Weighted Sum Secrecy Rate Maximization Using Intelligent Reflecting Surface

• Published in: IEEE transactions on communications Vol. 69; no. 9; pp. 6170 - 6184
• Main Authors: Niu, Hehao, Chu, Zheng, Zhou, Fuhui, Zhu, Zhengyu, Zhang, Miao, Wong, Kai-Kit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.09.2021; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: alternating direction method of multiplier (ADMM); alternating optimization; Beamforming; Communication system security; Downlink; Eavesdropping; element-wise block coordinate decent (EBCD); Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS); Jamming; MIMO communication; MISO (control systems); MISO communication; Optimization; Phase shift; Receivers; Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces; secure transmission; Simulation; Wireless communication
• ISSN: 0090-6778; 1558-0857
• DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2021.3085780

This paper aims to investigate the benefit of using intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in multi-user multiple-input single-output (MU-MISO) systems, in the presence of eavesdroppers. We maximize the weighted sum secrecy rate by jointly designing the secure beamforming (BF), the artificial noise (AN), as well as the phase shift of the IRS. An alternating optimization (AO) method is proposed to deal with the formulated non convex problem. In particular, the secure beamforming and AN jamming matrix are optimally designed via the successive convex approximation (SCA) approach for given phase shift, which can be derived by considering the alternating direction method of multiplier (ADMM) and element-wise block coordinate decent (EBCD) methods. Finally, simulation results are presented to show the benefit of the IRS in terms of improving the secrecy performance, when compared to other methods.