Robust and Secure Sum-Rate Maximization for Multiuser MISO Downlink Systems With Self-Sustainable IRS
Robust and Secure Sum-Rate Maximization for Multiuser MISO Downlink Systems With Self-Sustainable IRS
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DOI：
10.1109/tcomm.2021.3097140
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发表时间：
2021-01
影响因子：
8.3
通讯作者：
Shaokang Hu;Zhiqiang Wei;Yuanxin Cai;Chang Liu;D. W. K. Ng;Jinhong Yuan
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作者：
Shaokang Hu;Zhiqiang Wei;Yuanxin Cai;Chang Liu;D. W. K. Ng;Jinhong Yuan
本文研究了一种可自我维持的智能反射表面（IRS），它可以同时从接收到的信号中反射和收获能量的多用户多输入单输出（MISO）下行链路通信。我们研究了联合设计的波束形成器在接入点（AP）和相移，以及能量收集时间表在IRS最大化系统和速率。该设计被制定为一个非凸优化问题，考虑到IRS元件的无线能量收集能力，安全通信，以及对信道状态信息（CSI）不完善的影响的鲁棒性。随后，我们提出了一个计算效率高的迭代算法，以获得一个次优的解决方案的设计问题。在每次迭代中，采用$\mathcal {S}$-过程和逐次凸逼近来处理中间优化问题。仿真结果表明：（1）在系统总速率和IRS的自维持性之间存在一个非平凡的折衷关系：（2）所提出的方案所获得的性能增益在大量能量收集IRS元件的情况下是饱和的; 3）配备有小比特分辨率离散移相器的IRS足以实现相当大的系统总和-具有连续相移的理想情况的速率。
This paper investigates robust and secure multiuser multiple-input single-output (MISO) downlink communications assisted by a self-sustainable intelligent reflection surface (IRS), which can simultaneously reflect and harvest energy from the received signals. We study the joint design of beamformers at an access point (AP) and the phase shifts as well as the energy harvesting schedule at the IRS for maximizing the system sum-rate. The design is formulated as a non-convex optimization problem taking into account the wireless energy harvesting capability of IRS elements, secure communications, and the robustness against the impact of channel state information (CSI) imperfection. Subsequently, we propose a computationally-efficient iterative algorithm to obtain a suboptimal solution to the design problem. In each iteration, $\mathcal {S}$ -procedure and the successive convex approximation are adopted to handle the intermediate optimization problem. Our simulation results unveil that: 1) there is a non-trivial trade-off between the system sum-rate and the self-sustainability of the IRS; 2) the performance gain achieved by the proposed scheme is saturated with a large number of energy harvesting IRS elements; 3) an IRS equipped with small bit-resolution discrete phase shifters is sufficient to achieve a considerable system sum-rate of the ideal case with continuous phase shifts.