Secrecy Analysis in DF Relay over Generalized-K Fading Channels

Zhao, Hui; Liu, Zhedong; Yang, Liang; Alouini, Mohamed-Slim

Secrecy Analysis in DF Relay over Generalized-K Fading Channels

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Article

Authors

Zhao, Hui
Liu, Zhedong

Yang, Liang
Alouini, Mohamed-Slim

KAUST Department

Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering Program
Statistics
Statistics Program

Online Publication Date

2019-07-07

Print Publication Date

2019

Date

2019-07-07

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze the secrecy performance of the decode-and-forward (DF) relay system in generalized-K fading channels. In a typical four-node communications model, a source (S) sends confidential information to a destination (D) via a relay (R) using DF strategy in two time slots, while an eavesdropper (E) wants to overhear the information from S to D over generalized-K fading channels. To be more realistic, we assume that E can receive the signals of two time slots, and there is no direct link between S and D because of heavy fading. Based on those assumptions, we derive closed-form expressions for the secrecy outage probability (SOP) and ergodic secrecy capacity (ESC) by using a tight approximate probability density function of the generalized-K model. Then, asymptotic expressions for the SOP and ESC are also derived in the high signal-to-noise ratio region, not only because we can get some insights about SOP and ESC, but also because expressions for SOP and ESC can be simplified significantly. The single relay system is subsequently extended into a multi-relay system, where the asymptotic SOP analysis of three proposed relay selection strategies is investigated. Further, the security-reliability tradeoff analysis in the multi-relay system is also presented given that S adopts a constant code rate. Finally, the Monte-Carlo simulation is used to demonstrate the accuracy of the derived closed-form expressions.

Citation

Zhao, H., Liu, Z., Yang, L., & Alouini, M.-S. (2019). Secrecy Analysis in DF Relay Over Generalized-

Fading Channels. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 67(10), 7168–7182. doi:10.1109/tcomm.2019.2926719

Acknowledgements

This work was funded by the office of sponsored research (OSR) at KAUST. The work of H. Zhao was done while he was studying at KAUST.