Resource Allocation in Wireless Powered Cognitive Radio Networks Based on a Practical Non-Linear Energy Harvesting Model

Wireless powered techniques have been recognized as promising techniques in future wireless communication systems, especially in cognitive radios (CRs) with energy-limit devices. However, most of the existing works focus on CRs with an ideal linear energy harvesting model. In this paper, a wireless powered wideband CR network is considered, and a practical non-linear energy harvesting model is adopted. To maximize the sum throughput of the secondary users, the energy harvesting time, channel allocation, and transmit power are jointly optimized. The closed-form expressions for the optimal transmit power and channel allocation are given. Simulation results show that there is a tradeoff between the harvesting energy and the sum throughput of the secondary users. It is also shown that the performance achieved under the non-linear energy harvesting model may equal to that achieved under the linear energy harvesting model.

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