Digital audio broadcasting in the FM band based on continuous phase modulation

A method for broadcasting digital audio signals simultaneously with existing analog frequency modulation radio (88-108 MHz) in adjacent channels is presented. The digital transmission is based on continuous phase modulation (CPM) and a proper reduced-state sequence estimator. With the proposed method, the power level and the symbol rate of the transmitter signal is determined in a manner that the interference the CPM signal poses for the analog FM signal in adjacent channels remains below a level according to the radio frequency emission mask defined by international rules. Due to the multipath propagation of the transmitted signal, the transmission behavior of the radio channel is determined by high dispersion up to 85 /spl mu/s. With the selected bit rate, the receiver has to cope with a channel memory of up to 17 bits. Since Viterbi detection is not feasible due to the number of channel states, detection is performed by a reduced-state sequence estimator that is able to eliminate the complete channel interference by decision feedback. Simulation results show that the detector almost achieves the detection quality of the optimum receiver. CPM achieves data rates of up to 200 kb/s inside a 200 kHz FM channel, which is sufficient for transmission of digital compressed audio signals at compact disc quality. The encouraging results of field tests will be published in another paper.     

3‐Level Envelope Delta‐Sigma Modulation RF Signal Generator for High‐Efficiency Transmitters

This paper presents a 0.13 μm CMOS 3‐level envelope delta‐sigma modulation (EDSM) RF signal generator, which synthesizes a 2.6 GHz‐centered fully symmetrical 3‐level EDSM signal for high‐efficiency power amplifier architectures. It consists of an I‐Q phase modulator, a Class B wideband buffer, an up‐conversion mixer, a D2S, and a Class AB wideband drive amplifier. To preserve fast phase transition in the 3‐state envelope level, the wideband buffer has an RLC load and the driver amplifier uses a second‐order BPF as its load to provide enough bandwidth. To achieve an accurate 3‐state envelope level in the up‐mixer output, the LO bias level is optimized. The I‐Q phase modulator adopts a modified quadrature passive mixer topology and mitigates the I‐Q crosstalk problem using a 50% duty cycle in LO clocks. The fabricated chip provides an average output power of –1.5 dBm and an error vector magnitude (EVM) of 3.89% for 3GPP LTE 64 QAM input signals with a channel bandwidth of 10/20 MHz, as well as consuming 60 mW for both channels from a 1.2 V/2.5 V supply voltage.     

Continuous Phase Modulation of F-QPSK-B Signals

A continuous phase modulation (CPM) implementation alternative of a recently standardized class of Feher-patented quadrature phase-shift keying (F-QPSK-B) modulation is proposed. Based on the fact that the F-QPSK-B signal has a quasi-constant envelope and continuous phase characteristics, it is shown that it can indeed be generated by the CPM scheme. For example, an F-QPSK-B signal can be fully generated using an existing FM-based transmitter with a modulation index of 0.5. Furthermore, a premodulation filter and an alternating change monitor differential encoder for the continuous-phase-modulated F-QPSK-B signal to be fully compatible with the I/Q modulated F-QPSK-B signal are proposed, allowing direct symbol-by-symbol coherent detection without the use of any special decoding schemes inherent in all CPM schemes. It is shown that the power spectral density and eye diagram of the continuous-phase-modulated F-QPSK-B signal are practically the same as those of the I/Q modulated F-QPSK-B signal. By utilizing CPM characteristics, an optimum maximum-likelihood (ML) coherent receiver for the F-QPSK-B signal is proposed. It is shown that the bit-error-rate performances of the optimum ML coherent detection, symbol-by-symbol coherent detection, and noncoherent detection of the continuous-phase-modulated F-QPSK-B signal are almost the same as those of the I/Q modulated F-QPSK-B signal     

Impact of wide-band I/Q modulation errors in SAR imaging analysis and compensation method resaerch

Direct quadrature modulation technology is suitable for wide-band radar signal generation. However, this method has rigorous requirements on amplitude and phase balance of the orthogonal input signals. If the requirements are not satisfied, there would be modulation errors such as image frequency and oscillator leakage that cannot be filtered. The modulation errors will therefore raise the noise floor of the range profile and reduce the dynamic range of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image as a whole. In this paper, the wide-band In-phase/Quadrature-phase (I/Q) modulation errors are modeling analyzed, and the influence of wide-band I/Q modulation errors on SAR imaging is discussed. Furthermore, a compensation method of modulation errors is proposed, and the circuit implementation of the radar signal generation and pre-distortion is presented. The experimental results illustrate that the curves of the I/Q amplitude and phase imbalance errors are successfully extracted and the rejection of image frequency improved significantly, thus meets the requirements of the SAR imaging.     

Multi-h CPM信号的减少状态多符号差分非相干检测

针对多指数连续相位调制(Multi-h CPM)载波恢复困难且实现复杂度高的难题,提出了一种适用于Multi-h CPM信号的减少状态多符号差分非相干检测算法。该算法利用多符号差分信息进行分支度量计算的同时引入参考相位信号,实现了具有残留载波频偏校正的非相干序列检测,并且结合逐幸存处理技术,利用幸存路径上的假设判决信息减少了网格状态数。通过计算和搜索接收信号所有可能调制指数序列所对应的分支度量信息实现了调制指数的估计与同步。计算机仿真结果表明,与相干最大似然序列检测相比,该算法能够以较小的性能损失获得其实现复杂度的降低,而且当存在残留载波频偏时,该算法的检测性能也较为稳健。     

Joint data detection and channel estimation for coded and uncoded continuous phase modulation signals

The performance of decision‐directed approach for joint data detection and channel estimation for continuous phase modulation (CPM) signal is limited because of an inevitable decision delay, which results in a trade‐off between data detection and channel estimation. In this paper, a novel hard output demodulation that solves the conflict requirement on the decision delay by predicting the channel coefficients over a given observation interval through a Kalman filter is proposed for uncoded CPM signal. The prediction guarantees high channel tracking capability and meanwhile maintains the accuracy of data detection. The proposed hard output demodulator is further extended to design a soft‐input soft‐output demodulator for serially concatenated CPM signal, which allows iterative processing. The convergence behavior of the proposed iterative receiver is presented. Simulation results show that the proposed demodulators provide improved performance in terms of bit error rate over some existing algorithms. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Non-cooperative signal modulation recognition algorithm based on joint feature parameter extraction

Aiming at the problem that in the current electromagnetic environment,the modulation method is complicated,the frequency-consuming equipment increases,the spectrum is congested,and the electromagnetic environment interference increases,the algorithm of OFDM signal detection and subcarrier identification in the background of non-cooperative communication were deeply studied.Using the different distribution states of OFDM signals and single carrier signals in the time domain,a joint characteristic parameter was proposed to solve the existence problem of OFDM in the received signal.For the phase shift and frequency offset problems caused by the channel transmission to the signal,by using the periodic stability the blind parameter estimation was performed to obtain the signal prior information.On the basis of the obtained signal prior information,a multi-level classification and recognition method for non-cooperative OFDM signal sub-carrier signals was proposed.Therefore,a model based on non-cooperative communication system OFDM signal detection and subcarrier modulation identification was designed,and finally modulation identification of unknown signals was completed.Simulation experiments show that in non-cooperative communication systems,OFDM signals and single-carrier signals can be accurately identified,and ideal modulation recognition effects can be achieved on empty subcarriers,QPSK,and 16QAM in the receiver OFDM signal subcarriers,overcoming the channel transmission band The problems of phase shift and frequency offset have improved the accuracy of modulation mode identification.     

利用目标模拟器评估SAR性能的方法

介绍了一种利用目标模拟器评估合成孔径雷达（SAR）性能的方法。目标模拟器可以根据输入的基带I、Q数据生成所需波形，上变频到射频（RF）频段模拟产生SAR雷达回波信号进入雷达接收机。雷达发射通道和接收通道在信号频带内的幅度不平坦度和相位非线性均会使信号偏离理想情况，产生幅度和相位误差，会造成雷达的脉压性能变差，最终结果表现为图像质量退化。     

一种基于I/Q失配的辐射源指纹提取方法

针对现有的辐射源识别方法的不足,利用辐射源自身I/Q失配指纹特征的可检测、可重现、不变的特性,提出一种基于I/Q失配的新型射频指纹特征提取方法.该方法是一种基于信号空间的指纹特征提取方法,它需要对信号的信噪比进行估计.综合考虑,采用基于特征值分解的信噪比估计方法.实验仿真结果表明,在相同的信噪比条件下,基于I/Q失配的射频指纹特征提取方法比双谱、Hilbert-Huang变换信号特征提取方法具有更加优越的射频指纹识别性能.     

An adaptive modulation scheme for simultaneous voice and datatransmission over fading channels

We propose a new adaptive modulation technique for simultaneous voice and data transmission over fading channels and study its performance. The proposed scheme takes advantage of the time-varying nature of fading to dynamically allocate the transmitted power between the inphase (I) and quadrature (Q) channels. It uses fixed-rate binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation on the Q channel for voice, and variable-rate M-ary amplitude modulation (M-AM) on the I channel for data. For favorable channel conditions, most of the power is allocated to high rate data transmission on the I channel. The remaining power is used to support the variable-power voice transmission on the Q channel. As the channel degrades, the modulation gradually reduces its data throughput and reallocates most of its available power to ensure a continuous and satisfactory voice transmission. The scheme is intended to provide a high average spectral efficiency for data communications while meeting the stringent delay requirements imposed by voice. We present closed-form expressions as well as numerical and simulation results for the outage probability, average allocated power, achievable spectral efficiency, and average bit error rate (BER) for both voice and data transmission over Nakagami-m fading channels. We also discuss the features and advantages of the proposed scheme. For example, in Rayleigh fading with an average signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 20 dB, our scheme is able to transmit about 2 bits/s/Hz of data at an average BER of 10 ^-5 while sending about 1 bit/s/Hz of voice at an average BER of 10^-2     

基于稀疏自编码器的混合信号符号检测研究

基于深度神经网络(DNN)的符号检测器(SD)的结构直接影响检测精度和计算复杂度,然而,已有的工作中并未对DNN符号检测器的结构选择方法开展研究。此外,已知的基于DNN的符号检测器复杂度较高且仅能完成单一调制信号的检测。针对以上问题,该文提出基于误符号率(SER)度量的低复杂度稀疏自编码器符号检测器(SAED)结构选择策略,同时,利用提出的累积量和矩特征向量(CMFV)实现了对混合信号的检测。所设计的符号检测器不依赖信道模型和噪声假设,对不同调制方式的信号具有较好的检测性能。仿真结果表明,该文设计的SAE符号检测器的SER性能接近最大似然(ML)检测理论值,且在频偏、相偏和有限训练样本等非理想条件下具有较强的鲁棒性。     

超宽带谐波混频器的设计

叙述了一种超宽带谐波混频器的原理、设计以及测试结果。该混频器主要由微带线巴伦、倍频器、单平衡混频器三部分组成。按中心频率为4.5 GHz设计出微带线巴伦结构,平衡端口输出相位差180°,具有尺寸小、损耗低、幅度相位一致性好等优点;采用AEROFLEX公司的MSPD2018型相位检波器作为混频器,该混频器采用阶跃恢复二极管倍频器与单平衡混频器并联结构,先倍频n次谐波后再与信号进行混频;传输线为四分之一波长线以提高端口间隔离度;利用微波电路仿真软件ADS对混频器进行基波和谐波分析。测试结果表明,在3～25 GHz的频率范围内,本振至中频的隔离度优于66 dB,其变频损耗的实测结果满足设计要求,在现有的宽带混频器中具有较好性能。     

按多距离通道重构的杂波仿真方法

针对工作于中重频(MPRF)模式的机载脉冲多普勒(PD)雷达,提出了一种视频杂波信号仿真方法.该方法基于计算出的杂波功率谱,按距离通道进行时域信号重构,能够保留各距离通道内频域信息.仿真结果表明,I/Q两路视频信号进行FFT后能够反映出距离-多普勒通道的杂波二维分布,适用于杂波相干视频仿真.     

Performance of channel coded noncoherent systems: modulation choice, information rate, and Markov chain Monte Carlo detection

This paper investigates performance of channel coded noncoherent systems over block fading channels. We consider an iterative system where an outer channel code is serially concatenated with an inner modulation code amenable to noncoherent detection. We emphasize that, in order to obtain near-capacity performance, the information rates of modulation codes should be close to the channel capacity. For certain modulation codes, a single-input single-output (SISO) system with only one transmit antenna may outperform a dual-input and single-output (DISO) system with two transmit antennas. This is due to the intrinsic information rate loss of these modulation codes compared to the DISO channel capacity. We also propose a novel noncoherent detector based on Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). Compared to existing detectors, the MCMC detector achieves comparable or superior performance at reduced complexity. The MCMC detector does not require explicit amplitude or phase estimation of the channel fading coefficient, which makes it an attractive candidate for high rate communication employing quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) and for multiple antenna channels. At transmission rates of 1 ~ 1.667 bits/sec/Hz, the proposed SISO systems employing 16QAM and MCMC detection perform within 1.6-2.3 dB of the noncoherent channel capacity achieved by optimal input.     

A partially coherent detector for continuous phase modulation

A novel partially coherent detector for joint data detection and carrier phase estimation of continuous-phase-modulated (CPM) signal is presented. The algorithm differs from coherent Viterbi algorithm only in the metric which it maximizes over the possible transmitted data sequences. This metric is influenced both by the correlation of the hypothesized signal with the received one and the current carrier phase estimate. The system has been simulated and comparisons made with existing detection techniques on channels with additive white Gaussian noise and carrier phase jitter. Simulations of the detector are used to assess the relative susceptibility of different CPM (continuous phase modulation) schemes to phase jitter. The trend is that narrower band schemes are more sensitive to carrier phase inaccuracy than the less spectrally efficient ones     

相位调制光外差稳频信号检测技术

在高功率条件下,由于受到多种因素的影响,单频光纤激光器输出激光的谱线宽度大幅展宽,输出激光的稳定性也不高。相位调制光外差稳频（PDH）技术在高功率条件下可以实现高频率稳定性。为实现对中心波长为1 064 nm的单频光纤激光器的稳频,理论分析了PDH稳频系统的原理并搭建PDH稳频系统。实验发现100 MHz相位调制光外差信号的检测是稳频系统的关键。实验中首先利用自行设计的探测器前置放大电路,基于Si探测器,实现了信号的探测和放大;其次,设计解调电路,通过将光电转换后的信号与参考信号进行混频实现解调,得到鉴频曲线,实现对光外差信号的检测。     

OFDM叠加导频联合信道估计和检测方法

针对现有正交频分复用(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM)系统信道估计和迭代检测算法中频谱效率低和鲁棒性差等问题,提出了一种基于酉近似消息传递和叠加导频的信道估计与联合检测方法。首先,在软调制/解调中叠加导频对正交幅度调制的星座点进行预处理,检测时将叠加的导频作为频域符号的先验分布,利用置信传播算法进行调制和解调,实现检测模型的简化。然后,应用因子图-消息传递算法对OFDM传输系统和信道进行建模和全局优化,引入酉变换加强信道估计算法的鲁棒性。最后,建立OFDM仿真环境对现有方法进行仿真分析。仿真结果表明,相对于现有的独立导频类算法,所提算法能够以相同复杂度显著提升OFDM系统的频谱效率和鲁棒性。     

Sequential detection of cyclostationary signal for cognitive radio systems

The cyclostationary feature detector is a viable candidate for a primary user (PU) detection method of the cognitive radio (CR) system. However, it requires very long detection time, which leads to inefficient spectrum utilization. To reduce the detection time, we propose to apply the sequential detection framework to the cyclostationary feature detector. Unfortunately, a straightforward application cannot achieve a sufficient gain, which is expected with the sequential detection. To solve this problem, we design a novel detector, taking account of the cyclic phase of the cyclostationary signal. The simulation results show that the proposed detector reduces the average detection time almost in half. The proposed detector can well be applied to the CR systems that operate in the frequency bands, where the PUs have long interarrival and sojourn time. For example, the CR systems equipped with the proposed detector can efficiently exploit the white space in the VHF/UHF TV bands.     

An interpolating clock synthesizer

A digital alternative to analog phase-locked loop (PLL)-based clock generators for microprocessors, denoted an interpolating clock synthesizer (ICS), is described. Using ROM-based digital waveform synthesis, the ICS implements a wide range of frequency multiples having the form P/Q, where P and Q are integers. The ICS outputs two synthesized clocks, one for the I/O interface having a 1/1 frequency multiple and one for the core having one of eight dynamically-selectable frequency multiples (1/1, 3/2, 5/3, 2/1, 5/2, 3/1, 15/4, and 5/1). The ICS uses a synchronous delay line as a coarse (T_p/30) timing reference, while through digital delay interpolation it achieves a fine delay resolution of 0.04 ns. Using a completely digital precision phase detector, the ICS achieves a DC skew of ±0.05 ns     

分布式相参雷达LFM宽带去斜参数估计方法

宽带分布式相参雷达技术能够有效提升目标测量精度和识别性能,具有重要的研究价值。针对现有雷达装备一般不具有同时对正负调频率宽带线性调频信号进行去斜处理的能力,即在接收相参合成阶段无法通过正负调频率宽带去斜方式获取宽带信号发射相参所需延时相位值的问题,该文利用单元雷达与目标之间存在延时差,将单元雷达发射的宽带线性调频信号等效为目标信号,对接收信号进行互相关处理获取发射相参合成所需的参数值,通过建模和仿真实现接收相参和发射相参合成处理,并对飞机目标进行1发2收相参探测试验,获得了理想的试验结果。该方法具有估计精度高、运算量小和时实性好的优势,可应用于分布式相参雷达工程实现。