2017 IEEE 13th International Conference on Electronic Measurement & Instruments
Outage analysis of cognitive energy harvesting relaying networks with
opportunistic relay selection over nakagami-m fading channel
Cheng Yiyun1, Yang Jing1,2
1.School of Information Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225000, China;
2.School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210000, China
Email: chengyiyun110@163.com, jingyang@yzu.edu.cn
Abstract—This paper studies the outage probability (OP) of
cognitive decode-and-forward (DF) relaying networks with
energy harvesting in the Nakagami-m fading channel. To ensure
the reliability of the transmission, the cognitive transmitter (S)
communicates with cognitive receiver (D) via the relay, which is
selected from multiple relays based on an opportunistic relay
selection strategy. The transmit power of S and relays are
constrained by the maximum tolerable interference power on the
multiple primary users (PUs). Two protocols of energy
harvesting at relay, i.e., power splitting (PS) and time switching
(TS) protocols are studied. We derive the OP of the cognitive DF
relaying networks in PS and TS protocols, respectively and
study the impact of the data rate, time switching rate, the fading
coefficients, the number of PUs and relays on the cognitive
networks. The Monte-Carlo simulations are provided to verify
the correctness of our analysis results.
Keywords—cognitive networks; energy harvesting; outage
probability; decode-and-forward; relay selection; Nakagami-m
fading channel
I. INTRODUCTION
Cognitive wireless network, due to its cognitive
ability, can realize the spectrum sharing without
changing the existing spectrum allocation. The primary
user (PU) utilizes a fixed frequency spectrum to
communicate, while the secondary user (SU) can
communicate by using the spectrum allocated to the PU,
providing that the quality of the PU can be guaranteed.
A cognitive relaying wireless network can
effectively improve the system performance. Thus, in
recent years, it has become one of the main research
object in the field of communication [ 1 ] . The
performance analysis of wireless pulse 60GHz
communication system was considered in [2]. The
closed-form expression of outage probability (OP) in
the cognitive relay networks with interference from
primary user was studied in [3]. In [4], the outage
analysis of the cognitive relay networks with imperfect
channel state information (CSI) over the Nakagami-m
fading channel was investigated. In [5], the authors
analyzed the OP of the cognitive amplify-and-forward
(AF) relay networks under Nakagami-m fading channel.
In wireless communication, energy harvesting has been
taken into our attention, because it can prolong the using
time of electronic equipment. The analysis of cognitive
AF relaying with energy harvesting (EH) over
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Nakagami-m fading environment was studied in [6]. In
[7], the analysis expression of OP and closed-form
approximations OP results at high signal-to-noise ratio
(SNR) in the cognitive decode-and-forward (DF) relay
networks with simultaneous wireless information and
power transfer (SWIPT) were deduced. In [8], the
closed-form OP expressions at PU and SU in the
cognitive AF relaying networks with SWIPT using time
switching (TS) protocol were obtained. In the process of
signal transmission, the wireless link will experience
channel fading. In [9], the throughput and the
probability of EH in cognitive networks was
investigated. In[10], the authors optimized the
parameters of cognitive EH relaying networks. In order
to improve this problem and enhance the reliability of
the transmission, the opportunistic relay selection is
proposed. In [11], the authors analyzed the performance
of the cooperative cognitive network with several kinds
of relay selection modes. In [12], the performance of
opportunistic relay selection on a cognitive DF relay
networks with a eavesdropper in Nakagami-m fading
channel was analyzed. In [13], the optimal relay
selection of cognitive senior networks with a EH relay
in time switching scheme over the Rayleigh fading
channel was proposed. And the OP and throughput of
the EH cognitive relaying networks with opportunistic
relay selection scheme was investigated in [14].
However, the exact expression of OP has not been
derived in [14].
In this paper, we consider opportunistic relay
selection on the cognitive DF relaying networks with
energy harvesting over independent and non identical
distribution (i.n.i.d.) Nakagami-m fading channel. Here,
we consider multiple PUs to improve the spectrum
usage in the wireless network. Moreover, the
Nakagami-m channel is more satisfied with the actual
situation than the Rayleigh fading channel. We analyze
and deduce the expression of OP under TS and power
switching (PS) protocols, respectively, and study the
impact of the data rate, time switching rate, the fading
coefficients, the number of PUs and relays on the
cognitive networks. The simulation results match well
with our analytical results.
The remainder of this paper is organized as follows.
Section II elaborates the system model. Section III
analyzes the OP performance of the cognitive DF
relaying network under i.n.i.d. Nakagami-m fading in
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PS and TS protocols, respectively. Section IV describes § ·

I . (2)
the numerical and simulation results and conclusions PS min ¨ Pth , ¸
¨¨ max hSi
2 ¸¸
are provided in Section V. © i 1,!, L ¹
During the second slot, the best relay is selected to
II. SYSTEM MODEL transmit the decoded signal to D with the harvested
energy. We assume that all relays can decoded
We consider the system is composed of L of primary successfully and CSI of all the links can be obtained at
users ( PU i , i 1, !, L ), one cognitive transmitter- *
each relay R j . The selected relay j is as follows[8]
receiver and K relays ( R j , j 1,!, K ). As illustrated in 2

Fig.1, a cognitive transmitter ( S ) communicates with a

j* arg max h jD . (3)
jK
cognitive receiver ( D ) with the help of a relay, which is In PS protocol, the received power at R is split into
selected from K relays with the maximum channel gain j *

in R j o D, j 1," K link. Both the S and R j produce
the interference on the PU i . The direct link S o D
can be ignored, due to the transmission distance from S
to D is too long.
two parts, i.e., information processing and energy
harvesting. The energy harvesting efficiency can be
devoted as K .
The power of R * after energy harvesting with PS
j

scheme can be given as

2
Pr K PS hSj * U, (4)
According to [5], the optimal power-splitting factor
is
H . (5)
U 1 2
PS hSj*
Hence, the Pr can also written as

K §¨ PS hSj  H ·¸ ,
2
Pr *
(6)
© ¹
where H 2  1 and U is the data rate.
2U

Similar to (2), the transmit power at R * is indicated

j

as
Fig. 1 System Model
§ ·
¨ I ¸. (7)
PR * min ¨ Pr , 2 ¸
In this
paper, the channel coefficients in j
¨ max h * ¸
S o PU , S o R j , R j o D and R j o PU links can be © i 1,!, L j i ¹

denoted as hSi , hSj , hjD , and hji , respectively. Moreover, B. Time Switching Protocol
we denote the maximum transmit power as Pth at S , In TS scheme, we assume the rate of TS is denoted
and the maximum tolerable interference power as I at all as E ( 0 d E d 1 ). The relay node harvests energy
the PUs. during the time of ET , and the other time of
A. Power Splitting Protocol 1  E T is used to decode and transmit information
The transmission between S and D can be divided for R * o D link.
j
into two time slots. During the first slot, the S transmits
Therefore, the received signal at R can be
the signal x. The received signal at R j can be expressed j *

as expressed as

yR j PS 1  U hSj x  nSj , (1)

yR * PS hSj* x  nSj* . (8)
j

where nSj is the additive white gaussian noise (AWGN) The SNR at R can be expressed as
*
j

at any relay, following & 0,1 , and U is the PS hSj* PS

2
­h 2P h 2I½
° Sj* th Sj* ° , (9)
factor. J Sj * min ® , ¾
N Sj* ° N Sj* q1 N Sj* °
The PS denotes the transmit power at S, following ¯ ¿


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where the N  ª nSj* º ,  >˜@ denotes the expectation We note that we assume the transmissions of each
Sj *
¬ ¼
relay and PU follow independent and identical
operator. distribution (i. i.d.) Nakagami-m fading distribution.
The energy at R after harvesting is expressed as
* Therefore, we can derive the PDF and CDF of the
j

ER * K PS E T hSj *
2
. (10) qh , h  ^1, 2, y` as follows [8]
j L ' L 1
f qh x ª¬ FX x º¼ L ª¬ FX x º¼ fX x
Thus, the power of R j* after energy harvesting with
p  mZ
TS scheme is given as § V  1·
V 1 mZ 1
r § mZ · x p  mZ 1
V¦ ¦ ¨ ¸ 1 ¨ ¸ (17)
r 0 p 0 © r ¹ © :Z ¹ * mZ
2
ER * 2K PS E hSj*
Pr j . (11)
1 E T / 2 1 E u exp  r  1 xmZ / : Z T pr ,mZ .
The received signal at D is expressed as
V
y j* D PR * h j* D x  nD , (12) Fqh x FX x
j
p (18)
r § mZ ·
V mZ 1
§V ·
where nD is the AWGN at D, following & 0,1 . ¦ ¦ ¨ ¸ 1 ¨ x ¸ exp mZ rx / : Z T pr .mZ .
r 0 p 0 © r ¹ © :Z ¹
The SNR at D can be given as
where V takes L, L, K for q1 , q2 , q y , respectively. The
2
h j*D PR * ­h 2
½ 2
T pr ,m in the (14) and (15) can be indicated as
[8, Eq. (19)]
.
° j* D Pr h j*D I ° , (13)
Z

JjD j
min ® , ¾
T pr 1,m
*
ND ° ND q2 N D ° p z

¯ ¿ T pr , m
Z
¦ pw !
' r ,mZ w , (19)
 > nD @ .
w p  mZ 1
where the N D
where
­1, if 0 d w d r  1 mZ  1 (20)
III. THE OP ANALYSIS ' r ,mZ w ®
¯ 0, otherwise
with T0r ,m 1 , T1 Z
r ,m
r , T 1,p m 1 .
In this section, the OP of a cognitive energy Z
Z

harvesting relaying networks with opportunistic relay p!

selection scheme is deduced. A. OP of PS Protocol
The probability density function (PDF) and
cumulative distribution function (CDF) of In the considered system, the end-to-end
Nakagami-m fading is [5] transmission is interrupted in two situations, i.e., the
S  R link in outage, and the S-R link not in outage
mZ mZ while the R  D link in outage. Therefore, the OP of
fX x x mZ 1 exp mZ x / : Z (14)
: Z * mZ
mZ PS scheme can be written as [5]
§ m x· (15) PPS Pr q3 PS  H  Pr q3 PS ! H , q y PR *  H . (21)
FX x 1  * ¨ mZ , Z ¸ / * mZ 
© :Z ¹ PPS 1  j

PPS 2
where the Z  ^SR, SP, RD, RP` ,
Substituting (2) and (7) into (21), the PPS 1 can be
^ 2 2
X  hSi , hSj , h jD , h ji
2 2
` denotes channel gains
expressed as
following the i.n.i.d. Nakagami-m fading with the § ­ I½ ·
PPS 1 Pr ¨¨ min ® Pth , ¾ q3  H ¸¸ (22)
fading severity parameter mZ and average power : Z . © ¯ q1 ¿ ¹
§ H I · § H q1 I ·
* ˜ denotes the gamma function [11, Eq. (8.339.1)] Pr ¨ q3  , q1  ¸  Pr ¨ q3  , q1 ! ¸.
© Pth Pth ¹ © I Pth ¹
and * ˜, ˜ is the incomplete gamma function [11, Eq. Since all links follow i.n.i.d. Nakagami-m fading,
(8.352.7)]. from (14), (15), (17) and (18), using [ 11, Eq. 3.351.2],
According to [8], in opportunistic relay selection the PPS 1 is obtained, given in (23) on the top of next
scheme, some random variables should be defined as page.
Utilizing [11, Eq. 1.110],[11, Eq. 3.351.3],[11,Eq.
2
q1 max hSi , q2
2
max h j*i , 3.4719] and t Pth x  H , Q1 and Q2 can be deduced.
i 1,!, L i 1,!, L
(16) Similarly, with the t I Q4 can be
2 2 2 y  H , the Q3 and
x
q3 hsj* , q y max h jD h j* D .
j 1,!, K obtained.


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§ ­ I½ ­ I ½ · (23)
PPS 1 Pr ¨¨ min ® Pth , ¾ q3 ! H , min ® Pr , ¾ q y  H ¸¸
© ¯ q1 ¿ ¯ q2 ¿ ¹
­ ½
°° § H H I · § H Hq I · °° § I ·
®Pr ¨¨ q3 ! , qy  ,q  ¸¸  Pr ¨¨ q3 ! , q y  2 , q2 ! ¸¸ ¾ Fq1 ¨ ¸
° © Pth K Pth q3  H 2 K Pth q3  H ¹  © Pth I K Pth q3  H ¹ ° © Pth ¹
°¯ Q1 Q2 °¿
§ · § ·
¨ ¸ ¨ ¸
¨ H q1 I H I ¸ ¨ H q1 I H q2 I ¸.
 Pr q3 ! , q1 ! , qy  , q2   Pr q3 ! , q1 ! , qy  , q2 !
¨ I Pth §I · §I ·¸ ¨ I Pth I §I ·¸
¨¨ K ¨ q3  H ¸ K ¨ q3  H ¸ ¸¸ ¨¨ K ¨ q3  H ¸ ¸¸
 © © q1 ¹ © q1 ¹¹  © © q1 ¹¹
Q3 Q4

§ I · § H · L 1 mSP 1 r
§ L  1· r § mSP ·
p  mSP
1 ª§ m r  1 · p  mSP § mSP r  1 I · mSR 1 § r  1 mSP ·
 p  mSP  m

PPS Fq1 ¨ ¸ Fq3 ¨ ¸  L ¦ ¦ ¨ ¸ 1 ¨ ¸ «¨ SP ¸ * ¨ p  mSP , ¸ ¦¨

  O H
2 ¸
© Pth ¹ © Pth ¹ r 0 p 0 © r ¹ © : SP ¹ * mSP
¬«©
: SP ¹ © : SP Pth ¹ m 0 © : SP ¹
·º
m
O2H § I r  1 mSP § I · K mRD 1 r mSR 1
§ K · § mSR  1· 2H mSR  q 1O1mSR ª L mRP 1 r1
§ L·
 O1H ¸ »  Fq1 ¨ ¸ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¨ r ¸¨ exp O1H « ¦ ¦
r  r1
u * ¨ p  mSP  m, ¸ ¨ ¸ 1 M 1p1 M 2p2
m! © : P
SP th ¹ »¼ © Pth ¹ r 0 p1 0 q 0 © ¹© q ¹ * m SR ¬ r1 0 p2 0 © r1 ¹
q  p1  p2 1
§ L  1·
p2  mRP
§ M r  M 11r1 · 2 L 1 mRP 1 r1 p2  mRP  p1 1
mRP p1  mRP  p2  1 ! J1p1
 L¦ ¦ ¦
r  r1 m
u. q  p1  p2 1 2 M 1r  M 11r1 O1 ¨ 1 ¸ ¨ ¸ 1 p2  mRP
r1  1 M 11  M 1r
© O1 ¹ r1 0 p2 0 m 0 © r1 ¹ : RP * mRP
 p1  mRP  p2
q  m 1
º
§ r  1 mRP · § r  1 M 11  M 1r · 2
»L
K mRD 1 r L mRP 1 r1 mSR 1 L 1 mSP 1 r2
§ K · § L · § L  1·
u¨ 1  J 1r ¸ . q  m 1 2 r1  1 M 11  M 1r O1 ¨ 1 ¸ » ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¨ r ¸¨ r ¸¨ r ¸
© : RP ¹ © O1 ¹ »¼
r 0 p 0 r1 0 p1 0 q 0 r2 0 p2 0 © ¹© 1 ¹ © 2 ¹
q  p1  p 1
§ m  1· 2 M 1p M 2p1 H mSR  q mSP p2  mSP O2mSR § r1M 2  M 1r · 2
§ q  p1  p  1 · L 1 mRP 1 r K mRD 1 r1 p  mRP  p1 1 L 1 mSP 1 r2
, r1M 2  M 1r ¸  2 L2 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
r  r1  r2
u ¨ SR ¸ 1 p2  mSP ¨ ¸ W¨
© q ¹ * mSR * mSP : SP © O2 ¹ © 2 ¹ r 0 p 0 r1 0 p1 0 m 0 r2 0 p2 0
 p  mRP  p1
§ L  1· § K ·§ L  1· § mSR  1· mRP
mSR 1
J p  mRP  p1  1 !mSP H
p  mRP
O p1 p2  mSP mSR 1 q mSR
§ r  1 mRP ·
u¦ ¨
r  r1  r2 m
¸ ¨ ¸¨ ¸¨ ¸ p2  mSP
1
p  mRP
2
1 M 2 r  1  M 1r1 ¨  J1r1 ¸
q 0 © r ¹ © r1 ¹© r2 ¹ © q ¹ : * mRP * mSR : SP m !* mSP
RP © : RP ¹
q  m1
2
§ M r  1  M 1r1 · § q  m 1 ·
u¨ 2 ¸ W¨ , M 2 r  1  M 1r ¸ .
© O2 ¹ © 2 ¹
(24)
f § § r2  1 mSP · · q  p1  p2  1 q  m  1 (25)
³PI x SP SR 2 exp ¨¨  ¨© :SP  O2H ¸¹ x ¸¸ . 2 N 2 DO2 x dx, N
m  m  p 1 N
W N, D , D r1M 2  M1r, M 2 (r  1)  M1r1.
th © ¹ 2 2
Therefore, the OP of PS scheme can be deduced as mRDJ th 1  E mRDJ th 1  E (32)
Ma , M a1
(24) on the top of next page, where 2: RD EK Pth 2: RD EK I
mRDH mRP I mSR (26) mRP I 1  E mRP 1  E
M ,M ,O mRDJ th (33)
1
: RDK
2
: RPK
1
: SR Pth Mb , M b1 , Ja
2: RP EK Pth 2: RP EK : RD I
mRDH mRP I mSR (27)
J1 , M 11 , O2
: RD I : RPK : SR I
IV. SIMULATION AND NUMERICAL
where the Kn ˜ denotes the modified Bessel function
RESULTS
of the second kind [11, Eq. 8.446].
B.OP of TS Protocol In this section, we provide some simulation results
to verify for our analytical results and illustrate the
Here, we take the J th as the threshold [9], and we benefits of the opportunistic relay selection with
2U SWIPT. We set mSR mR D , mSP mR * P 1 ,
j* j*
set J th
j
1 E
2 . The OP of TS scheme can be expressed
: SP :R *P 1 . Note that threshold in PS and TS
as j

PTS Pr J Sj  J th  Pr J Sj ! J th , J j* D  J th . (28) protocols are based on H 22U  1 and J th 22U / 1 E ,

  respectively. The horizontal axis indicates the main
T1 T2
link average channel power gain, i.e. J : SR : R D .
Similar to PPS , with the help of [11, Eq. 3.351.2] j* j*

and substitute (14), (15), (17) and (18) into (28) , the Specially, in order to ease of calculation, we set
OP in TS scheme can be given as (29) on the next next mSR * mR * D 1 in the Figs. 3- 5. In Figs. 2-5, the solid
j j
page, where
line shows the analytical results. And it can be clearly


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seen that the analytical results match well with
simulation results, indicating the correctness of our
analysis.
Fig. 2 depicts the impact of the main channel fading
coefficients m S R m R D in the PS and TS protocols
j*
both the K and L have a great impact on system
performance. When increasing the number L of PUS,
the system performance will decrease. However,the
performance becomes better with increasing the
number K of relays.
j*

for maximum transmit power Pth 10dB at S,

interference power constraint I 5dB , the number of
relays K 2 , the number of PUs L 4 , the rate of
time switching E 0.5 , and the data rate
U 1b / s / HZ . It can be seen that the system
performance improves when the main channel fading
coefficients improve. Besides, it can seen that larger
mSR * or mR * D brings larger system diversity order.
j j

Fig. 3 shows the impact of the number L of PUs and

the number of K of relays on the OP in PS and TS
protocols with the U 1b / s / HZ , E 0.5 ,
Pth 10dB , I 5dB and J th 4dB . From this figure, Fig. 2 Impact of the main channel fading coefficients on the
OP
1 ª§ mSP r  1 ·
p  mSP  p  mSP m
§ I · § H · L 1 mSP 1 r
§ L  1· r § mSP · § mSP r  1 I · mSR 1 § mSRJ th · 1
PTS Fq1 ¨ ¸ Fq3 ¨ ¸  L¦ ¦ ¨ ¸ 1 ¨ ¸ «¨ ¸ * ¨ p  mSP , ¸ ¦¨
 ¸
© Pth ¹ © Pth ¹ r 0 p 0 © r ¹ © : SP ¹ * mSP «© : SP
¬ ¹ © : SP Pth ¹ m 0 © : SR I ¹ m !
 p  mSP  m
§ r  1 mSP mSRJ th · § r  1 mSP I mSRJ th · º § I · K mRD 1 r
§K· mSR mSR ª L mRP 1 r1 § L ·
¸ »  Fq1 ¨ ¸ ¦ ¦ « ¦ ¦ ¨ ¸ 1
r  r1
u¨  ¸ * ¨ p  mSP  m,  ¨ ¸ Map
© : SP : SR I ¹ : SP Pth : SR Pth ¹ »¼ p 0 © r ¹ : SR * mSR ¬ r1 0 p1 0 © r1 ¹
mSR
© © Pth ¹ r 0
p1  mRP
L 1 mRP 1 r1 p  mRP  p1 1
§ L  1· p  mRP  p1  1 ! J a p1
mRP
uM b p1 f1 x, p  p1 , M b r1  M a r  L¦ ¦ ¦
r  r1
¨ ¸ 1 f1 x, m, M b r1  1  M a1r
r1 0 p1 0 m 0 © r1 ¹ : RP p1  mRP * mRP m !

§ r1  1 mRP ·
 p  mRP  p1
º K mRD 1 r L mRP 1 r1 L 1 mSP 1 r2
§ K · § L · § L  1· mSR mSR M a1 p M b1 p1 mSP p2  mSP
»  L¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
m r  r1  r2
u M b r1  1  M a1r ¨  J ar ¸ ¨ ¸ ¨ r ¸ ¨ r ¸ 1
© : RP © r ¹© 1 ¹© 2 ¹ : SR mSR * mSR : SP p2  mSP * mSP
¹ ¼» r p 0 r1 0 p1 0 r2 0 p2 0

p m pm
L 1 mRP 1 r K mRD 1 r1 p  mRP  p1 1 L 1 mSP 1 r2
§ L  1· § K ·§ L  1· mSR SR mSP 2 SP mRP RP J a 1 p  mRP  p1  1 !
m p

u F x, p  p1 , M b1r1  M a1r  L2 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¨ ¸ ¨ r ¸¨ r ¸ p2  mSP

r 0 p 0 r1 0 p1 0 m 0 r2 0 p2 0 © r ¹ © 1 ¹© 2 ¹ : SR * mSR : SP
mSR
* mSP mRP p  mRP m !
 p  mRP  p1
r  r1  r2 § r  1 mRP · m
u 1 ¨  J a r1 ¸ M b r  1  M a1r1 F x, m, M b r  1  M a1r1 .
© : RP ¹
(29)
f § m c·
f a x, b, c ³JPtha x SR exp ¨©  :SRSR x  x ¸¹dx, a 1, x b
m 1b
p  p1 , m c M a r  M b r1 , M b r  1  M a1r1.  (30)
th

f § r  1 mSP ·
F x , b, C ³ I
Pth
x p2  mSP  m 1b exp ¨  2
© : SP
x ¸ f x t , b, c dx, C r1M b1  M a1r , M b r  1  M a1r.    (31)
¹
Fig. 4 investigates the impact of U on cognitive
networks in PS protocol. We compare with four
different values of the data rate U with the
Pth 10dB, I 5dB, L 3 and K 2 .
As shown in Fig. 4, the outage probability is decreasing
when increasing the value of the R. That means
reducing the data rate can improve the performance of
the system. For example, when SNR 15 HZ the
performance of system is increased more than 10 times
from U 3b / s / HZ to U 1b / s / HZ .
In Fig. 5, the impact of time switching rate E on
cognitive networks in TS protocol is studied with
Pth 10dB , I 5dB , K 2 and L 1 . We find the
Fig. 3 Impact of the number L and K on the OP.


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system performance improves with the decreasing
However, the value of E is limited of [0,1].
Fig. 4 Impact of U on cognitive networks in PS protocol.
Fig. 5 Impact of time switching rate E on cognitive
networks in TS protocol.
V. CONCLUSIONS
In this paper, the performance of the cognitive DF
relaying networks with wireless information and power
transfer and opportunistic relay selection over the
Nakagami-m channel has been studied. The transmit
power of the cognitive transmitter and relays are
constrained by multiple PUs, and PS and TS protocols
of EH have been taken into account. We obtained the
OP expression under the PS and TS protocols, which
are verified by simulation results. It has been shown
that the system performance can be improved by
increasing the fading coefficients mSR or mRD and the
number of relays K . The larger data rate U and the
number of the PUs can decrease the system
performance. Moreover,with decreasing the time
switching rate E , the quality of transmission will be
improved.
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E. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The work of Jing Yang was partly supported by the
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant
No. 61301111) and China Postdoctoral Science
Foundation (Grant No. 2014M560374).
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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Cheng Yiyun was born in Anhui, China, in 1993. She
received B.S. degree in electronic information engineering from
Yangzhou university, Jingsu, China, in 2015. Now she is a
master with the Department of Electronic and Information
Engineering. Her research interests include cognitive relaying
network, energy harvesting.
Yang Jing was born in Tai’an, China, in 1982. She received
her Ph. D. degree in communications and information systems
from Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, in 2013.
She is currently an associate professor in the Department of
Electronic and Information Engineering, Yangzhou University.
Her research interests include cooperative communications,
cognitive radio networks, physical layer security, massive
MIMO.


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