Optimum Modulation and Channel Filters for Nonlinear Satellite Channels

This is a comparative study of three modulation schemes: QPSK, Offset QPSK(OQPSK), and MSK, in nonlinear satellite channels with adjacent channel interference. Two kinds of typical satellite channel models are used for performance evaluation: one is an INTELSAT type narrow band model and the other is a domestic type wide band model. The transmitter filter and receiver filter are optimized for each combination of modulation scheme, channel model, and an input back-off condition for nonlinear amplifiers. All the combinations considered here have the optimum division of the Nyquist shaping between transmitter filter and receiver filter in common. The filters are a wide band sharp cut-off transmitter filter with flat inband response and a gently rolled-off Nyquist receiver filter with an aperture equalizer (x/sin xor1-(2x)^{2}/cos xequalizer). With these optimized filters, comparisons are made with respect to the bit error rate (BER) performance and phase jitter of the recovered carrier. OQPSK and MSK show superior BER performance to QPSK in the wide band model. However, in the narrow band model, QPSK shows the best BER performance among the three modulation schemes. The phase jitter in the recovered carrier is small for all modulation schemes in the wide band model. But, in the narrow band model, the phase jitter in OQPSK and MSK is four times larger than in QPSK. Generally QPSK is the most preferable modulation scheme in the narrow band model: OQPSK and MSK are most preferable for the wide band model.     

Comparison of advanced coding and modulation schemes for multicarrier satellite communication systems

Digital satellite communication systems use coherent quaternary PSK (QPSK) as the preferred modulation scheme. In recent years, however, the search for bandwidth and power-efficient digital modulation methods has become an active research area. In this paper the performances of combined coding and modulation schemes employing multilevel signal alphabets are considered, in the framework of a system model which reasonably approximates the INTELSAT SCPC system. The main goal of the research was to investigate whether the efficiency of coded modulation schemes and their savings in transmitted power could be maintained in a system environment dominated by interference more than by the additive white Gaussian noise. A second goal was to compare the performance of signals with constant envelope, such as multilevel PSK, with that of signals allowing variations in amplitude, such as multilevel PSK, with that of signals allowing variations in amplitude, such as multilevel QAM. In the paper, we propose a channel model which is reasonably close to the real system, and a method for performance evaluation leading to an estimate of the asymptotic power gain of the modulation systems. The channel model and the method are applied to the analysis of coded 16- and 32- PSK and QAM.     

Analysis and optimization of DS-CDMA systems with time-limited partial response chip waveforms

Conventional direct sequence code division multiple access systems (DS-CDMA) using offset quadrature phase shift key (OQPSK) usually employ a strictly bandlimited partial response square-root raised cosine pulse as the chip waveform. They have the disadvantage of large envelope fluctuation that will incur performance degradation due to the intermodulation and bandwidth enlargement caused by post nonlinear processing. To improve the performance of DS-CDMA systems, the chip waveform and receiver should be properly selected. This paper presents a systematic performance analysis of a matched filter receiver and zero-forcing filter (ZF) receiver for DS-CDMA using a time-limited partial response chip waveform. Nevertheless the systematic performance analysis is applicable to bandlimited chip pulse as well. For the zero-forcing filters, we propose to select the frequency responses that satisfy the first Nyquist criterion. With this class of filters, we can choose the roll-off factor to minimize the total power of multiple access interference and noise power. The zero-forcing filter with proper choice of roll-off factor, referred to as optimum ZF, yields a performance better than the matched filter counterpart. The bit error rate (BER) performance of the optimum ZF with superposed quadrature amplitude modulation signal as the time pulse waveform is evaluated. It is shown that the optimum ZF provides better BER performance than conventional OQPSK and minimum shift keying, and its envelope uniformity is much better than that of OQPSK.     

Variable rate transmission and blind rate detection for coherentDS-CDMA mobile radio

A variable rate data transmission and blind rate detection scheme is proposed for coherent DS-CDMA mobile radio. The data to be transmitted is first transformed into a QPSK symbol sequence, then multiplied by the rate-matched repetition code of `1, -1'. And finally spread over a wide bandwidth. At the receiver, the received signal is despread by a matched filter and non-coherent rate detection is applied. The despread signal sample sequence is then multiplied by a repetition code of detected rate to recover the original transmitted QPSK symbol sequence. The probability of rate detection error for a three-rate case is evaluated by computer simulations in a two-path Rayleigh fading channel     

Serial acquisition performance of single-carrier and multicarrier DS-CDMA over Nakagami-m fading channels

We investigate the issue of pseudo noise (PN) code acquisition in single-carrier and multicarrier (MC) direct-sequence code-division multiple-access (DS-CDMA) systems, when the channel is modeled by frequency-selective Nakagami-m (1960) fading. The PN code acquisition performance of single-carrier and MC DS-CDMA systems is analyzed and compared when communicating over Nakagami-m fading channels under the hypothesis of multiple synchronous states (H/sub 1/ cells) in the uncertainty region of the PN code. In the context of MC DS-CDMA, the code acquisition performance is evaluated, when the correlator outputs of the subcarriers associated with the same phase of the local PN code replica are noncoherently combined by using equal gain combining (EGC) or selection combining (SC) schemes. The performance comparison of the above mentioned schemes shows that the code acquisition performance of the MC DS-CDMA scheme, especially when using the EGC scheme, is more robust, than that of single-carrier DS-CDMA schemes communicating over the multipath Nakagami-m fading channels encountered. However, our code acquisition performance comparison also shows that if the detection threshold was set inappropriately, the performance might be degraded, even if the channel fading becomes less severe.     

Trellis-coded CPFSK and soft-decision feedback equalization for micro-cellular wireless applications

In this paper, trellis-codedM-ary CPFSK with noncoherent envelope detection and adaptive channel equalization are investigated to improve the bit error rate (BER) performance of microcellular digital wireless communications systems. For the same spectral efficiency, the trellis-coded modulation (TCM) schemes studied outperform minimum shift keying (MSK) with noncoherent or differentially coherent detection in Rayleigh fading channels. For the case of frequency-selective fading channels, adaptive channel equalization is applied to mitigate the time-variant intersymbol interference (ISI). A new equalizer structure is proposed which, in its feedback path, makes use of fractionally spaced signal samples instead of symbol-spaced hard decisions on transmitted symbols. Computer simulation results indicate that the soft-decision feedback equalizer (SDFE) can significantly improve the system's performance.     

卫星通信中的OQPSK调制技术分析

卫星通信系统的通信质量很大程度上依赖于所采用的调制方式。偏移正交相移键控(OQPSK:Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying)是在QPSK的基础上提出的一种恒包络调制技术。本文在详细介绍OQPSK调制技术原理和特点的基础上,分析了OQPSK调制技术的频谱特性及其在卫星通信中的优势,结果表明:OQPSK调制技术有良好的频谱效率、功率效率和抗非线性特性,非常适合卫星通信信道。     

Phase precoding for frequency-selective Rayleigh and Rician slowlyfading channels

This paper presents a novel phase precoding (pre-equalization) technique to equalize frequency-selective Rayleigh and Rician slowly fading channels for personal communication systems using phase modulation. In order to achieve intersymbol interference (ISI)-free transmission, the precoding technique pre-distorts the signal transmitted from a base station to a portable unit. The novelty of the technique lies in using a spiral curve design: (1) to ensure the stability of the precoder even in equalizing a non-minimum-phase channel; (2) to obtain an ISI-free received signal; and (3) to keep a constant transmitted signal amplitude. Using the precoder can improve the bit-error-rate (BER) transmission performance without increasing the complexity of the portable unit receiver. The BER performance of coherent quadrature phase-shift-keying (QPSK) with the channel pre-equalization is analyzed theoretically for both Rayleigh and Rician fading channels. Analytical and simulation results demonstrate that coherent QPSK using the proposed channel precoder has a significantly lower BER than that using a conventional decision-feedback equalizer (DFE) because the precoder does not suffer from error propagation     

Orthogonal multi-carrier CDMA system using a concatenatedorthogonal/PN spreading scheme

A new communication scheme combining both MC modulation and DS-CDMA with a concatenated orthogonal/PN spreading scheme is proposed. This scheme incorporates the advantages of both DS-CDMA with a concatenated scheme, and an MC modulation technique to combat the effect of a multipath fading channel. It is shown that the proposed system outperforms the MC-CDMA system with a conventional PN sequence     

Modulation and Detection for Simple Receivers in Rapidly Time-Varying Channels

We investigate the performance degradation of basic modulation schemes in a rapidly time-varying channel using a first-order autoregressive channel model. Various performance metrics are used to indicate the relative advantages of each modulation scheme. We find that noncoherent frequency-shift keying (FSK) is suitable for operating at very high mobility and high signal-to-noise ratio, ideal for some military applications. We then propose a partially coherent detector for FSK and differential phase-shift keying that exploits partial channel knowledge to enable the receiver to operate effectively in both fast and slow fading. The maximum-likelihood rule obtained for the partially coherent FSK turns out to be a linear combination of coherent and noncoherent detection rules. Results demonstrate that significant performance improvement can be achieved over the best of coherent and noncoherent FSK detection. The detector is robust to estimation errors present in the channel statistics. We also propose a few adaptive schemes that employ various combinations of modulation schemes to increase the robustness of the system in fast fading     

Received signal statistics in DS-CDMA channels with flat Rayleigh fading and fast closed-loop power control

The statistics of received signal power at the receiver in a cellular direct-sequence code-division multiple-access (DS-CDMA) system with flat Rayleigh fading and fast closed-loop power control mechanism are studied. A simple model for the fast closed-loop power control mechanism is proposed to ease the analysis. The probability density function (pdf) of the received signal power is derived by taking into consideration the updating frequency of power control mechanism, maximum allowable transmitted power, and Doppler frequency of the fading channel. The pdf derived can be used to study the performance of a reverse-link DS-CDMA system with noncoherent M-ary orthogonal modulation. The result shows that when optimum maximum allowable transmitted power is used, system capacity can be substantially increased for typical normalized Doppler frequency in cellular communication.     

Pilot-aided coherent uplink for mobile satellite CDMA networks

A pilot-aided coherent uplink transmission scheme is proposed for mobile satellite communications at L-band. The scheme is designed to enhance link performance as compared to coded noncoherent M-ary orthogonal modulation, while maintaining small envelope fluctuations and low complexity. A rigorous analysis is performed for the proposed technique, when used in conjunction with a direct-sequence code-division multiple-access convolutionally encoded binary phase shift keying link, in a Rice-fading channel with satellite diversity. The pilot-aided scheme has been extensively simulated, accounting for finite interleaving in slow fading and nonideal carrier frequency recovery. The results show a significant performance gain with respect to noncoherent schemes designed for similar links, which goes up to 1.8 dB for 9.6 kb/s services with slow moving users exploiting dual-satellite diversity     

A low‐complexity MSK‐based M‐ary cyclic‐shift keying transceiver for direct sequence spread spectrum system over multipath fading channels

In this paper, a low‐complexity spread spectrum system with M‐ary cyclic‐shift keying (MCSK) symbol spreading is proposed. In addition, by using the minimum‐shift‐keying (MSK) as the chip‐level modulation, we obtain a high‐rate QPSK‐MCSK transceiver scheme which not only provides a constant‐envelop and continuous‐phase transmitted signal, but can also achieve a better performance than the conventional direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) system. At the transmitter, the data stream is first mapped into QPSK‐MCSK symbols in terms of orthogonal Gold code sequences, then followed by the cyclic prefix (CP) insertion for combating the interblock interference, and finally applying the MSK scheme to maintain the constant‐envelope property. The receiver first performs MSK demodulation, then CP removal, and finally the channel‐included MCSK despreading and symbol demapping. Furthermore, the single input single output (SISO) QPSK‐MCSK transceiver can be easily extended to the multiple input single output (MISO) case by incorporating the space–time block coding for high‐link quality. Simulation results show that the proposed SISO and MISO QPSK‐MCSK systems significantly outperform the conventional DSSS counterparts under the AWGN channel, and attain a more robust performance under the multipath fading channel. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

宽带CDMA上行链路含导频信号的调制方式的性能分析

研究了宽带 Ｃ Ｄ Ｍ Ａ 上行链路含有导频信道／导频符号的调制方式,分别给出相应的相干解调模型。分析和比较,含导频信道／导频符号的相干解调与非相干解调的性能。并推导出导频信号功率占信号总功率的比例与所获信噪比增益大小,及与系统容量关系。表明宽带 Ｃ Ｄ Ｍ Ａ 在上行链路采用含导频的相干解调技术,可以带来上行链路容量的提高。     

Adaptive DS-CDMA Receiver with Code Tracking in Phase Unknown Environments

In this paper, we propose and analyze a new noncoherent receiver with PN code tracking for direct sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) communication systems in multipath channels. We employ the decision-feedback differential detection method to detect MDPSK signals. An ";error signal"; is used to update the tap weights and the estimated code delay. Increasing the number of feedback symbols can improve the performance of the proposed noncoherent receiver. For an infinite number of feedback symbols, the optimum weight can be derived analytically, and the performance of the proposed noncoherent receiver approaches to that of the conventional coherent receiver. Simulations show good agreement with the theoretical derivation.     

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     

Universal receivers with side information from the demodulators: anexample for nonselective Rician fading channels

We consider binary orthogonal signaling over a nonselective Rician-fading channel with additive white Gaussian noise. The received signal over such a channel may have both a specular component and a scatter (Rayleigh-faded) component. If there is only a scatter component, the noncoherent receiver is optimal. If there is only a specular component, the optimal receiver is the coherent receiver. In general, the optimal receiver for a Rician channel depends on the strengths of the two signal components and the noise density, and the set of possible optimal receivers is infinite. We consider a system in which the noncoherent receiver and the coherent receiver are employed in a parallel configuration for a symbol-by-symbol demodulation of the received signal. Each sequence of transmitted symbols produces a sequence at the output of each of the parallel receivers. The task of identifying which of these received sequences is a more reliable reproduction of the transmitted sequence is the data verification problem. In this paper, we show that data verification can be accomplished by combining side information from the demodulators with a suitable error-control coding scheme. The resulting system is a universal receiver that provides good performance over the entire range of channel parameters. In particular, the universal receiver performs better than the traditional noncoherent receiver     

卫星测控侦察中相位编码信号的调制识别

针对卫星测控链路中常用的数字调相信号BPSK、QPSK、OQPSK（偏移QPSK）和UQPSK（非平衡QPSK）的调制识别问题，提出了基于二阶矩和相位差统计特性的分类算法。该方法首先以二倍码速率对复基带信号进行采样，然后利用能量归一化的二阶矩的模和相邻样点相位差绝对值的统计特性，分两个等级实现对这四种信号的分类。分析了载频偏移、相位误差以及成形脉冲对分类算法性能的影响，并通过计算机仿真验证了算法的有效性。     

Coherent orthogonal filter using pilot symbol-assisted channelestimation for DS-CDMA

A coherent orthogonal filter (COF) using pilot symbol-assisted channel estimation is proposed for DS-CDMA cellular mobile radio. In the proposed scheme, a complex fading envelope in the multi-path environment is estimated using pilot symbols, and tap coefficients of orthogonal filter are controlled for maximising the signal to interference ratio (SIR) of a RAKE combined signal. Computer simulation results show that the required E_b/N₀ of the proposed COF is reduced by ~10.0 dB compared to conventional matched filter receiver at an average BER of 3×10² when there are 10 users and processing gain is 31     

Analysis of a simple successive interference cancellation scheme ina DS/CDMA system

Compensating for near/far effects is critical for satisfactory performance of DS/CDMA systems. So far, practical systems have used power control to overcome fading and near/far effects. Another approach, which has a fundamental potential in not only eliminating near/far effects but also in substantially raising the capacity, is multiuser detection and interference cancellation. Various optimal and suboptimal schemes have been investigated. Most of these schemes, however, get too complex even for relatively simple systems and rely on good channel estimates. For interference cancellation, estimation of channel parameters (viz. received amplitude and phase) is important. We analyze a simple successive interference cancellation scheme for coherent BPSK modulation, where the parameter estimation is done using the output of a linear correlator. We then extend the analysis for a noncoherent modulation scheme, namely M-ary orthogonal modulation. For the noncoherent case, the needed information on both the amplitude and phase is obtained from the correlator output. The performance of the IC scheme along with multipath diversity combining is studied