Security-Reliability Analysis of NOMA-Assisted Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Relay Multi-Cast Transmission Networks Using Fountain Codes and Partial Relay Selection with Presence of Multiple Eavesdroppers

Toan Van Nguyen; Trung Duy Tran; Ngoc Son Pham; Viet Tuan Pham; Lam Thanh Tu

doi:10.4108/eetinis.v12i3.8604

Authors

Toan Van Nguyen Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education
Trung Duy Tran Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology
Ngoc Son Pham Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education
Viet Tuan Pham University of Education, Hue University, Hue City, Vietnam,Hue University of Education
Lam Thanh Tu Ton Duc Thang University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4108/eetinis.v12i3.8604

Keywords:

Hybrid satellite-terrestrial relaying networks, fountain codes, non-orthogonal multiple access, physical-layer security, multicast transmission

Abstract

This article proposes a hybrid satellite-terrestrial relaying network (HSTRN) that integrates physical-layer security (PLS), Fountain codes (FCs), non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), and partial relay selection (PRS) to enhance system performance in terms of reliability, data rate, and security. In the proposed system, a satellite uses NOMA to simultaneously transmit Fountain packets to two clusters of terrestrial users. Data transmission is assisted by one of the terrestrial relay stations, selected by the PRS algorithm. We derive exact expressions for outage probability (OP) and system outage probability (SOP) at the legitimate users, as well as intercept probability (IP) and system intercept probability (SIP) at eavesdroppers. Monte Carlo simulations are realized to validate the accuracy of the analytical results, illustrate performance trends, and analyze the impact of key parameters on the considered performance.

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Author Biographies

Toan Van Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education

Nguyen Van Toan received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Telecommunication University, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam, in 2007 and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in 2013. His major research interests are Satellite Communication System, intelligent reflecting surfaces and Fountain codes.

Trung Duy Tran, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology

Tran Trung Duy received the PhD degree (2013) in electrical engineering from University of Ulsan, South Korea. From 2013 to the present, he joined the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT), Ho Chi Minh City campus. From 2017, he served as an associate editor of Transactions on Industrial Networks andIntelligent Systems. From 2021, he served as an associate editor of Hindawi Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing and Frontiers in Communications and Networks. His major research interests are cooperative communications, cooperative multi-hop, cognitive radio, physical-layer security, energy harvesting, hardware impairments, and Fountain codes.

Ngoc Son Pham, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education

Pham Ngoc Son received the B.E. degree (2005) and M.Eng. degree (2009) in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Post and Telecommunication Institute of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, respectively. In 2015, he received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Ulsan, South Korea. He is currently an associate Professor in the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (FEEE) of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE). His major research interests are cooperative communication, cognitive radio, physical layer security, energy harvesting, non-orthogonal multiple access, intelligent reflecting surface and short packet communications.

Viet Tuan Pham, University of Education, Hue University, Hue City, Vietnam,Hue University of Education

Pham Viet Tuan received the B.E. degree (2005), M.E. degree (2011) in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, and Ph.D degree (2018) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Ulsan, South Korea. He was as Postdoctoral Researcher at the Multimedia Communications System Laboratory, University of Ulsan, South Korea (2019). He is currently a Lecturer in the Faculty of Physics of University of Education, Hue University. His research interests include optimizations, machine learning, simultaneous wireless information and power transfer, and intelligent reflecting surface.

Lam Thanh Tu, Ton Duc Thang University

Lam-Thanh Tu received the B.Eng. degree in electronics and telecommunications engineering from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, in 2009, the M.Sc. degree in telecommunications engineering from the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam, in 2014, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Paris Sud (Paris-Saclay University), France, in 2018. From 2015 to 2018, he was with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris, as an Early Stage Researcher of the European-Funded Project H2020 ETN-5Gwireless. From 2019 to 2021, he was with the Xlim Research Institute, University of Poitiers, France, as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. Since 2022, he has been with the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam. His research interests include stochastic geometry, LoRa networks, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, covert communications, and artificial intelligence applications for wireless communications. He was a recipient of the 2017 IEEE SigTelCom and the 2022 RICE Best Paper Award. He has been a member of the Technical Program Committee of several conferences, such as IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, IEEE SPAWC, EuCNC, IEEE ATC, and IEEE NICS. He was a IEEE Transactions on Communications exemplary reviewer in 2016. Since 2023, he has been an Associate Editor of the IEEE Communications Letters and the Managing Editor of the Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

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