Secure MISO cognitive radio system with perfect and imperfect CSI

In cognitive radio (CR) systems, harmful interference from the secondary system degrades the data rate of the primary system. However, this interference may be beneficial to the primary system in terms of the secrecy rate, when unauthorized users eavesdrop on the primary link. This paper explores multiple-input single-output (MISO) CR systems where the secondary system secures the primary communication in return for permission to use the spectrum. In this context, the optimal transmission strategy has to be found which provides the best tradeoff between the useful and harmful effects of interference on the secrecy rate of the primary system. Considering the cases of perfect and imperfect channel state information of the eavesdroppers we formulate optimization problems for maximizing the primary secrecy rate under secondary data rate requirements. The resulting non-convex optimization problems are solved through a sequence of convex semidefinite programs. The simulation results reveal that the proposed schemes improve the secrecy level of the primary system while meeting the data rate requirements of the secondary system.