Error rate performance of noncoherent detection of duobinary coded MSK and TFM in mobile radio communication systems

Two continuous phase constant envelope modulation schemes are considered for use in digital mobile radio communication systems. These two schemes, duobinary coded minimum shift keying (MSK) and tamed frequency modulation (TFM), use partial response signaling to achieve efficient power spectrum. Therefore, they are suitable candidates for the application of digital data transmission via mobile radio where spectrum efficiency is an important consideration. The mobile communication channel is characterized by fast Rayleigh fading and cochannel interference resulting from the reuse of the channels. The error rate performance of duobinary coded MSK and TFM has been studied under these environments with noncoherent detection. A closed form expression for the probability of error of duobinary coded MSK with discriminator detection has been derived and evaluated for different cases of fast and slow fading and cochannel interference. The probability of error of duobinary coded MSK and TFM with differential detection has been calculated by numerical integrations for different cases of slow and fast fading and cochannel interference.     

Impact of Imperfect Channel Information on the Performance of Underlay Cognitive DF Multi-hop Systems

This paper presents an analysis framework for performance evaluation of underlay cognitive decode-and-forward (DF) multi-hop systems over Rayleigh fading channel under imperfect channel information. Specifically, we derive the exact closed-form bit error rate (BER) and interference probability (i.e., the probability that the interference power constraint is invalid) expressions. The derived expressions are well supported by simulations and serve as useful tools for fast system performance evaluation under different aspects. To reduce the interference probability, we consider the back-off power control mechanism. Various results demonstrate the effect of channel information imperfection on the system performance and the trade-off between the interference probability and BER. Also, the performance of underlay cognitive DF multi-hop systems depends both network topology and the number of hops.     

基于多维乘积码的编码协作方案研究

多维乘积码是一种成熟的编码技术,其性能较好,且具有灵活的多维结构。本文提出一种基于多维乘积码的协作方案,利用不同维数的校验位进行协作,达到获取分集增益的目的。文中以分量码为扩展汉明码的多维乘积码为例,在慢衰落、快衰落瑞利信道下进行了理论性能分析和计算机仿真,仿真结果显示:慢衰落信道下,BER为10-3时,协作程度为50%,用户间信道SNR大于10dB时,增益大于8dB;在快衰落信道下,可以通过该协作方案可达到帮助上行信道较差的用户的目的。从实用性和良好性能的角度来看,该编码协作将具有较好的应用前景。      

Performance Analysis of COFDM for Broadband Transmission on a Fading Multipath Channel

This paper gives a unified analysis of the effects of multipath dispersion and Doppler spreading due to fast fading in OFDM systems, deriving simple closed-form expressions for intersymbol and interchannel interference in the most important cases. It shows also why sine wave carriers are in general the optimum bearers for the sub-channels. The expressions for interference are used to estimate the BER performance of coded OFDM, showing that the use of forward error correction (FEC) coding and a guard period are both essential for optimum performance. As an example it is shown that a 64 sub- channel OFDM system can achieve a data rate of 6.4 Mbit/s on a typical urban mobile radio channel.     

Comparison of diversity with simple block coding on correlatedfrequency-selective fading channels

We investigate the effects of correlation on the performance of diversity systems in wideband wireless radio environments. Specifically, the average bit error rate (BER) performance of M-ary differential phase shift keying (MDPSK) on correlated frequency-selective slow Rayleigh fading channels is analyzed. A two-branch diversity receiver with postdetection equal gain combining is considered. Nyquist pulse shaping is used and differential detection is employed at the receiver. The effects of cochannel interference on the system performance are assessed using a Gaussian interference model. To further enhance the system performance, the effects of combined diversity and forward error correction (FEC) coding on the average BER are investigated. Results using short cyclic block codes with perfect bit interleaving are obtained. The effects of the root mean square (RMS) delay spread, the amount of correlation, and the level of modulation, M, on the average BER are investigated in detail for both coded and uncoded systems. The results show that dual branch diversity combining with a correlation coefficient of 0.5 outperforms (in terms of BER) short block codes with perfect bit interleaving, and that combined diversity and coding strategies are effective in combatting the effects of frequency-selective fading     

Performance study of 16-ary deqam modem for future satellite communication systems

This paper investigates the effects of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN), adjacent-channel interference (ACI) and co-channel interference (CCI) combined with flat fading on the performance of bandlimited 16-ary differentially encoded quadrature amplitude modulation (16-ary DEQAM) signalling transmitted through a non-linear high-power amplifier (HPA). It is assumed that the HPA exhibits both AM-AM and AM–PM conversion distortions. This situation may be applied to the up-link or down-link of a regenerative satellite system where the HPA is the earth-station travelling-wave tube (TWT) or the on-board TWTA, respectively. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) degradations at a specific bit error rate (BER) are evaluated by means of a series of computer simulation tests for various values of channel roll-off factor α (channel bandwidth) and different degrees of output backoff (OBO) of the HPA in the presence of various combinations of the channel impairments. It is shown that by employing a baseband or RF predistortion technique for the HPA and selecting the best arrangement of channel roll-off factor, OBO value of the HPA and channel spacing, a good performance can be achieved regarding the most efficient use of bandwidth together with a minimum SNR degradation due to the presence of channel impairments. Thus, the use of 16-ary DEQAM for satellite communications is feasible in the near future.     

Error Rate Analysis for Coded Multicarrier Systems Over Quasi-Static Fading Channels

Several standards such as IEEE 802.11a/g, IEEE 802.16, and the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) for high data-rate ultra-wideband employ bit-interleaved convolutionally coded multicarrier modulation over quasi-static fading channels. Motivated by the lack of appropriate error rate analysis techniques for this popular type of system and channel model, we present two novel analytical methods for bit error rate (BER) estimation of coded multicarrier systems operating over frequency-selective quasi-static channels with nonideal interleaving. In the first method, the approximate performance of the system is calculated for each realization of the channel, which is suitable for obtaining the outage BER performance (a common performance measure for, e.g., MB-OFDM systems). The second method assumes Rayleigh distributed frequency-domain subcarrier channel gains and knowledge of their correlation matrix, and can be used to directly obtain the average BER performance. Both methods are applicable to convolutionally coded interleaved multicarrier systems employing quadrature amplitude modulation, and are also able to account for narrowband interference (modeled as a sum of tone interferers). To illustrate the application of the proposed analysis, both methods are used to study the performance of a tone-interference-impaired MB-OFDM system.     

Hardware nonlinearities in digital TV broadcasting using OFDMmodulation

FFT-based coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (COFDM) is one of the techniques for digital TV broadcasting over multipath fading channels. A FFT-based OFDM signal is subject to various hardware nonlinearities in both the transmitter and receiver. Hardware nonlinearities not only affect the in-band performance of an FFT-based OFDM system but also may affect the system performance of an adjacent channel signal because of regenerated sidelobes of the transmitted signal. The paper investigates the in-band and out-of-band behaviour of a 64QAM-OFDM system under various nonlinear devices. It is shown that the inherent signal clipping in the IFFT processors with a limited word length reduces the required RF amplifier output backoff (OBO) where adjacent channel interference is the limiting factor. For a 0.25% clipping rate, an additional 2 dB OBO is required for the COFDM signal to achieve the same level of adjacent channel interference as for the single carrier system. The loss in SNR due to signal clipping is negligible in a coded OFDM system     

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.     

Performance Analysis of Space-Time Coded CDMA System Over Nakagami Fading Channels with Perfect and Imperfect CSI

In this paper, the performance of multiuser CDMA systems with different space time code schemes is investigated over Nakagami fading channel. Low-complexity multiuser receiver schemes are developed for space-time coded CDMA systems with perfect and imperfect channel state information (CSI). The schemes can make full use of the complex orthogonality of space-time coding to obtain the linear decoding complexity, and thus simplify the exponential decoding complexity of the existing scheme greatly. Moreover, it can achieve almost the same performance as the existing scheme. Based on the bit error rate (BER) analysis of the systems, the theoretical calculation expressions of average BER are derived in detail for both perfect CSI and imperfect CSI, respectively. As a result, tight closed-form BER expressions are obtained for space-time coded CDMA with orthogonal spreading code, and approximate closed-form BER expressions are attained for space-time coded CDMA with quasi-orthogonal spreading code. Computer simulation for BER shows that the theoretical analysis and simulation are in good agreement. The results show that the space-time coded CDMA systems have BER performance degradation for imperfect CSI.     

Differential modulation techniques for a 34 MBit/s radio channel using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing

The orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technique has been proposed for terrestrial digital transmission systems due to its high spectral efficiency, its robustness in different multipath propagation environments and the ability of avoiding intersymbol interference (ISI). Our studies consider a radio channel bandwidth of 8 MHz and a data rate of 34 Mbit/s.In the case of the OFDM transmission system a coherent 64-QAM requires a channel estimation process and a channel equalization in frequency-selective interference situations [4]. The equalization process can be realized by a multiplier bank at the FFT output in the receiver, a so-called frequency-domain equalizer. Alternatively, a multilevel differential modulation technique, the so-called differential amplitude and phase shift keying (64-DAPSK) considering the phase and simultaneously the amplitude for differential modulation, is proposed and presented in this paper. Differential modulation/demodulation techniques do not require any explicit knowledge about the radio channel properties in the differential channel equalization. It is therefore not necessary to implement a frequency-domain equalizer in an OFDM/64-DAPSK receiver, which reduces the computation complexity. The performance of both modulation techniques has been analysed in the uncoded and coded case referring to Gaussian and frequency-selective Rayleigh fading channels. Simulation results are presented in this paper.The OFDM signal has a non-constant envelope with large instantaneous power spikes possible primarily resulting in an overdriving of the high power amplifier (HPA) at the transmitter. This leads to nonlinear distortion causing intermodulation noise and spectral spreading. Both effects can be limited by introducing an appropriate input backoff (IBO). In this paper the performance of OFDM signals in the presence of nonlinearities is analysed quantitatively.     

Performance of LDPC coded FMT systems over frequency selective fading channel

This paper proposes the Low Density Parity Check （LDPC） coded Filtered MultiTone （FMT） systems with high-order modulation for the high data rate reliable transmission over frequency selective fading channel. For the purpose of accomplishing soft input soft output iterative decoding of LDPC codes, a new soft decision metric generation method is proposed, which obviates the need of the noise variance estimation, for M-PSK/M-QAM-type high-order modulation over frequency selective fading channel. Computer simulation indicates that, there is no performance loss with our new metric, but the complexity of implementation is reduced, and that the LDPC codes are effective to improve the Bit Error Rate （BER） of FMT in frequency selective fading channel.     

Effects of Nakagami-Fading Parameters and Power Control Error on Performance of DS-CDMA Cellular Systems with Adaptive Beamforming

It is well known that power control error (PCE) is a critical issue in CDMA cellular systems. In this paper, the bit error rate (BER) of a direct sequence-code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) receiver with imperfect power control, adaptive beamforming, and voice activity is derived in frequency-selective Nakagami fading channels. We discuss the effects of PCE, Nakagami-m fading parameter, and channel’s multipath intensity profile as average signal strength and rate of average power decay and their effects on the BER performance of DS-CDMA cellular systems. In this paper, the RAKE receiver consists of three stages. In the first stage, with conjugate gradient adaptive beamforming algorithm, the desired users’ signal in an arbitrary path is passed and the inter-path interference is canceled in other paths in each RAKE finger. Also in this stage, the multiple access interference (MAI) from other users is reduced. Thus, the matched filter (MF) can be used for the MAI reduction in each RAKE finger in the second stage. In the third stage, the output signals from the MFs are combined according to the conventional maximal ratio combining principle and then are fed into the decision circuit for the desired user. How the Nakagami fading parameters, power control imperfections, or the number of resolvable paths affect the reverse link capacity of the system is discussed in detail. Analytical and simulation results are also given for systems with different processing gains and number of BSs in the cell-selection process with various Nakagami fading parameters.     

Adaptive predistortion of COFDM signals for a mobile satellite channel

In this paper, we consider the optimization of the performance of QPSK and 16‐QAM coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (COFDM) signals over the non‐linear and mobile satellite channel. A high power amplifier and Rician flat fading channel produces non‐linear and linear distortions; an adaptive predistortion technique combined with turbo codes will reduce both types of distortion. The predistorter is based on a feedforward neural network, with the coefficients being derived using an extended Kalman filter (EKF). The conventional turbo code is used to mitigate Rician flat fading distortion and Gaussian noise. The performance over a non‐linear satellite channel indicates that QPSK COFDM followed by a predistorter provides a gain of about 1.7 dB at a BER of 3×10^?3 when compared to QPSK COFDM without the predistortion scheme and 16‐QAM COFDM provides a gain of 0.5 dB output back‐off and 1.2 dB signal to noise ratio at a BER of 3×10^?5 when compared with an adaptive predistorter based on the Harmmerstein model. We also investigate the influence of the guard time interval and Doppler frequency effect on the BER performance. When the guard interval increases from 0 to 0.125T samples and the normalized Doppler frequency is 0.001, there is a gain of 0.7 and 1 dB signal to noise ratio at a BER of 6×10^?4 for QPSK and 16‐QAM COFDM, respectively. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

WCDMA系统中基于查找表的预失真技术的研究

在无线通信系统中,高功率放大器因其非线性,导致AM／PM效应使得微分相位、微分增益和互调失真变坏。高质量的通信系统设计应尽可能减小功率放大器的AM／PM效应。因此,针对宽带码分多址（WCDMA）功放非线性失真问题,采用一种基于查找表（LUT）的自适应预失真方法,改善功放的非线性失真。仿真表明．该方法能有效补偿放大器产生的AM—AM、AM-PM失真,并将功放的邻道功率泄漏比（ACPR）改善到30dB左右。     

Performance of variable-power adaptive MQAM with transmit antenna selection and delayed feedback in Nakagami Fading channel

In this paper, the performance of MIMO systems with variable-power (VP) adaptive MQAM and transmit antenna selection (TAS) over Nakagami-m fading channel is presented. The optimum switching thresholds for attaining maximum spectrum efficiency (SE) subject to a target bit error rate (BER) and an average power constraint are derived. It is shown that the Lagrange multiplier in the constrained SE optimization will be unique if the existence condition for MIMO system with TAS is satisfied. A practical iterative algorithm based on Newton's method for finding the Lagrange multiplier is proposed. By using the switching thresholds, closed-form expressions of the SE and average BER are obtained. Besides, BER expressions with delayed feedback are derived for VP and constant-power (CP) systems, respectively. With these expressions, the impact of feedback delay on the BER performance is effectively assessed. Computer simulation for SE and BER shows that the theoretical analysis and simulation are in good agreement. The results show that the VP adaptive modulation (AM) system with TAS provides better SE than the CP counterpart and VP AM system with space-time coding, and has slight BER performance degradation for the normalized time delay less than 0.01.     

Performance comparison of space diversity and equalizationtechniques for indoor radio systems

By means of analytical and numerical methods, we derive the bit error rate (BER) of π/4-DQPSK systems in frequency-selective fading channels. For a theoretical analysis of the system, a simplified two-ray channel model has been used. However, both Rayleigh and lognormal distributions for the ray envelope have been considered. The system performance in the presence of antenna diversity and in combination with a new nonlinear equalizer has been evaluated. In particular, it is seen that in flat fading environments, space diversity may improve the performance by more than 10 dB at a BER=10^-3. However, for channels with a large delay spread, nonlinear intersymbol interference (ISI) is the predominant disturbance, and the performance can only be enhanced by the nonlinear equalizer     

Effects of low noise amplifier non‐linearities on blind adaptive beamforming performance in CDMA wireless systems

We report a new approach to analyse the effects of low noise amplifier (LNA) non‐linear distortions in the code division multiple access (CDMA) wireless communication systems using spatio‐temporal analysis and Volterra series theory. For this purpose, the bit error rate (BER) performance of three blind algorithms is studied based on post correlated model of received signal, and a time‐varying multiple vector channel model which is an extended form of the Gaussian wide sense stationary uncorrelated scattering (GWSSUS) channel. By using the Volterra series theory, an analytical expression for amplitude modulation to phase modulation (AM–PM) conversion is determined as a phase statement of LNA compression. In this approach, by combining the analytical expression for AM–PM conversion and CDMA blind beamforming techniques, we evaluate the AM–PM distortion effects on BER performance of a CDMA system originated from multiple non‐linear LNA blocks. Simulation results show that conditions are found to minimize AM–PM conversion introduced by multiple non‐linear blocks in the system leading to low BER. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An ICI reduction scheme for OFDM system with phase noise over fading channels

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing has become a key element of todays wireless communication systems. However, its sensitivity to oscillator phase noise is responsible for common phase error (CPE) and inter-carrier interference (ICI) which greatly degrades the overall system performance. In this contribution, we address the problem of reducing the effects of phase noise in an OFDM system operating over a frequency selective fading channel. We propose a method for jointly estimating the channel and CPE in a first step and removing ICI in a second step, using a power series expansion of the phase noise process. The algorithm is simulated on both coded and uncoded systems with phase noise over a fading channel.     

Ultra-wide-band tellurite-based fiber Raman amplifier

We describe the first wide-band tellurite-based fiber Raman amplifier (T-FRA) for application to seamless ultra-large-capacity dense wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) systems. First, we confirmed that the Raman scattering characteristics of the tellurite-based fiber has so large a gain coefficient and Stokes shift that we can achieve a wide-band tellurite-based fiber Raman amplifier with a shorter fiber length than when using silica-based fiber. Second, we investigated the small signal gain and the signal transmission characteristics for a high gain and high output power operation with a single-stage amplifier. Focusing on double Rayleigh scattering, we compared the high gain limit of tellurite- and silica-based fibers. We then studied the impact of nonlinear effects by measuring the bit error rate (BER) when using a two-stage amplifier with a high output power of 18.8 dBm in which we simultaneously amplified eight channel signals in the L-band located on the ITU 100-GHz grid. Finally, we designed a wide-band tellurite-based fiber Raman amplifier with a multiwavelength band pumping scheme. We constructed this amplifier with a tellurite-based fiber only 250 m in length pumped by four-wavelength-channel laser diodes, and it provided a 160-nm bandwidth with a gain of over 10 dB and a noise figure below 10 dB from 1490 to 1650 nm. We also measured the BER to confirm the transmission characteristics of the amplifier for single channel operation over the whole signal wavelength range of 160 nm. We thus confirmed that the amplifier could be employed in ultra-high-capacity WDM systems.