Treffer: Opportunistic Interference Alignment in Cognitive Radio Networks with Space–Time Coding.

For a multiuser multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) overlay cognitive radio (CR) network, an opportunistic interference alignment (IA) technique has been proposed that allows spectrum sharing between primary users (PUs) and secondary users (SUs) while ensuring zero interference to the PU. The CR system consists of one PU and K SUs where the PU uses space-time water-filling (ST-WF) algorithm to optimize its transmission and in the process, frees up unused eigenmodes that can be exploited by the SU. The SUs make use of an optimal power allocation algorithm to align their transmitted signals in such a way their interference impairs only the PUs unused eigenmodes. Since the SUs optimal power allocation algorithm turns out to be an optimal beamformer with multiple eigen-beams, this work initially proposes combining the diversity gain property of space-time block codes, the zero-forcing function of IA and beamforming to optimize the SUs transmission rates. This proposed solution requires availability of channel state information (CSI), and to eliminate the need for CSI, this work then combines Differential Space-Time Block Coding (DSTBC) scheme with optimal IA precoders (consisting of beamforming and zero-forcing) to maximize the SUs data rates. Simulation results confirm the accuracy of the proposed solution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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