Mutualistic Mechanism in Symbiotic Radios

Qianqian Zhang, Ying Chang Liang, Hong Chuan Yang, H. Vincent Poor

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Abstract

In symbiotic radio (SR), also called cognitive backscatter communications, a secondary transmitter (STx) transmits messages by modulating its information over the RF signals from a primary transmitter (PTx), and in return, the secondary transmission provides multipath gain instead of interference to the primary transmission when the spreading factor K of SR is large enough. In this paper, we are interested in the fundamental mutualistic mechanism between the primary and secondary transmissions in SR, which describes the condition through which the two systems can benefit each other. We first derive the closed-form expressions for the bit error rates (BERs) for both primary and secondary transmissions for general K, then obtain the condition on K to enable mutualistic symbiosis in SR. It is observed that the critical point of K is related to the average strengths of the direct and backscatter links when the number of receiving antennas is large. Extensive simulation and numerical results are provided to verify the accuracy of theoretical analysis and demonstrate the interrelationship between primary and secondary transmissions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2021 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728181042
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2021 - Madrid, Spain
Duration: Dec 7 2021Dec 11 2021

Publication series

Name2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2021 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2021
Country/TerritorySpain
CityMadrid
Period12/7/2112/11/21

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Health Informatics

Keywords

  • Symbiotic radio
  • cognitive backscatter communication
  • mutualistic conditions
  • performance analysis

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