Non-contiguous Subcarrier Research Articles

Optimal pilot design for OFDM systems with non-contiguous subcarriers based on semi-definite programming

In this paper we consider OFDM systems with non-contiguous subcarriers where distributed spectrum fragments are applicable for transmission. A new model is proposed for pilot optimization with respect to location and power. The least-square approach is applied for channel estimation at the receiver and the optimization objective is to minimize the mean square error of the channel estimation. This optimization problem is then formulated as minimizing the spread of the eigenvalues of a positive semidefinite matrix, which is a typical semidefinite programming problem, and hence it can be solved with conventional interior-point method. Simulation results show the efficiency of the proposed algorithm.

가상 여러입력 여러출력을 적용한 DFTS-OFDMA 상향 링크 시스템에서의 사용자 쌍 선택 및 자원 할당

본 논문에서는 셀룰러 시스템 상향 링크에서 가상 여러입력 여러출력 (multiple input multiple output: MIMO)를 적용할 때 사용자 쌍 선택 및 자원 할당 문제를 고려한다. 다중 접속 방식으로 LTE (long term evolution) 시스템의 SC-FDMA (single carrier frequency division multiple access)보다 자원 할당이 유연한 DFTS-OFDMA(discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal FDMA) 방식을 적용하고 서로 다른 제약 조건에서 전송률을 최대로 하는 사용자 쌍 및 자원 할당 최적화 문제를 공식화하였다. 이 때 비연속 부반송파 자원을 할당하고 중복 사용자 할당을 허용하는 DFTS-OFDMA 방식은 SC-FDMA보다 전달해야 할 자원 할당 제어 정보 양은 늘어나지만 최적화 해를 쉽게 얻을 수 있고 전송률을 향상시킴을 볼 수 있다. We consider user pairing and resource allocation for the uplink of cellular systems employing virtual multiple input multiple output (MIMO). As a multiple access scheme, discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiple access (DFTS-OFDMA) is adopted for more flexible resource allocation than single carrier (SC)-OFDMA adopted in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. We formulate the optimization problems of user pairing and resource allocation to maximize the throughput of the DFTS-OFDMA system under different constraints. The DFTS-OFDMA allowing non-contiguous subcarrier allocation and redundant user assignment provides a better throughput than the SC-FDMA at lower complexity in finding the optimal solution but at the cost of the increased control information indicating the allocated resources.

An efficient digital implementation of multicarrier CDMA system based on generalized DFT filter Banks

In this paper, an efficient digital implementation of multicarrier transmission scheme based on generalized discrete Fourier transform (DFT) filter banks is presented for multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) systems. Generalized DFT filter banks has been traditionally discussed for very high-speed digital subscriber lines (VDSL) wireline systems, received interest also for wireless applications. The design of the generalized DFT modulated filter banks is investigated and its fast implementation is derived in the time-domain for arbitrary integer sampling rate. Through the utilization of the generalized DFT modulated filter banks, one or more subcarriers, even noncontiguous subcarriers can be easily supported by system in both uplink and downlink, which facilitates the users to access the network in a frequency-division multiple-access manner. Simulation results show that the overall bit-error-rate performance of the proposed multicarrier transmission scheme well approaches that of a single-carrier system due to the negligible intercarrier interference introduced by an appropriate design of the generalized DFT modulated filter banks.