Hybrid intelligent reflective surfaces and relay assisted secure transmission scheme with power allocation

To improve the security and reliability of communication transmissions, this study proposes a novel hybrid secure scheme that combines a decode-and-forward (DF) relay and an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) for down-linking multiple-input single-output systems. The proposal maximizes the minimum...

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Main Authors: Yan Shi, Dongqing Zhao, Yue Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) 2025-02-01
Series:ETRI Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4218/etrij.2023-0401
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Summary:To improve the security and reliability of communication transmissions, this study proposes a novel hybrid secure scheme that combines a decode-and-forward (DF) relay and an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) for down-linking multiple-input single-output systems. The proposal maximizes the minimum achievable secrecy rate by utilizing alternating optimization algo-rithms to derive the closed-form solution of the beamforming vector, obtain the optimal power allocation factor with the successive convex approximation method, and obtain the optimal phase-shift matrix with the semi-definite relaxation method. The simulation results demonstrate that our approach out-performs state-of-the-art solutions using only the IRS or DF relay. Moreover, performance improves at a high signal-to-noise when increasing the number of IRSs. Notably, a proper power allocation is important to achieve optimal performance.
ISSN:1225-6463
2233-7326