基于信道缩短的超宽带信道盲估计方法

在基于一阶统计量解圆周卷积的超宽带信道盲估计方法中,存在着要求信道长度必须小于符号周期长度的局限性.使用信道缩短技术,对实际信道的长度进行缩短,估计出缩短信道后再恢复成实际的超宽带信道,有效地解决了这个问题.仿真实验表明,在信道长度大于符号周期长度时,仍然能很好地估计出信道.     

UWB-OFDM系统的符号盲同步方法

该文提出一种适合于UWB-OFDM系统的符号盲同步方法。该方法是基于UWB-OFDM符号中的ZP功率出现规律性的分布特性,利用滑动窗能量检测的办法来进行符号同步。研究了高斯信道和UWB信道下的符号同步方法,并详细分析了UWB信道下接收信号的能量分布特性。为了提高同步性能,设计了多滑动窗方法代替双滑动窗方法。计算机仿真分析表明该方法无论在高斯还是UWB信道下都具有优异的性能。     

Blind adaptive DS/CDMA receivers for multipath and multiuser environments

This paper proposes several blind adaptive receivers to eliminate multiple-access interference (MAI), intersymbol interference (ISI), and interchip interference (ICI) in direct-sequence code-division multiple access (DS/CDMA) downlink multiuser systems. We use the following concepts to formulate the cost function: 1) the variance of the despreading output approaches to the variance of the desired signal and 2) the discreteness property of the input signal. The proposed approaches are called variance-oriented approaches (VOAs). The VOA is then applied to three proposed receiver structures, especially the generalized sidelobe canceller (GSC) scheme that is generally the concept of spatial domain in beamforming system, to eliminate the MAI by one particular constraint in temporal domain. Besides, by this constraint, GSC filter possesses the property of global convergence in multipath environment once the channel estimation is appropriate. Simulation examples are shown to demonstrate the effectiveness and comparison of the proposed blind adaptive receivers.     

Blind convolution using signal reconstruction from partial higherorder cepstral information

A blind deconvolution scheme for the reconstruction of a signal that propagates in the presence of reverberation and additive noise is presented. The reconstruction employs data collected by two receivers placed well apart from each other. Each received sequence consists of the convolution of the transmitted signal with a channel. Applying the bicepstrum iterative reconstruction algorithm on the differences of the cepstra coefficients of the two received sequences, the cepstra coefficients of the transmission channels can be computed and used for the reconstruction of the transmitted signal. The deconvolution can be performed even if the data sequences are corrupted by additive noise. The computation of the cepstra coefficients is based on the cross-bispectrum if the noise processes present in the observation sequences are zero mean and uncorrelated, while the bicepstrum of each observation is used if the noise processes are zero mean correlated with a symmetric probability density function     

A new approach based on “soft statistics” to thenonlinear blind-deconvolution of unknown data channels

In this paper, we present a new nonlinear receiver for the blind deconvolution of intersymbol interference (ISI) impaired data. The proposed receiver achieves fast identification of an unknown transmission channel using only one channel estimator and requiring the computation of only the second-order conditional statistics of the baud-rate sampled received signal and the knowledge of the transmitted constellation. The main novelty of the proposed approach is that the receiver accomplishes fast channel-identification by using soft-statistics. In particular, the receiver consists of a symbol-by-symbol maximum a posteriori (SbS-MAP) detector that feeds a nonlinear Kalman-like channel estimator with the soft statistics constituted by the a posteriori probabilities (APPs) of the state sequence of the ISI channel. Several numerical results confirm that the proposed blind detector achieves the identification of nonminimum phase channels with deep spectral notches within 300 symbols, even at low signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). Furthermore, an attractive feature of the proposed blind channel estimator is that it directly estimates the discrete-time impulse response of the unknown channel so that, in principle, any equalization technique for known channels may be performed after channel identification has been achieved     

Performance analysis of non-coherent UWB receivers at different synchronization levels

Non-coherent ultra-wideband (UWB) receivers require no channel state information for demodulating the received signal. The primary non-coherent receiver in the UWB literature is the autocorrelation receiver, which autocorrelates the received signal at specific time lags, circumventing problems of template signal design and multipath energy combining. A unique advantage of the UWB autocorrelation receiver is its robustness to synchronization errors, which has not been explored yet to date. This paper investigates two major UWB schemes employing autocorrelation receivers: the transmitted reference (TR) scheme (R. Hoctor and H. Tomlinson, 2002) and the differential (DF) scheme (M. Ho et al., 2002). Performance is analyzed for TR and DF receivers at different synchronization accuracy levels, their robustness to synchronization errors is shown, and the existence of a tradeoff between performance and synchronization complexity for non-coherent UWB receivers is revealed. As a result of our analysis, comparisons of TR and DF schemes are also made in the presence of synchronization errors, which have not been addressed before. Simulations corroborate our findings.     

Near Optimum and Highly Efficient Decision-Feedback Receivers for Direct Sequence Ultra-Wideband Radio

This paper investigates three decision- feedback receivers for Direct-Sequence Ultra-Wideband Radio (DS-UWB) based on two-channel BPSK modulation with ternary spreading code. A compact and insightful vector-matrix signal model is built up for receiver design under UWB channel dispersion over many consecutive symbols. First, we consider the design of a RAKE with Decision Feedback (RAKE-DF) receiver. Using the Gaussian approximation technique, we derive its analytic performance under no error propagation. It is shown that the RAKE-DF receiver suffers from a significant error floor due to the uncancelled pre-cursor ISI (or pre-ISI abbreviated). Next, we design the MMSE-DF receiver to achieve a better performance by suppressing the pre-ISI, too. However, the MMSE receiver requires costly matrix inversion. Then a new receiver is investigated as the third one, which is called the RAKE with Bi-Directional Decision Feedback (RAKE-BDDF) receiver, for efficiently canceling both the post-(cursor) ISI and pre-ISI at symbol rate. It cannot only attain the matched filter bound approximately, but also maintain a similar complexity as that of the RAKE-DF receiver. Simulation and semi-analytic BER curves are included for performance comparison of the three receivers in the presence of the CM2 and CM4 UWB channels.     

Blind MAI and ISI suppression for DS/CDMA systems using HOS-basedinverse filter criteria

Cumulant-based inverse filter criteria (IFC) using second-and higher order statistics (HOS) proposed by Tugnait et al. (1993) have been widely used for blind deconvolution of discrete-time multi-input multi-output (MIMO) linear time-invariant systems with non-Gaussian measurements through a multistage successive cancellation procedure, but the deconvolved signals turn out to be an unknown permutation of the driving inputs. A multistage blind equalization algorithm (MBEA) is proposed for multiple access interference (MAI) and intersymbol interference (ISI) suppression of multiuser direct sequence/code division multiple access (DS/CDMA) systems in the presence of multipath. The proposed MBEA, which processes the chip waveform matched filter output signal without requiring any path delay information, includes blind deconvolution processing using IFC followed by identification of the estimated symbol sequence with the associated user through a user identification algorithm (UIA). Then, some simulation results are presented to support the proposed MBEA and UIA. Finally, some conclusions are drawn     

基于一阶统计量信道盲估计空时分集TH-PPM UWB系统

首先利用一种空时分集结构提出一种多入多出超宽带系统收发信机模型,并给出相应的信号检测方法.然后,利用脉位调制信号结构导致的接收信号一阶统计量循环平稳特性,提出一种适用于系统且没有估计模糊度问题的低复杂度盲信道估计方法.仿真结果表明,提出的盲信道估计方法由于复杂度低且没有估计模糊度,给接收机的信号检测提供了准确的信道状态...     

Single-channel blind equalization for GSM cellular systems

This paper focuses on the study of blind equalization global system for mobile communications (GSM) systems using a single antenna. In order to utilize the well-known linear system model in conventional studies of blind equalization, an equivalent baseband quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) approximation is used for the nonlinear GMSK signal in GSM systems. Since the GMSK signal in GSM has very little excess bandwidth to warrant oversampling, a derotation scheme is developed to create two subchannels for each received GMSK signal sampled at the baud rate. Linear approximation of the GMSK signal makes the traditional QAM blind equalization system model applicable for GSM. Derotation induces channel diversity without an additional antenna and reduces the number of necessary radio frequency (RF) receivers (sensors) without increasing hardware or computational costs. Several second-order statistical and higher order statistical methods of blind equalization are adopted for GSM signals     

基于信号共轭周期平稳特性的MIMO信道估计方法

MIMO系统中,由于各天线间干扰以及码间干扰等问题的存在,信道估计性能成为影响系统性能的决定性因素。直接利用接收信号的二阶统计特性进行信道估计是目前比较通用的方法之一。本文基于信号的二阶共轭周期平稳特性。提出了一种适用于MIMO系统的信道估计方法,该方法直接利用接收信号的共轭周期自相关函数间的关系,消除了系统的码间干扰(ISI)和信道间的互扰(CCI),分离出信道矩阵的各个元素分别加以估计。该估计算法不需要事先知道信道的准确阶数,整个估计结果不受信道阶数过估计的影响。由于一般的信号不具有共轭周期平稳特性,因而本文同时还提出了一种在MIMO系统中构造和处理二阶共轭周期平稳特性信号的方法。本文最后给出的仿真结果显示所提的估计方法具有良好的估计性能。     

Residue number system assisted fast frequency-hopped synchronous ultra-wideband spread-spectrum multiple-access: a design alternative to impulse radio

Ultra-wideband (UWB) systems having a bandwidth on the order of gigahertz have received wide attention both in the US and in Europe. The family of UWB systems may communicate either, by generating ultra-wideband signals or with the aid of innovatively combining conventional narrowband, wideband, or broadband signals. At the time of writing, UWB systems have only been implemented using ultra-wideband signals, such as those known from impulse radio systems. Hence, in this paper, UWB systems using narrowband signals are explored as a design alternative, which are based on the well-known family of frequency-hopping (FH) spread-spectrum multiple-access techniques. In the proposed UWB system, FH is implemented using multistage frequency-hopping multiple access (MS/UWB FHMA). We highlight the principles of the synchronous MS/UWB FHMA communication system, investigate the associated spectrum assignment, and the residue number system (RNS) based FH strategy: detection of the received signal can be achieved with the aid of existing fast FH signal detection schemes. Our study shows that the RNS assisted FH strategy is capable of efficiently dividing the huge number of users supported by the synchronous MS/UWB FHMA system into a number of reduced-size user groups, where the multiuser interference only affects the users within the same group. Since the number of users in each group is only a small fraction of the total number of users supported by the synchronous MS/UWB FHMA system, advanced multiuser detection algorithms can be employed for achieving near-single-user performance at an acceptable complexity. Our results show that MS/UWB FHMA is capable of supporting an extremely high number of users, while employing relatively simple receivers.     

基于卡尔曼滤波的同步盲系统辨识与解卷积方法

在盲信道均衡或盲语音去混响应用中,盲多信道系统辨识通常是信号解卷积的前提条件,即盲辨识过程后跟一个解卷积过程。本文提出一种基于卡尔曼滤波的同步盲系统辨识与解卷积方法,其中卡尔曼滤波的状态矢量由多信道系统参数与源信号矢量组成,过程方程和测量方程则建立在单输入-多输出系统(SIMO)的输入输出关系及信道间交叉关联关系(Cross Relation)基础上。此外,盲系统辨识部分与解卷积部分是可以解耦的,生成两个看似独立的卡尔曼滤波问题,并且这两个卡尔曼滤波问题可以实现并行计算。与级联结构相比,这种并行结构更有利于算法优化和实时信号处理。仿真表明,对于无噪声理想信号模型,本算法可以实现完全系统辨识和解卷积(信号误差比可达到100 dB以上),说明理论正确;对于实测的混响语音信号亦可以实现一定的去混响效果。      

Equivalent system model and equalization of differential impulse radio UWB systems

A discrete-time equivalent system model is derived for differential and transmitted reference (TR) ultra-wideband (UWB) impulse radio (IR) systems, operating under heavy intersymbol-interference (ISI) caused by multipath propagation. In the systems discussed, data is transmitted using differential modulation on a frame-level, i.e., among UWB pulses. Multiple pulses (frames) are used to convey a single bit. Time hopping and amplitude codes are applied for multi user communications, employing a receiver front-end that consists of a bank of pulse-pair correlators. It is shown that these UWB systems are accurately modeled by second-order discrete-time Volterra systems. This proposed nonlinear equivalent system model is the basis for developing optimal and suboptimal receivers for differential UWB communications systems under ISI. As an example, we describe a maximum likelihood sequence detector with decision feedback, to be applied at the output of the receiver front-end sampled at symbol rate, and an adaptive inverse modeling equalizer. Both methods significantly increase the robustness in presence of multipath interference at tractable complexity.     

Novel UWB Transceiver for WBAN Networks: A Study on AWGN Channels

A novel ultra‐wideband (UWB) transceiver structure is presented to be used in wireless body area networks (WBANs). In the proposed structure, a data channel and a control channel are combined into a single transmission signal. In the signal, a modulation method mixing pulse position modulation and pulse amplitude modulation is proposed. A mathematical framework calculating the power spectrum density of the proposed pulse‐based signal evaluates its coexistence with conventional radio systems. The transceiver structure is discussed, and the receiving performance is investigated in the additive white Gaussian noise channel. It is demonstrated that the proposed scheme is easier to match to the UWB emission mask than conventional UWB systems. The proposed scheme achieves the data rate requirement of WBAN; the logical control channel achieves better receiving performance than the logical data channel, which is useful for controlling and maintaining networks. The proposed scheme is also easy to implement.     

An improved blind adaptive MMSE receiver for fast fading DS-CDMAchannels

Blind adaptive minimum mean-squared errors (MMSE) receivers for multiuser direct-sequence code-division multiple access (DS-CDMA) systems that assume knowledge of the steering vector, i.e., the cross-correlation between the desired output and the input signal, are known for their robustness against channel fading as they do not attempt to explicitly track the channel of the user of interest. However, these receivers often have higher excess mean squared error and, hence, poorer performance than training-sequence based adaptive MMSE receivers. In this paper, an improved correlation matrix estimation scheme for blind adaptive MMSE receivers is provided. The new scheme takes advantage of the fact that the desired linear receiver can be expressed as a function of the interference correlation matrix only, rather than the total data correlation matrix. A theoretical analysis is performed for the flat fading case which predicts that the new estimation scheme will result in significant performance improvement. Blind adaptive MMSE receivers with the new estimation scheme appear to achieve performance comparable to the training-sequence based adaptive MMSE receivers. Detailed computer simulations for the fast multipath fading environment verify that the proposed scheme yields strong performance gains over previous methods     

Performance analysis of an over-sampling multi-channel equalization for a multi-band uwb system

This paper proposes an over-sampling multi-channel equalizer per sub-band for multi-band ultra-wideband (UWB) system and compares its performance with conventional RAKE receiver when operating in practical UWB channel models. Three transmission modes have been considered, and inter-symbol interference (ISI) is found to be inherent to certain transmission modes due to the large UWB channel delay spreads. Through detailed analytical and simulation studies, the proposed over-sampled minimum mean square error (MMSE) equalizer is shown to be able to handle ISI under any channel conditions or transmission modes, with an acceptable BER. In addition, the rich multipath diversity of the UWB channels is harnessed by the over-sampling scheme, for output SNR improvement. Over-sampling is done in the expense of an increase in system complexity     

Channel characterization of time reversal UWB communication systems

An ultra wideband (UWB) communications system that applies time reversal to transmit the desired signal is investigated. Exact expressions for the first- and second-order moments, cross-correlation, intersymbol interference metric, and correlation coefficient of time reversal (TR) UWB equivalent channel are derived in terms of the physical channel parameters such as delay spread and mean excess delay. These expressions are verified by simulated and experimental results. It is shown that TR-UWB excess delay is very smaller than UWB and its delay spread decreases as signaling bandwidth increases. Semi-analytical results show that the time reversal UWB delay spread is approximately the same as UWB. Furthermore, an ISI metric is derived for TR-UWB channel based on transmitted signal and UWB channel parameters. Moreover, correlation coefficient of two TR-UWB received signals with different power delay profile is computed analytically. Simulation and analytical results show that for τ?>?0.3T _w correlation coefficient is below 0.25 and for τ?>?T _w correlation coefficient is zero, where T _w is the transmitted pulse width. Finally, theoretical performance of a receiver with one tap matched filter is computed and compared with measured and simulated result.     

Blind decentralized projection receiver for asynchronous CDMA in multipath channels

An asynchronous direct sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) system employing periodic spreading sequences is considered to be operating in a frequency selective channel. The cyclostationary spread signal is received at multiple sensors and/or is sampled multiple times per chip (oversampling), leading to a stationary vector-valued received signal. Hence, such a model represents a very particular multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system with plentiful side information in terms of distinct spreading waveforms for the input signals. Depending upon the finite impulse response (FIR) length of the propagation channel, and the processing gain, the channel of a certain user spans a certain number of symbol periods, thus inducing memory or intersymbol interference (ISI) in the received signal in addition to the multiple-access interference (MAI) contributed by concurrent users. The desired user’s multipath channel estimate is obtained by means of a new blind technique which exploits the spreading sequence of the user and the second-order statistics of the received signal. The blind minimum mean square error-zero forcing (MMSE-ZF) receiver or projection receiver is subsequently obtained. This receiver represents the proper generalization of the anchored MOE receiver [1] to the asynchronous case with delay spread. Classification of linear receivers obtained by various criteria is provided and the MMSE-ZF receiver is shown to be obtainable in a decentralized fashion by proper implementation of the unbiased minimum output energy (MOE) receiver, leading to the minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) receiver for the signal of the desired user. This MVDR receiver is then adapted blindly by applying Capon’s principle. A channel impulse response is obtained as a by-product. Lower bounds on the receiver filter length are derived, giving a measure of the ISI and MAI tolerable by the receiver and ensuring its identifiability.     

Time Reversal Based Timing Acquisition for Ultra-Wideband Wireless Communications: Numerical and Experimental Study

A novel timing acquisition method is proposed for ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless communications in dense multipath environments. This method is based on the time reversal technique that employs the temporally reversed channel probing waveforms rather than initial source pulses as the carrier to send the timing preambles. The temporally reversed channel probing waveforms are obtained by simply flipping the channel probing waveforms along the time axis. With the proposed method, the UWB system does not require complicated algorithms to estimate the physical channel at both transmitters and receivers and is capable of recovering the starting time of the transmitted symbols quickly with a very small number of training preamble bits. This is because the focusing properties of the time reversal technology greatly compress the time delay spread of the received preamble pulses and enhance the received pulse energy. A single-input-single-output pulsed UWB radio system is presented to demonstrate the proposed method. Both numerical and experimental results illustrate that the time reversal based timing acquisition method not only speeds up the timing acquisition, but also improves the accuracy of the timing acquisition.