Performance of a New Dynamic TS Protocol with Intelligent Battery
Management in a Full-Duplex Relay Network
Abstract
In this paper, the performance of a  two-hop cooperative network is
analyzed assuming the use of a channel-aware dynamic time-switching (TS)
energy harvesting (EH) protocol at the battery-assisted EH full-duplex
relay node. In such networks, node-level energy considerations are
important for efficient battery utilization but have not attracted
research attention. Two battery management schemes are considered. In
the first scheme, fixed  battery energy (FBE) is added to the harvested
energy. Â To further improve performance, a new dynamic battery energy
(DBE) scheme is considered in which the amount of battery energy drawn
is channel dependent. The performance of the network is analyzed with
both FBE and DBE schemes for static and dynamic TS schemes assuming a
practical nonlinear EH model. Expressions are also presented for the
average battery energy consumption in each case. It is demonstrated that
joint optimization of  the average battery energy consumption and the
TS parameter is important. It is also demonstrated that the proposed
dynamic TS protocol provides substantial gains in throughput and average
energy savings compared to the static TS protocol with both FBE and DBE.
 The derived insights can aid a system designer. Computer simulations
validate the derived expressions.