End-to-end performance of Hybrid DF/AF (HDAF) relayed underlay cognitive radio networks

In the presented work, the performance analysis of an underlay cognitive relay network with a hybriddecode/amplify-and-forward relaying protocol is undertaken. Since the system is an underlay system, the secondary network will communicate simultaneously with the primary network. Hence interference temperature will act as a constraint to keep the secondary communication from interfering with the primary transmission. To ensure this, secondary transmit powers need to be kept below a pre-defined threshold level. Severe multi-path fading and shadowing or a long distance between the secondary source and the destination make a direct link between the two infeasible. These nodes can only be linked by a relay between the two. All the radio links in the system are characterized by the extended generalized-K fading distribution. The closed form expressions for the outage probability and ergodic channel capacity of the system are derived. The system outage performance and capacity with hybriddecode/amplify-and-forward relay is compared to the performance with amplify-and-forward and decode-and-forward relays. Optimum relay position for best outage performance is also investigated. Further, the results of the performance analysis of the system are also illustrated by the numerical plots. (C) 2020 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.