Is amplify-and-forward practically better than decode-and-forward or vice versa?

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Yu ◽  
Jing Li
Keyword(s):  
Amplify And Forward ◽  
Decode And Forward ◽  
Better Than

On Performance of Combining Methods for Three-Node Relay Network

2012 ◽  
Vol 263-266 ◽  
pp. 1160-1164
Author(s):  
Wen Yuan Rao
Keyword(s):  
Relay Network ◽  
Estimation Accuracy ◽  
Diversity Order ◽  
Amplify And Forward ◽  
Decode And Forward ◽  
Channel Quality ◽  
Combining Methods ◽  
Better Than

We study the performance of the three-node relay network. Three combining methods for the Amplify-and-Forward (AF) protocol and the Decode-and-Forward (DF) protocol are compared. Simulations indicate that the AF protocol is better than DF under all these three combining methods. To combine the incoming signals the channel quality should be estimated as accuracy as possible, more estimation accuracy requires more resource. A very simple combining method can obtain the performance comparative with optimal combining methods approximately. At the same time, all three combining methods for both diversity protocols can achieve the maximum diversity order.

scholarly journals Energy Consumption Analysis of Beamforming and Cooperative Schemes for Aircraft Wireless Sensor Networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4374
Author(s):  
Seung-Hwan Kim ◽  
Jae-Woo Kim ◽  
Dong-Seong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Channel Model ◽  
Path Loss ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Amplify And Forward ◽  
Decode And Forward ◽  
International Telecommunication Union ◽  
Better Than

In this paper, the eight schemes for aircraft wireless sensor networks are investigated, which are single-hop array beamforming schemes (including analog beamforming (ABF), and digital beamforming (DBF)), non-cooperative schemes (including single-hop and multi-hop schemes), cooperative schemes (including amplify and forward (AF), decode and forward (DF)), and incremental cooperative schemes (incremental decode and forward (IDF), and incremental amplify and forward (IAF)). To set up the aircraft wireless communication environment, we design the aircraft channel model by referring to the experimental parameters of the ITU (International Telecommunication Union)-R M.2283, which is composed of path loss, shadowing fading, and multi-path fading channel responses. To evaluate the performance, the conditions energy consumption and throughput analysis are performed. Through simulation results, the incremental cooperative scheme outperformed by 66.8% better at spectral efficiency 2 than the DBF scheme in terms of the energy consumption metric. Whereas, in terms of throughput metric, overall SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) ranged from −20 to 30 dB the beamforming scheme had the best performance in which the beamforming scheme at SNR 0 dB achieved 85.4% better than the multi-hop scheme. Finally, in terms of normalized throughput metric in low SNR range between −20 and 1 dB the ABF scheme had the best performance over the others in which the ABF at SNR 0 dB achieved 75.4% better than the multi-hop scheme. Whereas, in high SNR range between 2 and 30 dB the IDF scheme had the best performance in which the IDF at SNR 10 dB achieved 62.2% better than the multi-hop scheme.

scholarly journals Evaluation of PLC Channel Capacity and ABER Performances for OFDM-Based Two-Hop Relaying Transmission

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sana Ezzine ◽  
Fatma Abdelkefi ◽  
Jean Pierre Cances ◽  
Vahid Meghdadi ◽  
Ammar Bouallégue
Keyword(s):  
Channel Capacity ◽  
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Relay Node ◽  
Destination Node ◽  
Direct Link ◽  
Amplify And Forward ◽  
Decode And Forward ◽  
Maximum Ratio Combining ◽  
The Impact

Powerline network is recognized as a favorable infrastructure for Smart Grid to transmit information in the network thanks to its broad coverage and low cost deployment. The existing works are trying to improve and adapt transmission techniques to reduce Powerline Communication (PLC) channel attenuation and exploit the limited bandwidth to support high data rate over long distances. Two-hop relaying BroadBand PLC (BB-PLC) system, in which Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is used, is considered in this paper. We derive and compare the PLC channel capacity and the end-to-end Average BER (ABER) for OFDM-based direct link (DL) BB-PLC system and for OFDM-based two-hop relaying BB-PLC system for Amplify and Forward (AF) and Decode and Forward (DF) protocols. We analyze the improvements when we consider the direct link in a cooperative communication when the relay node only transmits the correctly decoded signal. Maximum ratio combining is employed at the destination node to detect the transmitted signal. In addition, in this paper, we highlight the impact of the relay location on the channel capacity and ABER for AF and DF transmission protocols. Moreover, an efficient use of the direct link was also investigated in this paper.

scholarly journals A Coordinated Direct AF/DF Relay-Aided NOMA Framework for Low Outage

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anand Jee ◽  
KAMAL AGRAWAL ◽  
Shankar Prakriya
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Monte Carlo Simulations ◽  
Outage Probability ◽  
Closed Form ◽  
Power Allocation ◽  
Multiple Access ◽  
Performance Gain ◽  
Amplify And Forward ◽  
Decode And Forward

This paper investigates the performance of a framework for low-outage downlink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) signalling using a coordinated direct and relay transmission (CDRT) scheme with direct links to both the near-user (NU) and the far-user (FU). Both amplify-and-forward (AF) and decode-and-forward (DF) relaying are considered. In this framework, NU and FU combine the signals from BS and R to attain good outage performance and harness a diversity of two without any need for feedback. For the NU, this serves as an incentive to participate in NOMA signalling. For both NU and FU, expressions for outage probability and throughput are derived in closed form. High-SNR approximations to the outage probability are also presented. We demonstrate that the choice of power allocation coefficient and target rate is crucial to maximize the NU performance while ensuring a desired FU performance. We demonstrate performance gain of the proposed scheme over selective decode-and-forward (SDF) CDRT-NOMA in terms of three metrics: outage probability, sum throughput and energy efficiency. Further, we demonstrate that by choosing the target rate intelligently, the proposed CDRT NOMA scheme ensures higher energy efficiency (EE) in comparison to its orthogonal multiple access counterpart. Monte Carlo simulations validate the derived expressions.

scholarly journals Performance Enhancement for Multihop Cognitive DF and AF Relaying Protocols under Joint Impact of Interference and Hardware Noises: NOMA for Primary Network and Best-Path Selection for Secondary Network

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Tran Trung Duy ◽  
Pham Thi Dan Ngoc ◽  
Phuong T. Tran
Keyword(s):  
Spectrum Sharing ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Path Selection ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Amplify And Forward ◽  
Decode And Forward ◽  
Transmit Power ◽  
Primary Network ◽  
Secondary Network ◽  
Relaying Protocols

In this paper, we propose and evaluate performance of multihop multipath underlay cognitive radio networks. In a primary network, an uplink nonorthogonal multiple access method is employed to allow primary transmitters to simultaneously transmit their data to a primary receiver. Using an underlay spectrum-sharing method, secondary source and secondary relays must adjust their transmit power to guarantee quality of service of the primary network. Under the limited transmit power, cochannel interference from the primary transmitters, and hardware noises caused by impairments, we propose best-path selection methods to improve the end-to-end performance for the secondary network. Moreover, both multihop decode-and-forward and amplify-and-forward relaying protocols are considered in this paper. We derive expressions of outage probability for the primary and secondary networks and propose an efficient method to calculate the transmit power of the secondary transmitters. Then, computer simulations employing the Monte-Carlo approach are realized to validate the derivations.

Joint Resource Allocation and Interference Mitigation Techniques for Cooperative Wireless Networks

2012 ◽  
pp. 185-213
Author(s):  
Rodrigo C. de Lamare ◽  
Patrick Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Interference Mitigation ◽  
Interference Suppression ◽  
Amplify And Forward ◽  
Decode And Forward ◽  
Cross Layer Optimization ◽  
Mimo Networks ◽  
Cooperative Wireless Networks ◽  
Joint Resource Allocation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Allocation Algorithms

This chapter presents joint interference suppression and power allocation algorithms for DS-CDMA and MIMO networks with multiple hops and amplify-and-forward and Decode-and-Forward (DF) protocols. A scheme for joint allocation of power levels across the relays and linear interference suppression is proposed. The authors also consider another strategy for joint interference suppression and relay selection that maximizes the diversity available in the system. Simulations show that the proposed cross-layer optimization algorithms obtain significant gains in capacity and performance over existing schemes.

Single and Double-Differential Coding in Cooperative Communications

2010 ◽  
pp. 321-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manav R. Bhatnagar ◽  
Are Hjørungnes
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Communication ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Cooperative Communications ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Amplify And Forward ◽  
Decode And Forward ◽  
Probability Of Error ◽  
Active User ◽  
Downlink Channels ◽  
Differential Coding

In this chapter, we discuss single and double-differential coding for a two-user cooperative communication system. The single-differential coding is important for the cooperative systems as the data at the destination/relaying node can be decoded without knowing the channel gains. The double-differential modulation is useful as it avoids the need of estimating the channel and carrier offsets for the decoding of the data. We explain single-differential coding for a cooperative system with one relay utilizing orthogonal transmissions with respect to the source. Next, we explain two single-differential relaying strategies: active user strategy (AUS) and passive users relaying strategy (PURS), which could be used by the base-station to transmit data of two users over downlink channels in the two-user cooperative communication network with decode-and-forward protocol. The AUS and PURS follow an improved time schedule in order to increase the data rate. A probability of error based approach is also discussed, which can be used to reduce the erroneous relaying of data by the regenerative relay. In addition, we also discuss how to implement double-differential (DD) modulation for decode-and-forward and amplify-and-forward based cooperative communication system with single source-destination pair and a single relay. The DD based systems work very well in the presence of random carrier offsets without any channel and carrier offset knowledge at the receivers, where the single differential cooperative scheme breaks down. It is further shown that optimized power distributions can be used to improve the performance of the DD system.

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