Performance analysis of uplink spatial multiplexing MIMO MT‐CDMA over multipath fading channels

In this paper, we consider multiple‐input multiple‐output (MIMO) multi‐tone code division multiple access (MT‐CDMA) uplink transmission over multipath fading channels. The zero‐forcing vertical Bell Laboratories layered space‐time architecture (ZF V‐BLAST) algorithm and maximum ratio combining scheme are applied at the receiver. The average bit error rate (BER) expression is derived provided that the number of receive antennas is not less than that of transmit antennas. The BER expression is verified by simulations. Numerical results show that the numbers of transmit and receive antennas have significant effects on the BER performance of the considered system. Spatial and path diversity show different capabilities to improve the BER performance. The MIMO MT‐CDMA system based on the ZF V‐BLAST algorithm is capable of achieving a better BER performance and a higher capacity than the conventional MT‐CDMA system. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adaptive Resource Allocation for MC‐CDMA and OFDMA in Reconfigurable Radio Systems

This paper studies the uplink resource allocation for multiple radio access (MRA) in reconfigurable radio systems, where multiple‐input and multiple‐output (MIMO) multicarrier‐code division multiple access (MC‐CDMA) and MIMO orthogonal frequency‐division multiple access (OFDMA) networks coexist. By assuming multi‐radio user equipment with network‐guided operation, the optimal resource allocation for MRA is analyzed as a cross‐layer optimization framework with and without fairness consideration to maximize the uplink sum‐rate capacity. Numerical results reveal that parallel MRA, which uses MC‐CDMA and OFDMA networks concurrently, outperforms the performance of each MC‐CDMA and OFDMA network by exploiting the multiuser selection diversity.     

Jointly multi‐user detection and channel estimation with genetic algorithm

This work aims at proposing the use of the evolutionary computation methodology in order to jointly solve the multi‐user channel estimation (MuChE) and detection problems at its maximum‐likelihood, both related to the direct sequence code division multiple access (DS/CDMA). The effectiveness of the proposed heuristic approach is proven by comparing performance and complexity merit figures with that obtained by traditional methods found in literature. Simulation results considering genetic algorithm (GA) applied to multipath, DS/CDMA and MuChE and multi‐user detection (MuD) show that the proposed genetic algorithm multi‐user channel estimation (GAMuChE) yields a normalized mean square error estimation (nMSE) inferior to 11%, under slowly varying multipath fading channels, large range of Doppler frequencies and medium system load, it exhibits lower complexity when compared to both maximum likelihood multi‐user channel estimation (MLMuChE) and gradient descent method (GrdDsc). A near‐optimum multi‐user detector (MuD) based on the genetic algorithm (GAMuD), also proposed in this work, provides a significant reduction in the computational complexity when compared to the optimum multi‐user detector (OMuD). In addition, the complexity of the GAMuChE and GAMuD algorithms were (jointly) analyzed in terms of number of operations necessary to reach the convergence, and compared to other jointly MuChE and MuD strategies. The joint GAMuChE–GAMuD scheme can be regarded as a promising alternative for implementing third‐generation (3G) and fourth‐generation (4G) wireless systems in the near future. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Pre‐filtering technique for MAI cancellation in MC‐CDMA systems

Multicarrier code division multiple access (MC‐CDMA), is a promising multiplexing technique for future communication systems. In this study, we employ the well‐known Walsh‐Hadamard spreading codes for synchronous downlink transmission of MC‐CDMA systems. The spreading codes allow that the frequency diversity to be efficiently exploited. However, multipath propagation may cause orthogonality among users is distorted, and this distortion produces multiple access interference (MAI). To eliminate this effect, we propose a pre‐filtering‐based MC‐CDMA system which uses a pre‐filtering technique at the transmitter and an equal gain combining (EGC) scheme at the receivers, respectively. Our proposed pre‐filtering technique transforms the transmitted signals so that the MAI can be eliminated, and the EGC scheme weights the signals received from all subcarriers so that channel distortions can be compensated. Furthermore, the proposed technique can calculate the transmitted power over all subcarriers to satisfy the required quality of service of each user and archive MAI‐free. In this paper, performance in terms of bit error rate is analyzed; in comparison with the EGC, orthogonal restoring combining, and maximal ratio combining schemes at receiver, respectively. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An algebraic approach to generate super‐set of perfect complementary codes for interference‐free CDMA

This paper introduces an algebraic approach to generate the super‐set of perfect complementary (PC) codes suitable for new generation CDMA applications, characterized by isotropic multiple access interference (MAI) free and multipath interference (MI) free properties. The code design methodology proposed in this paper takes into account major impairing factors existing in real applications, such as MAI, MI, asynchronous transmissions, and random signs in consecutive symbols, such that a CDMA system using the generated codes can insure a truly interference‐free operation. Two important facts will be revealed by the analysis given in this paper. First, implementation of an interference‐free CDMA will never be possible unless using complementary code sets, such as the PC code sets generated in this paper. In other words, all traditional spreading codes working on an one‐code‐per‐user basis are not useful for implementation of an MAI‐free and MI‐free CDMA system. Second, to enable the interference‐free CDMA operation, the flock size of the PC codes should be made equal to the set size of the codes, implying that a PC code set can support as many users as the flock size of the code set. A systematic search has been carried out to generate the super‐set of various PC codes with the help of carefully selected seed codes belonging to distinct sub‐sets. This paper will also propose an implementation scheme based on multi‐carrier CDMA architecture and its performance is compared by simulations with the ones using traditional spreading codes. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fuzzy step size least mean square algorithm tuned linearly constrained constant modulus algorithm for multi‐carrier code division multiple access blind multiuser detector

Adaptive fuzzy logic step size least mean square algorithm (FLCLMS) tuning unit is designed to adjust the step size of the linear constrained constant modulus algorithm for blind multiuser detection (MUD) in multi‐carrier code division multiple access (MC‐CDMA) systems is presented. In wireless communications system, the conventional constant modulus algorithm for blind MUD has some disadvantages such as slow convergence speed and phase rotation. To overcome these shortages, a modified constant modulus algorithm was developed for blind multiuser detector. On the basis of the deterministic behavior of the FLCLMS algorithm, it has also proposed simplification over the cost function calculation, obtaining more efficient algorithm and creating new perspective for the MUD implementation. The proposed algorithm ensures the algorithm convergence to the desired user and suppresses the multiple access interference in this cost function. Thus, the performance of the system is improved. The computational experiments show that the proposed FLCLMS not only can find optimal or closed‐to‐optimal solutions but also can obtain the low computation complexity both better and more robust results than existing algorithm reported recently in the literature. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Dynamic resource scheduling (DRS): a multimedia QoS framework for W‐CDMA

Multi‐media support is an important feature of third generation (3G) wireless communication systems, and Quality of Service (QoS) is a crucial issue, as in any other networking environment. In this paper, the QoS issues in the wireless last‐mile is investigated for 3G systems based on Wideband‐Code division multiple access (W‐CDMA). Supporting multiple rates in the CDMA environment introduces the power assignment problem, which is coupled with the bandwidth and error QoS parameters. Also, multi‐media traffic flows should be classified and serviced in such a way to provision delay guarantees. In this paper, a new framework, namely dynamic resource scheduling (DRS), is described and extensively studied. In order to serve multi‐media services with different requirements, a family of nine algorithms has been developed within the DRS framework. These algorithms can be categorized with respect to single or prioritized queuing architectures, fixed or variable rate bandwidth and power allocation, and variable spreading gain or multi‐code spreading strategies. The paper presents the performance of the DRS algorithms in comparison with each other and with conventional scheduled‐CDMA (S‐CDMA) and proposed schemes in the W‐CDMA standard. The performance for error and throughput QoS provisioning and power control dynamics are explored; advantages, disadvantages and limitations of the algorithms are discussed. The DRS framework is concluded to be a promising QoS architecture, with a simple, flexible, scalable structure that can be configured according to a given traffic scenario. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Multi‐carrier platform for wireless communications. Part 2: OFDM and MC‐CDMA systems with high‐performance,high‐throughput via innovations in spreading

Multi‐carrier technologies in general, and OFDM and MC‐CDMA in particular, are an integral part of the wireless landscape. In this second part of a two‐part survey, the authors present an innovative set of spreading codes known as CI codes, and demonstrate how these significantly increase performance and capacity in OFDM and MC‐CDMA systems, all the while eliminating PAPR concerns. Regarding OFDM: the spreading of each symbol over all N carriers using CI spreading codes (replacing the current one symbol per carrier strategy) are presented. CI codes are ideally suited for spreading OFDM since, when compared to traditional OFDM, CI‐based OFDM systems achieve the performance of coded OFDM (COFDM) while maintaining the throughput of uncoded OFDM, and, at the same time, eliminate PAPR concerns. When applied to MC‐CDMA, CI codes provide a simple means of supporting 2N users on N carriers while maintaining the performance of an N‐user Hadamard Walsh code MC‐CDMA system, i.e., CI codes double MC‐CDMA network capacity without loss in performance. The CI codes used in OFDM and MC‐CDMA systems are directly related to the CI pulse (chip) shapes used to enhance TDMA and DS‐CDMA (see part 1): hence, the CI approach provides a common hardware platform for today's multi‐carrier/multiple‐access technologies, enabling software radio applications. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A ZCZ‐CDMA system with BFSK modulation

A quasi‐timing synchronous code division multiple access (CDMA) system called ZCZ‐CDMA, which uses a set of sequences with a zero‐correlation zone called ZCZ code as a spreading code, is useful for short‐range wireless communications because of its excellent properties such as co‐channel interference‐free performance, simplified hardware design, and low transmit power as well as fast frame synchronization capability. In this paper, a ZCZ‐CDMA system with binary frequency‐shift keying (BFSK) modulation called BFSK‐ZCZ‐CDMA is proposed. This system is characterized by using a pair of balanced ZCZ codes for spreading and transmitting the two spread components over the respective keying carrier frequencies. Its bit error rate performance, compared with those of existing BPSK‐ZCZ‐CDMA, ASK‐ZCZ‐CDMA, and CDMA systems using the other spreading codes, is evaluated in theory and simulation. The bit error rate performance of the three ZCZ‐CDMA systems over additive white Gaussian noise and Rayleigh fading channels are formulated. It is proved that BFSK‐ZCZ‐CDMA is much more robust in anti‐fading performance and low transmit power in such an environment that fading distributions on the keying frequencies are independent mutually. Fading versus frequency characteristics are also investigated. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Spreading‐code‐dependent bit error rate and capacity analysis for finite asynchronous CDMA systems

Most CDMA systems serve only finite number of active users. Therefore, using Gaussian approximation to evaluate its performance is inappropriate. In such finite CDMA systems, the selection of spreading codes is of great importance because its performance is very much spreading‐code‐dependent. In this paper, a new algorithm based on multiple variable Bernoulli process is introduced to evaluate bit error rate due to co‐channel interference and thus the capacity of a CDMA system. The algorithm can also be used for large‐sized CDMA systems. The results show that small Kasami and Gold‐like codes offer higher capacity than the others do. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Multi‐group linear turbo equalization with intercell interference cancellation for MC‐CDMA cellular systems

In this paper, we investigate multi‐group linear turbo equalization using single antenna interference cancellation (SAIC) techniques to mitigate the intercell interference for multi‐carrier code division multiple access (MC‐CDMA) cellular systems. It is important for the mobile station to mitigate the intercell interference as the performance of the users close to cell edge is mainly degraded by the intercell interference. The complexity of the proposed iterative detector and receiver is low as the one‐tap minimum mean square error (MMSE) equalizer is employed for mitigating the intracell interference, while a simple group interference canceller is used for suppressing the intercell interference. Simulation results show that the proposed iterative detector and receiver can mitigate the intercell interference effectively through iterations for both uncoded and coded signals. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A near‐Nyquist rate transmission: A new minimum‐bandwidth direct‐sequence code division multiple access scheme

Bandlimited direct‐sequence code division multiple access (DS‐CDMA) attracts much attention for its compact spectrum and the ability to suppress inter‐symbol interference. Among the various bandlimited DS‐CDMA systems available, minimum‐bandwidth DS‐CDMA (MB‐DS‐CDMA) is the only realizable Nyquist rate transmission system. But, MB‐DS‐CDMA only applies to certain kinds of spreading codes. Accordingly, this study proposes a modified DS‐CDMA structure which extends the application of MB‐DS‐CDMA to all common spreading codes at the expense of a negligible reduction in the transmission rate. Additionally, the bit error rate of the proposed schemes adopting either single‐user or multi‐user detection receiver is analyzed and compared with that of the commonly‐used raised‐cosine‐pulsed DS‐CDMA over multipath fading channels. The numerical results show that given a sufficiently large number of users, the bit error rate performance of modified MB‐DS‐CDMA is comparable to that of the raised‐cosine‐pulsed DS‐CDMA scheme; meanwhile, the realizable modified MB‐DS‐CDMA approaches the ultimate transmission rate.     

Investigation of capacity and call admission control schemes in TD‐SCDMA uplink systems employing smart antenna techniques

Due to the TDMA (time division multiple access)/time division duplex (TDD) specialization in the uplink (UL) of code division multiplex access (CDMA) systems, some advanced techniques, such as smart antenna (SA) and multi‐user detection (MUD), are utilized conveniently in time division‐synchronous code division multiplex access (TD‐SCDMA) systems. These advanced techniques have great impacts on the capacity and radio resource management (RRM) schemes. In this paper, the UL capacity and load models specified for TD‐SCDMA systems are proposed, in which the impacts from SA and MUD techniques are considered, and the UL load can be estimated based on the total received power in the base station. According to the proposed theoretical capacity and load evaluation models, the call admission control (CAC) strategies suitable for TD‐SCDMA systems are presented. Since there are two kinds of SA schemes (i.e., tracking beam antenna (TBA) and switched beam antenna (SBA)) utilized in TD‐SCDMA systems, the efficient CAC algorithms suitable for these two SA schemes are designed and evaluated, which are based on principles of the interference increase estimation. All simulation results show that the proposed CAC strategies can work efficiently and improve performances of TD‐SCDMA systems dramatically. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Modeling and performance analysis of multi‐service wireless CDMA cellular networks using smart antennas

In this paper, we present an analytical model to assess the blocking capacity of multi‐service code division multiple access (CDMA) systems. We include smart antenna systems in our model and show how the capacity of CDMA systems can be improved if smart antennas are employed at the base stations. Applying smart antennas can actually transform CDMA systems from being interference limited to being channel/code limited. To investigate this effect, we extend our model to include the limitation of channelization codes in CDMA‐based universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) systems. From the point of view of the call admission control (CAC) in a smart antenna CDMA system, we can either accept the capacity loss due to code limitation, or we can additionally apply space division multiple access (SDMA) techniques to re‐use channelization codes and thus re‐approach the capacity which is obtained if no code limitation is considered. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adaptive reference code‐based MAI cancellation for DS‐CDMA

A computationally efficient and practically deployable adaptive reference code‐based multiple access interference (MAI) cancellation scheme, in which the conventional transmitter/receiver architecture is minimally modified only at the receiver (and/or transmitter) end, is proposed for direct sequence code division multiple access (DS‐CDMA) communication. Upon numerical and theoretical analyses, the proposed communications system is seen to always outperform the existing conventional communications system. The theoretical analyses and results as presented are generally useful and applicable to any situation wherein IS95 pseudo noise (PN) codes are employed towards multiple access. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

海面的红外被动成像

本文在研究海面的红外成像特性中,建立了基于刚体的双尺度成像模型,从被动成像方面讨论了海面辐射特性的变化规律.该模型仿真结果很好地说明了风向对海面红外被动成像特性的影响.     

On multi‐cell admission control in CDMA networks

We consider a multi‐cell (MC) code division multiple access (CDMA) system that supports multiple service classes, including peak rate allocated and elastic ones. Peak rate allocated sessions—when admitted into the system—transmit at a constant bit rate, while elastic sessions can be slowed down at the expense of increasing their residency time. Admitted sessions cause an instantaneous bit rate‐dependent interference in neighbour cells. In this rather general setting, we propose a method to calculate the class‐wise blocking probabilities as the functions of the estimated so‐called inter‐cell coupling factors. In the paper this coupling factor is the ratio between the uplink path gains to different Node‐B:s (that can be easily obtained in a CDMA system from pilot measurement reports), but our model could include other coupling measures as well. We find that when these coupling factors are underestimated, the system may get into false states (FSs) or false rate states (FRSs) that lead to violating the noise rise threshold. As traffic becomes increasingly elastic, the probability of FSs decreases, but the probability of FRSs increases. Based on numerical results, we make the point that as the traffic becomes more elastic, avoiding the underestimation of these coupling factors as well as exercising MC admission control plays an increasingly important role in guaranteeing proper service quality. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Schemes for capacity increase in multiple‐rate dual‐class DS/CDMA systems

This paper presents and compares the capacities of multi‐cell and power constrained direct sequence‐code division multiple access (DS/CDMA) systems with different transmission or detection schemes. In the single‐class case (voice), we considered conventional and successive interference cancellation (SIC) schemes, determining the maximum number of users of each mode. Next, modeling and results proposed in the literature are extended for multi‐cell dual‐class systems (voice and data) and we compare the maximum data throughputs obtained with conventional, SIC and scheduling (transmission) schemes, for some user configurations. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

PN sequence blind estimation in multiuser DS‐CDMA systems with multipath channels based on successive subspace scheme

In this paper, we proposed a new method based on expanding subspace algorithm and finite alphabet characteristics, for blind estimation of the users' spreading sequences in the multiuser direct sequence code division multiple access system in the presence of the multipath channels. In the proposed scheme, we show that the estimation of the users' overall channels in the direct sequence code division multiple access system is equivalent to the impulse response estimation of the multi‐input multi‐output finite impulse response channels. Our proposed approach is based on the successive estimation of the columns of the equivalent multi‐input multi‐output finite impulse response channels from the lowest degree columns to the highest degree ones. Accordingly, each user's overall channel that is the convolution of the original multipath channel and the spreading sequence is estimated. Then we extract PN sequences from the overall channel using finite alphabet characteristics of the spreading sequence chips for each user. According to simulation results, our proposed scheme outperforms the conventional methods in that it does not require symbol synchronization and does not have channel constraints (for example, AWGN and single user system) in the multipath channels.     

ZCZ‐CDMA and OFDMA using M‐QAM for broadband wireless communications

This paper considers direct‐sequence code‐division multiple‐access with zero‐correlation zone sequences (ZCZ‐CDMA) and orthogonal frequency‐division multiple‐access (OFDMA) schemes using M‐ary QAM signaling for broadband wireless communications. Their system structures, complexities and performances in both AWGN and multipath frequency‐selective fading channels are evaluated and compared. For ZCZ‐CDMA, joint suppression of the multipath fading interference and multiple‐access interference can be achieved with a reduced family‐size of the spreading sequences. For OFDMA, analytical and simulation results indicate that it has the same performance as ZCZ‐CDMA in fast time‐varying multipath fading channels. In time‐invariant or slowly time‐varying channels, where the channel information can be made available to transmitters, OFDMA outperforms ZCZ‐CDMA, offers a higher capacity and is more flexible for system reconfiguration with a comparable computational complexity. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.