Multipath Delay Spread Research Articles

수중 음향 채널에서 OFDM 시스템의 성능 분석

최근 심해 해난 구조 통신, 해저 탐사와 환경오염에 대한 모니터링과 같은 서비스에서 수중 음향 채널을 통한 데이터의 전송은 고속이 요구되고 있다. 그러나 수중 음향 채널은 매우 복잡하고 지속적인 시변 특성을 가지므로 양질의 통신 서비스를 제공하기란 쉽지 않다. 이러한 수중 음향 채널의 열악한 환경상에서 고속의 데이터 전송율과 신뢰성 그리고 강건성을 제공하기 위해서 다중경로 지연확산과 동기오류를 가지는 OFDM 시스템에 대한 성능개선 방안을 제안한다.

Iterative Channel Estimation Scheme for the WLAN Systems with the Multiple-Antenna Receivers

Alleviate the multipath delay spread and suitable for broadband transmission efficiency, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing wireless local area network (WLAN) is widely used to assist inverse fast Fourier transform and fast Fourier transform operation domain. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing is a blow to the broadcast channel multipath fading and high data throughput, transmission, wireless fading channel method, which is widely used to support high performance bandwidth-efficient wireless multimedia services. Several times in the transmitter and receiver antenna technology allows data transfer rate and spectrum efficiency and the use of multiple transmit antennas and multiple receive antennas through spatial processing. High-precision channel estimation scheme is very important wideband multi-carrier orthogonal frequency complex WLAN systems use multiple antenna receiver based division of labor and the overall multi-carrier orthogonal frequency multiplexing division of performance-based WLAN system is to crucial antenna to receive the symbol error rate. In this article, the iterative channel estimation scheme proposed multi-carrier orthogonal frequency division multiplexed using multiple antennas receiver-based WLAN system.

Low complexity estimation and equalization of doubly spread underwater acoustic channels

Underwater acoustic channels are characterized by limited bandwidth, long multipath delay spread, and severe time variation, which make reliable and high-rate communication challenging. Channel-estimate-based equalization is a key technique for compensating for distortions introduced by the channel. In this paper, low complexity algorithms for estimation and equalization of doubly spread underwater acoustic channels are presented. By exploiting the sparsity in the delay-Doppler domain, a fast projected gradient method (FPGM) is developed for estimating the delay-Doppler spread function of a time-varying channel. The FPGM formulates sparse channel estimation as a complex-valued convex optimization using an ℓ1-norm constraint. Unlike the conventional methods that split the complex variables into their real and imaginary parts, the FPGM directly handles the complex variables as a whole. A unified framework, which includes the time-reversal, linear MMSE, and decision feedback equalizer, is also proposed for fast equalization of doubly spread channels. By exploiting the special block Toeplitz-like structure of the coefficient matrix, the computational complexity of channel estimation and equalization is on the order of LNlog N, where L is the dimension of the Doppler shift and N is the signal length. [Work supported by Chinese 863 high-tech program under Grant 2009AA093601]

Studies on the coherence bandwidth of high‐frequency vehicular communication system with antenna array

AbstractHigh‐frequency (HF) vehicular communication system works with the frequency‐selective fading channel, thereby the coherence bandwidth is limited due to the multipath time dispersive effect, which imposes the difficulty for achieving the high‐data rate transmission. The present paper investigates the antenna array technique for its ability in reducing the multipath delay spread of the ionosphere channel and, thus, increasing possibly the bandwidth of the HF system. To enable fast moving speed of the vehicular receiver, we propose to use single antenna at the receiver and the adaptive array at the transmitter. The adaptive beamforming is driven based on the protocol design and reciprocity principle of channel. In order to evaluate the performance of array system, a statistical HF double‐directional channel model, which includes angular information at both the transmitter and receiver, is presented. The explicit expressions are obtained for calculating the coherence bandwidth. The numerical results show the efficiency of this approach for mid‐latitude mid‐range channel. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

MAC Layer Throughput Estimation in Impulse-Radio UWB Networks

The inherent channel characteristics of impulse-based UWB networks affect the MAC layer performance significantly. Most previous studies on evaluating MAC protocols are based on prolonged simulations and do not account for the multiple access interference due to multipath delay spread. In this work, we develop CTU, an analytical framework for Capturing the Throughput dependencies in UWB networks, while taking into account the PHY layer effects. The key attributes of CTU are: 1) It is modular; it can be easily modified to provide a basis for evaluating a wide range of MAC protocols for impulse-based UWB networks. The only requirements are that the MAC protocol under study be based on time-hopping and the modulation scheme be pulse position modulation; these are common design decisions in UWB networks. 2) It considers the channel characteristics in addition to MAC layer effects; CTU correlates probabilistically the multipath delay profile of the channel with the packet error rate. We employ CTU to evaluate the performance of different generic medium access procedure. We compare the results with those from extensive simulations and show the high accuracy of CTU. We use CTU to assess the impact of various system parameters on the MAC layer performance; we make several interesting observations that are discussed in depth.

Compensation of Phase Noise Effects for IEEE 802.16e OFDMA Systems

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system which provides high spectral efficiency has obvious advantages in robustness against the multipath delay spread and the fading channel. One of the major disadvantages of such a multi-carrier modulated system is the sensitivity of its performance to synchronization error, such as phase noise and frequency offset. Phase noise is caused by the mismatch between the transmitter and the receiver oscillators. Phase noise in an OFDM system can destroy the orthogonality of the subcarriers and cause inter-carrier interference (ICI). Phase noise resulting in common phase error (CPE) and Inter-Carrier Interference is a critical challenge to the implementation of OFDM systems. In this paper, the phase noise effects of the IEEE 802.16e OFDMA systems are compensated. The practical cluster-based method which is used to estimate either the CPE or the ICI coefficients in the fading channel and compensate the effects of phase error is also proposed. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can effectively improve the performance caused by phase noise.

Performance of a Binary PPM Ultra-Wideband Communication System with Direct Sequence Spreading for Multiple Access

In this paper, we present an analysis of the BER performance of an ultra-wideband (UWB) system with pulse position modulation (PPM) for data modulation and direct sequence (DS) spreading for multiple access over indoor lognormal fading channels. A rake receiver is used to combine a subset of the resolvable multipath components using the maximal ratio combining technique. Inter-path and multiple-access interferences are modeled and incorporated into the bit-error-rate expressions. The analytical and simulation results allow one to quantify many critical aspects of a DS-PPM UWB system such as the gain of the optimally spaced signaling scheme over the orthogonal signaling scheme, the potential error floor given a specific channel multipath delay spread and the number of interfering users, tolerance of the system to timing jitter, and impact of user codes.

Performance Analysis of MIMO-OFDM System Using Singular Value Decomposition and Water Filling Algorithm

In this paper, MIMO is paired up with OFDM to improve the performance of wireless transmission systems. Multiple antennas are employed both at the transmitting as well as receiving ends. The performance of an OFDM system is measured, considering multipath delay spread, channel noise, Rayleigh fading channel and distortion. In this paper, bits are generated and then mapped with modulation schemes such as QPSK, 8PSK, and QAM. Then, the mapped data is divided into blocks of 120 modulated data where a training sequence of the data is inserted both at the beginning and ending parts of the block. The equalization is used to determine the variation to the rest of data. The singular value decomposition (SVD) and water filling algorithm have been employed to measure the performance of the MIMO-OFDM integrated systems. Therefore, the capacity is increased by transmitting different streams of data through different antennas at a same carrier frequency. Any intersymbol interference (ISI) produced after the transmission is recovered by using spatial sampling integrated with the signal processing algorithm. Furthermore, the performance remains the same with different combinations of transmitting and receiving antennas.

Spatial Capacity of UWB Networks with Space-Time Focusing Transmission

Space-time focusing transmission in impulse-radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) systems resorts to the large number of resolvable paths to reduce the interpulse interference as well as the multiuser interference and to simplify the receiver design. In this paper, we study the spatial capacity of IR-UWB systems with space-time focusing transmission where the users are randomly distributed. We will derive the power distribution of the aggregate interference and investigate the collision probability between the desired focusing peak signal and interference signals. The closed-form expressions of the upper and lower bound of the outage probability and the spatial capacity are obtained. Analysis results reveal the connections between the spatial capacity and various system parameters and channel conditions such as antenna number, frame length, path loss factor, and multipath delay spread, which provide design guidelines for IR-UWB networks.

Hypoexponential Power—Delay Profile and Performance of Multihop OFDM Relay Links

We study the physical-layer performance of a wideband multihop system in which a chain of amplify-and-forward relays is deployed for routing data from a source to a destination. The novelty of the system model w.r.t. prior work is in assuming frequency-selective multipath channels for all hops. We propose a new approach in which the channels are specified in terms of clustered exponentially decaying power-delay profiles (PDPs). Focusing on relays that apply time-domain signal processing, the distinctive form of the end-to-end source-destination PDP motivates us to introduce a new hypoexponential PDP and study it in detail. Then, we analyze the performance of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission over the multihop relay link. The type of the adopted analysis is suitable mainly for investigating the typical time-domain issues of OFDM transmission such as excessive multipath delay spread, non-ideal time syncronization, and interference due to insufficient cyclic prefix duration. In particular, we derive new closed-form expressions for evaluating the signal-to-interference and noise ratio. Our analysis confirms that multihopping increases considerably the delay spread of the end-to-end PDP and makes the channel more frequency selective. This imposes significant effect on the design of receiver time synchronization and pilot structures, and on the choice of OFDM physical layer parameters.

A Novel Emulator for Discrete-Time MIMO Triply Selective Fading Channels

Hardware implementation of discrete-time triply selective Rayleigh fading channel emulators is proposed for multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) communications. The proposed work differs from existing ones in that it incorporates temporal correlation, intertap correlation, and spatial correlation matrices into multiple uncorrelated frequency-flat fading waveforms to obtain a triply selective fading channel. The flat fading waveforms with temporal correlation or Doppler spectrum are generated using a sum-of-sinusoid method. The intertap correlation matrix associated with multipath delay spread is computed according to the channel power delay profile and transmit/receive filters. The spatial correlation matrices are predefined inputs associated with transmit and receive antenna arrangements. The square roots of the three correlation matrices are computed via singular-value decomposition and then combined in real time with the flat fading waveforms. Several fading channel examples are implemented on an Altera Stratix III EP3SL150F field-programmable gate array (FPGA) DSP development kit with fixed-point arithmetics. A 4-by-4 MIMO triply selective channel with ten correlated delay taps per subchannel utilizes one-third of the hardware resource of the FPGA chip. The statistical properties of the emulated fading waveforms match those of the software-based simulators and the theoretical ones. The proposed method achieves good balance between computational complexity and resource utilization.

Block synchronization algorithms for UWB-OFDM systems

Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a modulation known by its high spectral efficiency, high tolerance to multipath delay spread in frequency selective channels, and low cost of implementation. However, OFDM systems are extremely sensitive to synchronizations errors. In this paper, we propose an unbiased block synchronization algorithm that uses the structure of the cyclic prefix, the presence of pilot tones in the OFDM block, and an estimation of the channel time impulse response. This algorithm is able to achieve fast synchronization as required, for instance, on Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) multipath fading channels. To quantify the performance of the block synchronization algorithm, we use the start of frame mean square error. Through numerical simulations, we show that our algorithm outperforms previously published synchronization algorithms.

Effects of Power Amplifier Distortion and Carrier Frequency Offset on the Performance of WLAN System

Due to the efficiency of mitigation multipath delay spread, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is extensively used in the wireless local area network (WLAN) domain, such as the IEEE 802.11a standard defined by the IEEE 802.11 standardization group and the HIPERLAN/2 defined by the European Telecommunication Standards Institute Project on Broadband Radio Access Networks. OFDM based WLAN system is very sensitive to the power amplifier distortion and the carrier frequency offset. The performance of the OFDM based WLAN system in the presence of the power amplifier distortion and the carrier frequency offset under practical fading channel is researched and analyzed in this paper. A closed form of bit error rate (BER) is derived for the OFDM based WLAN system in the presence of the power amplifier distortion and the carrier frequency offset under practical fading channel. The effects of the power amplifier distortion and the carrier frequency offset on the OFDM based WLAN system performance are comparatively studied by the theoretical method and by the simulation method under practical multipath fading channels. Studies show that the theoretical and simulated results match well.

On the performance of analog multiuser detection in ultra-wideband transmitted-reference system

The detection performance is evaluated for our proposed analog multiuser receiver in Ultra-WideBand (UWB) transmitted-reference system. In the presence of dense multipath and multi-access signals, the performance analysis is difficult due to the complicated waveform of received impulse. We develop an approach to analyze the steady-state Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise (SINR) of the detector output. The multipath-spread impulse is fitted to an exponentially decaying profile in the analysis. A closed-form expression of steady-state SINR is further deduced for the proposed Least Minimum Square (LMS) detector. The analysis is validated by simulations in Line-Of-Sight (LOS) and Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) channel respectively. Based on the theoretical results, the multipath delay spread is employed to determine the optimal width of the integration window of the detector.

Frequency-domain channel estimation and equalization for shallow-water acoustic communications

A new frequency-domain channel estimation and equalization (FDE) scheme, combined with a new group-wise phase correction scheme, is proposed for single-carrier (SC) underwater acoustic communications systems employing single transducer and multiple hydrophones. The proposed SC-FDE scheme employs a 2 N -point Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) to estimate and equalize the channel in frequency domain, where N is the number of symbols in a data block. Both the frequency-domain channel estimation and equalization are designed by the linear minimum mean square error criterion. Initial channel estimation is performed by a pilot signal block and later updates are achieved using the detected data blocks. The proposed phase correction scheme utilizes a few pilot symbols in each data block to estimate the initial phase shift and then correct it for the block to combat the large phase rotation due to the instantaneous Doppler drifts in the acoustic channels. Time-varying instantaneous phase drifts are re-estimated and compensated adaptively by averaging the phase variation across a group of symbols. The proposed SC-FDE and phase correction method is applied to the AUVFest’07 experimental data measured off the coast of Panama City, Florida, USA, June 2007. With the Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation and a symbol rate of 4 ksps, the proposed scheme achieves an average uncoded bit error rate on the order of 1×10 −4 for fixed-to-fixed channels with the source–receiver range of 5.06 km. For the moving-to-fixed source–receiver channels where the source–receiver range is 1–3 km, the multipath delay spread is 5 ms, the average Doppler shifts are ±20 Hz, and the maximum instantaneous Doppler drifts from the mean is ±4 Hz, the proposed scheme achieves an average uncoded bit error rate on the order of 1×10 −3 .

LTE 상향 링크 시스템에서 송신기의 전력 과도 현상에 의해 발생하는 ICI를 제거하기 위한 적응적 멀티 탭 등화 기법

본 논문은 LTE 상향 링크 전송에서 물리적 채널간의 전력 과도 현상으로 인한 인접 부 반송파 간섭으로 반송파간의 직교성이 손상되어 수신 신호에 성능감쇄를 초래하는 문제점을 개선하기 위한 기법을 연구하였다. 전력과도 현상에 의해 발생하는 인접 부 반송파 간섭은 도플러 효과에 의해 발생하는 인접 부 반송파 간섭과는 다른 형태로 채널의 전후에서 전력 변화의 각 주기마다 발생한다. 인접 부 반송파 간섭이 발생하는 원인은 채널간의 전력 차이, 전력 과도 구간의 길이, 다중경로 채널 지연 스프레드 그리고 부 반송파의 수에 의해서 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 위에 언급한 4가지 원인으로 인해 발생하는 인접 부 반송파 간섭을 개선하기 위한, 각 채널별 다중 탭 등화기의 탭 수를 결정하는 새로운 기법을 제시하였다. 이 기법은 정규화된 간섭(normalized interference) 즉, 정규화된 부 반송파간의 간섭이 정규화된 잡음(normalized noise)보다 클 때 다중 탭 등화기의 탭 수를 결정하는 기법이다. 모의 실험 결과에서, 수신 신호의 SNR에 따라 적응적으로 탭 수가 조절되고 비트 오류율(BER)의 성능이 향상 됨을 보였고 또한 제안한 기법의 복잡도가 전통적인(classical) 방법의 복잡도 보다 88 % 줄어듦을 보였다. This paper studies a method for reducing performance degradation due to losing sub-carrier orthogonality caused by power transient between physical channels in LTE uplink transmission. The pattern of inter-carrier interference(ICI) caused by power transient is different from what has been studied for doppler shift, in that its pattern occurs at front and rear sides of channels in each period of power transient. The reason of ICI's occurrence results from power difference between channels, power transient duration, multi-path channel delay spread, and numbers of sub-carrier. New criterion is proposed to find out number of taps of multi-tap equalizer enough to improve the ICI. The scheme is to determine the number of taps of multi-tap equalizer when a normalized interference or a normalized ICI is greater than a normalized noise. Simulation results show that the number of taps is flexibly adjusted according to SNR(Signal to Noise Ratio) of a received signal to improve Bit Error Rate(BER), while the complexity of the proposed scheme is reduced down to 88 percentage of the classical method.

Impact of bottom type on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing in underwater communications.

The impact of bottom sediment type in relation to acoustic communications via orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is shown via experimental results and simulation. Experimental data from Lake Washington, Seattle with a “silty clay” bottom show that the multipath delay spread is longer at 250 m than at 4 km. This results in better OFDM performance at the longer range. Similar results are shown via simulation using a channel model developed from Bellhop, a Gaussian Ray tracing tool [M. Porter, “Bellhop Gaussian beam/finite element beam code,” Available: http://oalib.hlsresearch.com/Rays/index.html (2007)]. Through simulation, results are also shown under similar conditions to the experiment but with varying bottom type. The results show that the performance of OFDM signaling is dependent on the bottom type as well as specific source/receiver geometry. [Work supported by NASA ESTO.]

A 1 Gb/s Mixed-Signal Baseband Analog Front-End for a 60 GHz Wireless Receiver

A low-power mixed-signal baseband analog front-end for 60 GHz, 1 Gb/s wireless communications has been implemented in a standard 90 nm CMOS process. The receiver is capable of operating under indoor multipath scenarios, resolving channels with up to 32 ns multipath delay spread. It uses mixed-signal equalization and carrier recovery in order to minimize the dynamic range requirements of the analog-to-digital converter circuitry. A new mixed-signal carrier phase recovery architecture, utilizing a replica tuning scheme employing Gilbert quad variable-gain amplifiers is introduced. The analog-to-digital converters use an active averaging technique that decouples the preamplifier gain from the averager input range, enabling enhanced suppression of mismatch-induced nonlinearities. These techniques enable a front-end with 6-bit linearity and dynamic range, while dissipating a low power consumption of 55 mW.

On the Feasibility of the Link Abstraction in Wireless Mesh Networks

Outdoor community mesh networks based on IEEE 802.11 have seen tremendous growth in the recent past. The current understanding is that wireless link performance in these settings is inherently unpredictable, due to multipath delay spread. Consequently, researchers have focused on developing intelligent routing techniques to achieve the best possible performance. In this paper, we are specifically interested in mesh networks in rural locations. We first present detailed measurements to show that the PHY layer in these settings is indeed stable and predictable. There is a strong correlation between the error rate and the received signal strength. We show that interference, and not multipath fading, is the primary cause of unpredictable performance. This is in sharp contrast with current widespread knowledge from prior studies. Furthermore, we corroborate our view with a fresh analysis of data presented in these prior studies. While our initial measurements focus on 802.11b, we then use two different PHY technologies as well, operating in the 2.4-GHz ISM band: 802.11g and 802.15.4. These show similar results too. Based on our results, we argue that outdoor rural mesh networks can indeed be built with the link abstraction being valid. This has several design implications, including at the MAC and routing layers, and opens up a fresh perspective on a wide range of technical issues in this domain.

Improved Frequency Domain Channel Estimation and Equalization for MIMO Wireless Communications

This paper introduces an improved frequency domain channel estimation method based on interpolation vectors for single carrier frequency domain equalization (SC-FDE) with the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme. The proposed algorithm is derived by employing the least squares (LS) criterion, and a specified application for the wide sense stationary uncorrelated scattering (WSSUS) Rayleigh fading channel is presented. The channel frequency domain responses estimated at two adjacent pilot blocks are used to track the time-variant channel information, which can effectively improve the accuracy of channel estimation without significantly increasing complexity. Maximum mean square error (MMSE) frequency domain equalization based on the estimated channel is employed in the receiver to recover transmitted signals. This paper also investigates a training sequence design method for multiple transmit antennas and a noise variance estimation method. Numerical simulation results show that the proposed methods can perform very well for fading channels with long multipath delay and high Doppler spread.