A Technique for Frequency Synchronization in Multi-Band OFDM in Realistic UWB Channel

This paper presents a highly accurate frequency offset estimation algorithm for multi-band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) systems effective for realistic ultra-wideband (UWB) environment. The proposed algorithm derives its estimates based on phase differences in the received subcarrier signals of several successive OFDM symbols in the preamble. We consider different carrier frequency offsets and different channel responses in different bands to keep the analysis and simulation compatible for practical multi-band UWB scenario. Performance of the proposed algorithm is studied by means of bit error rate (BER) performance of MB-OFDM system. In order to compare the variance of the synchronizer to that of the theoretical optimum, we derive the Cramer–Rao lower bound (CRLB) of the estimation error variance and compare it with the simulated error variance both in additive white Gaussian noise and UWB channel model (CM) environments, CM1–CM4. Next, we modify the estimation algorithm by proposing a multi-band averaging frequency offset synchronization (MBAFS) scheme. We establish superior BER performance with MBAFS compared to our first scheme. We calculate modified CRLB for MBAFS and compare it with simulation results for CM1–CM4. Both analysis and simulation show that MBAFS algorithm can estimate the carrier frequency offset effectively and precisely in UWB fading channels for MB-OFDM applications. We also analyze the computational complexity of both the proposed algorithms in order to verify their feasibility of implementation in practical UWB receiver design.     

Frequency offset estimation for MB-OFDM-based UWB systems

We address low-complexity, highly-accurate frequency offset estimation for multi-band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) based ultra-wide band systems in time-invariant as well as time-variant channels. We investigate the unique characteristics of MB-OFDM systems, namely, different frequency offsets, channel responses, received energies, and preamble structures in different frequency bands. Utilizing them, we develop frequency offset estimators based on the best linear unbiased estimation principle. If compared to the reference estimators, our proposed methods achieve significantly better estimation performance (4 to 6.4 dB (5 to 20 dB) estimation mean-square error advantage in the time-invariant (time-variant) channels) for all preamble patterns of the MB-OFDM system in [8].     

基于多天线辅助估计的高精度UWB快速捕获算法研究

本文提出了一种基于多天线辅助估计的UWB(超宽带)快速捕获算法,利用UWB信号的循环平稳特性,将接收信号与它自身延迟一个信息位产生的模板相关,应用最大似然方法就可得到一个粗略的同步时间估计,在充分利用线性天线阵空间分集增益的情况下,这种估计相当准确。在此基础上继续进行精确同步,直到捕获任一符号位的第一帧第一个到达脉冲。文中采用流图法给出了本算法平均捕获时间的闭式解。理论分析和计算机模拟表明,该算法与同等硬件复杂程度和同等捕获精度的其他捕获方法相比可明显地缩短平均捕获时间。     

An Analog Approach to Suppressing In-Band Narrow-Band Interference in UWB Receivers

Due to the huge bandwidth of ultra-wide-band (UWB) systems, in-band narrow-band interference (NBI) may hinder receiver performance. Sources of potential NBI that lie within the IEEE 802.15.3a UWB bandwidth are presented. To combat interference in multi-band orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) UWB systems, an analog notch filter is designed to be included in the UWB receive chain. The filter's architecture is based on feedforward subtraction of the interference, and includes a least-mean-square (LMS) tuning scheme to match amplitudes of the two paths. An 8-bit discrete control is used to adjust the filter's center frequency across the UWB baseband. It was fabricated in TSMC's 0.18-mum process, and experimental results are provided     

MB-OFDM超宽带系统的研究

讨论了基于MB—OFDM方案的超宽带通信系统，在此方案中，整个可用频带被分为多个528MHz的子带，每个子带上采用OFDM技术传输信息，数据通过时频码在不同的子带上传输。主要介绍了频带划分，系统参数，实现结构等问题，同DS—CDMA方案进行了比较。最后展望了UWB无线通信的发展前景。     

An Efficient Packet Detection Method with a Verification Mode in MB-OFDM UWB Systems

In this paper, we propose a novel packet detection method using a cross-correlation scheme with a verification mode in ultra wide-band (UWB) systems adopting multi-band OFDM (MB-OFDM) techniques. In the packet detection process, a cross-correlation scheme has the advantage of performing the acquisition of transmitted time-frequency code (TFC) for frequency hopping as well as packet detection with low hardware costs; however, it suffers from performance degradation caused by an imperfect decision process using a threshold value compared with an auto-correlation method. By using a verification mode, the proposed method improves detection performance of a cross-correlation technique considerably. This is because the verification mode can reduce a false alarm probability on packet detection by reconfirming whether or not the desired signal is received and can effectively reject temporal small correlation peaks due to the noise or sub-path signals having smaller energies. For the verification of proposed algorithm, we employ CM1 and CM4 channel models given in IEEE802.15.3a and compare the detection performance between conventional algorithms as well as the proposed one by using computer simulations. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme can reduce a packet detection error probability (PDER) to about 10⁻³ in CM1 channel and about 10⁻² in CM4 channel at SNR = 9 dB compared with conventional methods having more than 10⁻¹ PDER. From the experimental results, we can find that the proposed algorithm can compensate for performance degradation under high SNR condition caused by using a fixed single threshold value. We also estimate the power consumption of algorithms by utilizing both the total number of multiplications and additions employed in the algorithms and the consuming power of hardware elements under 0.13 um CMOS technology. Next, we discover that the proposed method can reduce computational complexity by a minimum of 24.5% compared with conventional cross-correlation algorithms. From the experimental and power estimation results, we can see that the proposed method is very useful for packet detection in UWB MB-OFDM systems, in which low-power implementation is an important issue.     

An Adaptive Timing Synchronization Scheme for Multi-Band Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Based Ultra-Wideband Communication Systems

This article deals with a new energy based adaptive timing synchronization scheme (ATS) which estimates the symbol timing information within two (2) OFDM symbols and updates the information with different frequency bands (adaptive in sense) in a multi-band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) based system. The new approach provides significant improvement in system performance for high delay spread ultra-wideband (UWB) channel model (CM) environments where fast and low-complexity timing synchronization is a critical issue. This paper also addresses a crucial aspect of UWB channel which is frequency dependent delay characteristics. This effect contributes to different dispersion and timing shift of an UWB signal for different frequency bands. In this work, the wideband channel delay characteristics are studied and delay parameters are found considerably different over frequency bands 3.1–4.6 GHz. Based on this observation, the ATS which estimates and maintains the timing delays of each band separately is presented. The performance of ATS algorithm is measured by mean-squared error (MSE), synchronization probability, signal to interference ratio (SIR) reduction due to synchronization errors and bit error rate (BER) through the computer simulation for several UWB CM environments CM2–CM4. Each of these UWB CMs is simulated for 100,000 noisy channel realizations for both coded and uncoded MB-OFDM system. It is shown that ATS gives signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) improvement of 1.1 dB at BER of 1 × 10⁻³, 1.2 dB at BER of 2 × 10⁻⁴, and 0.7 dB at BER of 2 × 10⁻⁴ for CM4, CM3, and CM2 respectively for coded MB-OFDM system over a non-adaptive synchronization scheme [Yak et al., Proceedings of IEEE PIMRC, Berlin, Germany, vol 1, pp 471–475, September 11–14, 2005].     

On the PAR reduction of MB-OFDM ultra-wideband signals

The Peak to Average power Ratio （PAR） of a Multi-Band Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing （MB-OFDM） Ultra-Wide Band （UWB） signals can be substantially larger than that of single carrier or carrier-less ultra-wideband signals. In this letter, a novel PAR reduction scheme for the MB-OFDM UWB system based on spreading and interleaving is proposed. By spreading the coded bits over each subcarrier in corresponding band and interleaving the spread symbols across all bands, the PAR statistics of the MB-OFDM signals can be improved and the PAR is reduced obviously. In the PAR reduction scheme, there is no loss in transmission data rate or Bit Error Rate （BER） performance decreasing. Since the spreading and interleaving operation are implemented by unitary Hadamard sequences and used for an approach to provide the robustness of the UWB system to narrowband interference, there is no additional implementation burden. Simulation results show that the investigated scheme gives the PAR reduction of 3dB compared with that of the original MB-OFDM signals.     

超宽带射频接收机的研制

超宽带(UWB)短距离无线通信技术是当前国内外研究的热点,直接序列超宽带(DS-UWB)方案和多带－正交频分复用(MB-OFDM UWB)方案是两个主要候选方案,其中多带-正交频分复用方案是较受重视的方案.本文针对MB-OFDM UWB系统,提出了一种双载波-正交频分复用(DC-OFDM UWB)的射频解决方案.该方案采用了两个相邻的子载波实现宽带通信,两个子载波是在中频部分采用合路/分路的方式,以降低硬件实现难度和系统的复杂度.设计了UWB射频接收机中的低噪声放大器(LNA)、频率合成器和解调器等关键部件,并建立了DC-OFDM UWB接收机实验演示平台.测试结果表明,研制的射频接收机满足FCC规定的射频指标要求,该方案也适用于其它的宽带通信系统中.     

Performance of BICM-OFDM systems in UWB interference

In this paper, we develop an analytical framework for performance analysis of generic bit-interleaved coded modulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (BICMOFDM) systems impaired by ultra-wideband (UWB) interference. For practical relevance we consider multi-band OFDM (MB-OFDM), direct-sequence UWB (DS-UWB), and impulseradio UWB (IR-UWB) interference formats following recent IEEE/ECMA standards or standard proposals. Besides the exact analysis we calculate the bit error rate (BER) for the case when the UWB interference is modeled as additional Gaussian noise. Our results show that in general the BER of the BICM-OFDM system strongly depends on the UWB format and the OFDM sub-carrier spacing. While the Gaussian approximation is very accurate for DS-UWB, it may severely overor underestimate the true BER for MB-OFDM and IR-UWB interference. Our analysis is applicable to e.g. IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks (WLANs), IEEE 802.16 wireless access systems (WiMAX), and 4th generation mobile communication systems. Furthermore, since the ECMA MB-OFDM standard is also based on the BICM-OFDM concept, our analysis can also be used to evaluate the impact of other UWB signals on ECMA MB-OFDM UWB systems.     

Carrier Frequency Offset and I/Q Imbalance Compensation for MB-OFDM Based UWB System

Two types of wireless communication system imperfections, namely carrier frequency offset (CFO) and in-phase/quadrature-phase (I/Q) imbalance, are addressed in this paper. We propose an efficient time domain CFO and I/Q imbalance estimation and compensation scheme for multi-band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing based ultra-wideband system. In this scheme, a data-aided CFO estimation algorithm, which is robust to a large I/Q imbalance, is presented. Also, a time domain I/Q imbalance estimation algorithm based on partially CFO compensated preambles is introduced. Finally a two-step joint CFO and I/Q imbalance compensation scheme is developed. Taking full advantage of the ECMA-368 preamble symbols, the proposed scheme is competent for large I/Q imbalance (2-dB gain error and 20-deg Phase error) and carrier frequency offset (50 ppm), and the results are confirmed by simulations.     

Fast coarse estimator of carrier frequency offset for OFDM systems

A coarse carrier frequency offset estimation algorithm for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems is proposed. The algorithm exploits the phase difference of the adjacent subcarriers of the received signal, which is proportional to the frequency offset. The proposed scheme necessitates much lower computational load compared to the conventional correlation based methods, while it reveals similar estimation performance for practical OFDM systems.     

Reduction of Power Fluctuation in ECMA-368 Ultra Wideband Communication Systems Using Multilayer Perceptron Neural Networks

ECMA-368 Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless communication Standard adopts Multiband Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (MB-OFDM) technology to transmit information with high data rate (480 Mbits/s). However, the high Peak to Average Power Ratio of MB-OFDM UWB signals, limits the power efficiency of the high power amplifier due to nonlinear distortion. In order to avoid this drawback, an efficient scheme based on multilayer perceptron, artificial neural networks is proposed. The neural network is adjusted by using active constellation extension technique which provides satisfactory results. This proposed solution gives good performance compared to previously available methods with much lower complexity, without iterations, good bit error rate and no increase in transmitted signal power and bandwidth.     

基于最大自相关及最小能量比的MB-OFDM-UWB系统定时算法

该文针对IEEE 802.15.3a提案及ECMA-368标准采用的多频带OFDM超宽带系统,通过算法改进和仿真给出了适用于该系统的定时同步的完整方案。用基于前导序列第1频带信息的最大自相关法进行帧检测及粗定时,用基于全部3个频带信息的最小能量比值法进行细定时。对定时位置两次进行修正,保证了算法的性能。仿真表明该定时同步方案可以把残余定时偏差控制在较小的范围内,从而可以被频域信道估计及均衡吸收,同时该方案具有较低的复杂度。     

卫星5G通信抗干扰时频同步算法

为了提高卫星通信系统的抗干扰和抗频偏能力,提出了一种在5G物理层波形中融入扩频技术的传输波形设计方案和辅同步信号（Secondary Synchroniztion Singnal,SSS）辅助主同步信号（Primary Synchronization Signal,PSS）多步联合抗干扰时频同步算法。该算法的实现分为3步：首先采用SSS辅助PSS二维时间同步得到粗同步点;然后根据粗同步点进行整数倍和小数倍频偏估计与补偿,其中小数倍频偏估计分为PSS扫频粗频偏估计和SSS辅助PSS互相关精频偏估计;最后对频偏补偿后的接收序列再次进行精时间同步和频偏补偿。仿真结果表明,所提设计方案和同步算法可以抗干信比为12 dB的干扰,并且在低信噪比下的性能优于传统算法。     

Optical Distribution and Upconversion of MB-OFDM in Ultrawide-Band-Over-Fiber Systems

Broadband radio-over-fiber networks are raising great interest for intrabuilding distribution and signal processing of ultrawide-band (UWB) signals. In this paper, a unique optical system based on an external modulator biased either in linear or nonlinear regime has been used to realize both distribution of multiband orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) UWB signal and all-optical frequency upconversion of UWB-OFDM subband. The impact of the nonlinearity of the optical link on the MB-OFDM signal is investigated through a simulation model of the complete UWB-over-fiber system. Results have shown enhanced performance of upconverted MB-OFDM subband compared to direct transmission due to optical noise reduction. First experimental results have confirmed simulation results.     

一种低信噪比SMCC+系统快速同步算法

本文基于中国数字广播电视标准候选方案之一的同步多载波扩频(SMCC )系统,提出了一种低信噪比下高速(250km/h)移动环境的快速同步算法。该算法利用巴克码组码片重复而成的短PN序列产生同步信号,解决了常规同步算法中同步信号多个峰值易误判、门槛值难以选择、频偏估计范围不够大以及低信噪比下同步难等缺点。仿真证明,在-20dB信噪比以上的高速移动AWGN信道和瑞利多径衰落信道环境,与常规算法相比,该法时间同步性能更优,频偏估计范围更大。     

Frequency planning and synthesizer architectures for multiband OFDM UWB radios

This work presents an analysis on frequency planning and synthesis for multiband (MB) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) ultra-wideband (UWB) radios operating in the range of 3.1-10.6 GHz. The most important specifications for the frequency synthesizer in an MB-OFDM UWB transceiver are provided. A synthesizer architecture for an existing frequency plan is introduced along with a discussion on its performance and implementation. An alternative frequency plan and its corresponding synthesizer architecture are also proposed. It is shown how this modified frequency plan leads to a significant simplification in the synthesizer realization. The feasible performance of both synthesizer architectures is evaluated through macromodel simulations using realistic models for the building blocks. Finally, system-level simulation results showing the impact of synthesizer spurs on the bit error rate performance of an MB-OFDM UWB receiver in the presence of interferers are provided. The presented results and discussion provide valuable insight for the implementation of a 3.1-10.6-GHz UWB synthesizer.     

SAW chirp Fourier transform for MB-OFDM UWB receiver

1 Introduction Multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB- OFDM) ultra wideband (UWB) is a novel multicarrier UWB system that has been proposed as a physical layer for reliable high bit rate and short-range communication network. It uses OFD…     

A 1.5 V 7.656 GHz PLL with I/Q outputs for a UWB synthesizer

A fully integrated CMOS phase-locked loop (PLL) which can synthesize a quadrature output frequency of 7.656 GHz is presented.The proposed PLL can be employed as a building block for an MB-OFDM UWB frequency synthesizer.To achieve fast loop settling,integer-N architecture operating with 66 MHz reference frequency and wideband QVCO are implemented.I/Q carriers are generated by two bottom-series cross-coupled LC VCOs.Realized in 0.18μm CMOS technology,this PLL consumes 16 mA current (including buffers) from a 1.5 V supply and the phase noise is-109.6 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset.The measured oscillation frequency shows that the QVCO has a range of 6.95 to 8.73 GHz.The core circuit occupies an area of 1×0.5 mm2.