Cooperative rate-splitting for secrecy sum-rate enhancement in multi-antenna broadcast channels

Ping Li*, Ming Chen, Yijie Mao, Zhaohui Yang, Bruno Clerckx, Mohammad Shikh-Bahaei

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Abstract

In this paper, we employ Cooperative Rate-Splitting (CRS) technique to enhance the Secrecy Sum Rate (SSR) for the Multiple Input Single Output (MISO) Broadcast Channel (BC), consisting of two legitimate users and one eavesdropper, with perfect Channel State Information (CSI) available at all nodes. For CRS based on the three-node relay channel, the transmitter splits and encodes the messages of legitimate users into common and private streams based on Rate-Splitting (RS). With the goal of maximizing SSR, the proposed CRS strategy opportunistically asks the relaying legitimate user to forward its decoded common message. During the transmission, the eavesdropper keeps wiretapping silently. To ensure secure transmission, the common message is used for the dual purpose, serving both as a desired message and Artificial Noise (AN) without consuming extra transmit power comparing to the conventional AN design. Taking into account the total power constraint and the Physical Layer (PHY) security, the precoders and timeslot allocation are jointly optimized by solving the nonconvex SSR maximization problem based on Sequential Convex Approximation (SCA) algorithm. Numerical results show that the proposed CRS secure transmission scheme outperforms existing Multi-User Linear Precoding (MU-LP) and Cooperative Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (C-NOMA) strategies. Therefore, CRS is a promising strategy to enhance the PHY security in Multi-antenna BC systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 IEEE 31st Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728144900
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2020
Event31st IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2020 - Virtual, London, United Kingdom
Duration: 31 Aug 20203 Sept 2020

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC
Volume2020-August

Conference

Conference31st IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityVirtual, London
Period31/08/20203/09/2020

Keywords

  • Cooperative rate-splitting
  • Physical layer security
  • Relay broadcast channel
  • Secrecy sum rate
  • Success convex approximation

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