Optimizing Cognitive Networks: Reinforcement Learning Meets Energy Harvesting Over Cascaded Channels

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Hauptverfasser: Tashman, Deemah H., Cherkaoui, Soumaya, Hamouda, Walaa
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Tashman, Deemah H.
Cherkaoui, Soumaya
Hamouda, Walaa
author_facet Tashman, Deemah H.
Cherkaoui, Soumaya
Hamouda, Walaa
contents This paper presents a reinforcement learning (RL) based approach to improve the physical layer security (PLS) of an underlay cognitive radio network (CRN) over cascaded channels. These channels are utilized in highly mobile networks such as cognitive vehicular networks (CVN). In addition, an eavesdropper aims to intercept the communications between secondary users (SUs). The SU receiver has full-duplex and energy harvesting capabilities to generate jamming signals to confound the eavesdropper and enhance security. Moreover, the SU transmitter extracts energy from ambient radio frequency signals in order to power subsequent transmissions to its intended receiver. To optimize the privacy and reliability of the SUs in a CVN, a deep Q-network (DQN) strategy is utilized where multiple DQN agents are required such that an agent is assigned at each SU transmitter. The objective for the SUs is to determine the optimal transmission power and decide whether to collect energy or transmit messages during each time period in order to maximize their secrecy rate. Thereafter, we propose a DQN approach to maximize the throughput of the SUs while respecting the interference threshold acceptable at the receiver of the primary user. According to our findings, our strategy outperforms two other baseline strategies in terms of security and reliability.
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spellingShingle Optimizing Cognitive Networks: Reinforcement Learning Meets Energy Harvesting Over Cascaded Channels
Tashman, Deemah H.
Cherkaoui, Soumaya
Hamouda, Walaa
Emerging Technologies
Networking and Internet Architecture
Signal Processing
This paper presents a reinforcement learning (RL) based approach to improve the physical layer security (PLS) of an underlay cognitive radio network (CRN) over cascaded channels. These channels are utilized in highly mobile networks such as cognitive vehicular networks (CVN). In addition, an eavesdropper aims to intercept the communications between secondary users (SUs). The SU receiver has full-duplex and energy harvesting capabilities to generate jamming signals to confound the eavesdropper and enhance security. Moreover, the SU transmitter extracts energy from ambient radio frequency signals in order to power subsequent transmissions to its intended receiver. To optimize the privacy and reliability of the SUs in a CVN, a deep Q-network (DQN) strategy is utilized where multiple DQN agents are required such that an agent is assigned at each SU transmitter. The objective for the SUs is to determine the optimal transmission power and decide whether to collect energy or transmit messages during each time period in order to maximize their secrecy rate. Thereafter, we propose a DQN approach to maximize the throughput of the SUs while respecting the interference threshold acceptable at the receiver of the primary user. According to our findings, our strategy outperforms two other baseline strategies in terms of security and reliability.
title Optimizing Cognitive Networks: Reinforcement Learning Meets Energy Harvesting Over Cascaded Channels
topic Emerging Technologies
Networking and Internet Architecture
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06981