Hybrid TSR-PSR alternate energy harvesting relay network over Rician fading channels: Outage probability and SER analysis

Abstract

In this research, we investigate a hybrid time-switching relay (TSR)-power-splitting relay (PSR) alternate energy harvesting (EH) relaying network over the Rician fading channels. For this purpose, the amplify-and-forward (AF) mode is considered for the alternative hybrid time TSR-PSR. The system model consists of one source, one destination and two alternative relays for signal transmission from the source to the destination. In the first step, the exact and asymptotic expressions of the outage probability and the symbol errors ratio (SER) are derived. Then, the influence of all system parameters on the system performance is investigated, and the Monte Carlo simulation verifies all results. Finally, the system performances of TSR-PSR, TSR, and PSR cases are compared in connection with all system parameters.