Imperfect channel state information of AF and DF energy harvesting cooperative networks

Wireless information and powered transfer networks (WIPT) has recently been implemented in 5th generation wireless networks. In this paper, we consider half-duplex relaying system in which the energy constrained relay node collects energy via radio frequency (RF) signals from the surrounding resources. Regarding energy harvesting protocol, we propose power time switching-based relaying (PTSR) architecture for both amplify-and-forward (AF) and decode-and-forward (DF). Especially, we reveal the analytical expressions of achievable throughput, ergodic capacity and energy-efficient in case of imperfect channel state information (CSI) for both AF and DF network. Through numerical analysis, we analyse the throughput performance, energy-efficient and ergodic capacity for different parameters, including power splitting ratio and energy harvesting time. Moreover, we also depict the performance comparison between AF and DF network with perfect and imperfect CSI. The results in numerical analysis reveal that the result of AF relaying network is less significant than DF relaying network in the various scenarios.