SINR balancing technique for robust beamforming in V2X-SWIPT system based on a non-linear EH model

Abstract

Vehicle to everything (V2X) is emerging as a promising application scenario of next generation mobile communications. In V2X systems, a series of applications (information transmission, in-car entertainment, etc.) rely on the limited vehicle battery. However, most prior work limits to the automatic piloting, channel measurement/estimation and high speed transmissions, seldom study has been done on the battery-limited for V2X. In light of this, here we investigate the problem of the downlink beamforming design for signal-to-interference ratio balancing in a V2X-SWIPT environment with imperfectly estimated channels at the base station, where a practical non-linear energy harvesting model is considered. The problem is further transformed into a two-layer optimization problem, where we solve the inner-level problem by exploiting S-Procedure, and the outer-level problem through bisection approach. Finally, simulation results are carried out to confirm that the proposed robust beamforming design obtains a favorable result in applications of practical interest.