  In this paper, we investigate an opportunistic relay and jammer scheme along
with relay selection algorithms based on the secrecy rate criterion in
multiple-input multiple-output buffer-aided down link relay networks, which
consist of one source, a number of relay nodes, legitimate users and
eavesdroppers, with the constraints of physical layer security. The
opportunistic relay and jammer scheme is employed to improve the transmission
rate and different relay selection policies are performed to achieve better
secrecy rate with the consideration of eavesdroppers. Among all the
investigated relay selection policies, a relay selection policy which is
developed to maximize the secrecy rate based on exhaustive searches outperforms
other relay selection policies in terms of secrecy rate. Based on the secrecy
rate criterion, we develop a relay selection algorithm without knowledge of the
channels of the eavesdroppers. We also devise a greedy search algorithm based
on the secrecy rate criterion to reduce the computational complexity of the
exhaustive search technique. Simulations show the superiority of the secrecy
rate criterion over competing approaches.
