Confidential broadcasting via linear precoding in non-homogeneous MIMO multiuser networks

Nan Yang, Giovanni Geraci, Jinhong Yuan, Robert Malaney

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Abstract

We propose linear precoding with power control to achieve confidential broadcasting in multi-input-multi-output multiuser networks such that the base station (BS) with Nt antennas securely broadcasts messages to K users with Nr antennas each. We focus on the practical non-homogeneous scenario where the distances between the BS and the users are not equal. We first design a linear precoder based on regularized channel inversion, and derive new channel-independent expressions for the achievable secrecy sum-rate in the large system regime. With the aid of these expressions, we examine the impact of user dispersion, Nt, and K on the secrecy sum-rate. We then propose a power reduction strategy and power allocation algorithms to increase the secrecy sum-rate. We demonstrate that our power reduction strategy increases the secrecy sum-rate at high signal-to-noise ratios. We also show the secrecy sum-rate advantage of optimal power allocation over equal power allocation. Furthermore, we consider channel correlation and derive an easy-to-compute expression for the secrecy sum-rate to examine its impact on the secrecy performance.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6827200
Pages (from-to)2515-2530
Number of pages16
JournalIEEE Transactions on Communications
Volume62
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2014
Externally publishedYes

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