In this paper, a…
In this paper, we propose to implement the dynamic decode-and-forward (DDF) protocol with distributed rotations. In addition to being the first minimum-delay implementation of the DDF protocol proposed for any number of relays, this…
In this paper, a new two-way relaying scheme based on compute-and-forward (CMF) framework and relay selection strategies is proposed, which provides a higher throughput than the conventional two-way relaying schemes. Two cases of relays…
We explore the SNR-optimal relay functionality in a \emph{memoryless} relay network, i.e. a network where, during each channel use, the signal transmitted by a relay depends only on the last received symbol at that relay. We develop a…
In this work, the performance analysis of a dual-hop relay transmission system composed of asymmetric radio-frequency (RF)/free-space optical (FSO) links with pointing errors is presented. More specifically, we build on the system model…
In this paper, an incremental selective decode-and-forward (ISDF) relay strategy is proposed for power line communication (PLC) systems to improve the spectral efficiency. Traditional decode-and-forward (DF) relaying employs two time slots…
Unicast communication over a network of $M$-parallel relays in the presence of an eavesdropper is considered. The relay nodes, operating under individual power constraints, amplify and forward the signals received at their inputs. The…
In this paper a unified approach for power allocation (PA) problem in multi-hop orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying systems has been developed. In the proposed approach, we consider short and…
Energy-harvesting and wireless power transfer in cooperative relaying networks have recently attracted a considerable amount of research attention. Most of the existing work on this topic however focuses on Rayleigh fading channels which…
We consider a three-node decode-and-forward (DF) half-duplex relaying system, where the source first harvests RF energy from the relay, and then uses this energy to transmit information to the destination via the relay. We assume that the…
This work presents a comprehensive performance analysis of diffusion based direct, dual-hop, and multi-hop molecular communication systems with Brownian motion and drift in the presence of various distortions such as inter-symbol…
An extension of the popular diversity-multiplexing tradeoff framework to the low-SNR (or wideband) regime is proposed. The concept of diversity gain is shown to be redundant in this regime since the outage probability is SNR-independent and…
This paper studies a multi-hop decode-and-forward (DF) simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) system where a source sends data to a destination with the aid of multi-hop relays which do not depend on an external energy…
This paper studies the general multi-antenna multiple-relay network. Every two nodes of the network are either connected together through a Rayleigh fading channel or disconnected. We study the ergodic capacity of the network in the high…
In this work, a new static relaying protocol is introduced for half duplex single-relay networks, and its performance is studied in the context of communications over slow fading wireless channels. The proposed protocol is based on a Decode…
Selection combining (SC) at the destination for differential amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying is attractive as it does not require channel state information as compared to the semi maximum-ratio-combining (semi-MRC) while delivering close…
This paper presents an analytical characterization of the ergodic capacity of amplify-and-forward (AF) MIMO dual-hop relay channels, assuming that the channel state information is available at the destination terminal only. In contrast to…