On the Performance of Spectrum-Sharing Backscatter Communication Systems

Spectrum-sharing backscatter communication (SSBC) systems are among the most prominent technologies for ultralow power and spectrum-efficient communications. In this article, we propose an underlay SSBC system, in which the secondary network is a backscatter communication system. We analyze the performance of the secondary network under a transmit power adaption strategy at the secondary transmitter, which guarantees that the interference caused by the secondary network to the primary receiver is below a predetermined threshold. We first derive a novel analytical expression for the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of the instantaneous signal-to-noise ratio of the secondary network. Capitalizing on the obtained CDF, we derive novel accurate approximate expressions for the ergodic capacity, effective capacity, and average bit-error rate. We further validate our theoretical analysis using the extensive Monte Carlo simulations.