Analysis of an antijam FH acquisition scheme

An easily implemented matched filter scheme for acquiring hopping code synchronization of incoming frequency-hopping (FH) signals is analyzed, and its performance is evaluated for two types of jamming: partial-band noise jamming and partial-band multitone jamming. The system is designed to reduce jammer-induced false alarms. The system's matched filter output is compared to an adaptive threshold that is derived from a measurement of the number of acquisition channels being jammed. Example performance calculations are given for the frequency coverage of the jamming either fixed over the entire acquisition period or hopped, that is, changed for each acquisition pulse. It is shown that the jammer's optimum strategy (the worst case) is to maximize the false alarm probability without regard for the effect on detection probability, for both partial-band noise and multitone jamming. It is also shown that a significantly lower probability of false acquisition results from using an adaptive matched filter threshold, demonstrating that the strategy studied here is superior to conventional nonadaptive threshold schemes     

一种基于数字匹配滤波器的伪码捕获方法

基于匹配滤波器的伪码捕获方法由于其速度优势在直扩通信系统中得到越来越广泛的研究和应用。数字匹配滤波器在基于软件无线电架构的数字通信系统中有很强的实用性。为提高伪码同步性能,提出了一种基于数字匹配滤波器的伪码捕获方法,主要针对载波多普勒频偏较小的应用场合。该方法保留了匹配滤波器捕获方法的速度优势,同时降低了虚警概率,提高了同步精度。该方法已成功应用于某系统。     

Acquisition in direct-sequence spread-spectrum communicationnetworks: an asymptotic analysis

The effect of multiple-access interference on the acquisition of direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DS/SS) signals is studied. A passive matched filter approach is used, and the acquisition window length, which is the length of the matched filter, determines the complexity of the acquisition scheme. The acquisition-based capacity of a DS/SS system is defined to be the maximum number of simultaneous transmissions permissible while maintaining acceptable acquisition performance. The performance of the acquisition scheme is evaluated for large acquisition window length, and the asymptotic analysis yields the capacity as a function of the acquisition window length. If this length is linearly related to the processed gain, the acquisition-based capacity is smaller than that obtained by consideration of post-acquisition criteria only (e.g., bit-error probability for the demodulated signal). The results indicate the relative importance of the acquisition problem and suggest directions for further research     

基于部分匹配滤波的伪码捕获方法研究

研究了高斯白噪声环境下部分匹配滤波的伪码捕获方法的性能,推导了该方法的检测概率和虚警概率。基于部分匹配滤波的伪码捕获方法相对于传统的全匹配滤波法,既可减少处理时间,又能节省系统资源。并利用MATLAB工具对不同信噪比环境下的伪码捕获性能进行仿真,结果表明该方法在一定信噪比条件下是实用的。     

Mathematical modeling and performance analysis for a two-stageacquisition scheme for direct-sequence spread-spectrum CDMA

Acquisition of synchronism is considered for DS/SS CDMA systems. For large systems with large timing uncertainties, it has been shown previously that acquisition in the presence of multiple-access interference may impose a significant limitation on capacity. This leads the authors to consider a system in which timing uncertainties are relatively small and to propose an acquisition scheme which exploits this to reduce complexity and acquisition overhead. The proposal may be appropriate for a microcellular environment for personal communications in which CDMA packet transmission is employed for both voice and data. Packetized transmission would imply that the overhead available for acquisition is small, and the large number of microcells would restrict the cost of the acquisition scheme used in the receiver in each microcell. The acquisition time required for a simple serial search scheme may therefore be unacceptably large. On the other hand, while acquisition using a passive matched filter is fast, the filter length required for reliable acquisition is liable to be excessive in terms of cost and complexity. Motivated by these considerations, the authors propose a two-stage acquisition scheme which employs a short programmable matched filter for initial detection, followed by a correlator for verification. Numerical results based on an approximate analysis of acquisition performance in the presence of multiple access interference are employed to compare the scheme with conventional acquisition schemes     

Application of Adaptive Filtering to Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Code Acquisition

A novel hybrid scheme utilizing an adaptive FIR filter is proposed for acquisition of DS-SS signals. Timing information on the delay offset between the incoming DS-SS signal and the locally generated replica of the spreading code is extracted from the tap-weight vector of the acquisition adaptive filter. Expressions for the mean acquisition time, detection, and false alarm probabilities for a coherent, chip synchronous DS-SS system in AWGN are derived. The improvement in acquisition performance over serial search techniques is twice the length of the adaptive filter. This is similar to that gained by other hybrid schemes that search the same number of cells at a time. However, a significant reduction in hardware complexity is obtained. The proposed system is also compared to a system utilizing a partial matched filter structure. Moreover, the same hardware could be used for code tracking and, hence, eliminating the need for a separate tracking loop.     

Performance Analysis of DS Signal Code Acquisition Using the Matched Filter and the Median Filter

The theoretical analysis and simulation of the performance of a matched filter code acquisition structure with a median filter as the aiding device to cancel CW jamming in the AWGN channel is described. Both coherent and noncoherent structures are considered. As performance measures, the probability of detection and of a false alarm and mean acquisition times are used. Two kinds of analysis for coherent acquisition structure are presented. At first, the approximation for the pdf of the input signal to the comparator is used. Next, the probabilities are calculated directly. This is called the direct form. For the analysis of noncoherent acquisition, the pdf approximation of the coherent case is used. The performance of the median filter structure is compared to the performance of a simple linear interference cancellation method. The effect of CW jamming can be eliminated by both methods. Fixed thresholds of the comparator and the constant false alarm probability (CFAR) criteria are used. It is concluded that the median filter has a better performance, especially when fixed thresholds are used.     

卫星通信中多普勒频移的快速捕获

本文提出了一种适用于低轨卫星扩频通信系统的多普勒频移快捕方法.该方法基于数字匹配滤波器及自动频率控制环路,利用数字匹配滤波器的PN码快捕特性及其输出主相关峰值对频偏的敏感性,缩短多普勒频移的捕获时间.论文首先推导了多普勒频移的平均捕获时间表达式,然后根据数值分析结果得到了准最佳捕获判决策略,最后通过比较验证了该快捕方法相对于传统串行捕获方法在性能上的提高.     

Code acquisition of DS/SS signals in fading channels using an LMSadaptive filter

The mean acquisition time performance for a direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DS/SS) code acquisition technique utilizing a finite impulse response (FIR) least-mean-square (LMS)-adaptive filter is investigated in fading conditions. The optimum tap-weight vector for the adaptive filter is derived and computer simulation results are presented to assess the acquisition performance for the system. It is shown that fading causes a slight degradation to the mean acquisition time (less than 3-dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) degradation) which is far less than that incurred by other systems utilizing matched filters (about 10 dB). In frequency selective fading channels, the adaptive nature of the proposed scheme is exploited to acquire the strongest received path and as the paths fade the new strongest available path is acquired     

DMB-T传输系统中扩频码快速捕获研究

讨论了DMB-T传输系统中基于匹配滤波器的扩频码快速捕获算法,针对传统匹配滤波器占用硬件资源大的缺点,提出了一种新的多停顿捕获方案.新方案在匹配滤波器结构和算法上进行了优化,在原有硬件规模的基础上扩充了系统的捕获验证功能,降低了虚警概率,缩短了捕获时间.结合同步捕获系统框图分析了各个模块的功能和实现方法,并通过Modelsim仿真和FPGA硬件平台测试,验证了方案的可行性和先进性.     

密集多径信道下IR-UWB信号同步捕获方法

超宽带(UWB)信号的快速同步捕获是UWB通信系统中的关键问题.本文提出一种分步同步捕获方法,首先采用两种次最优的最大似然估计算法进行粗搜索,然后在粗搜索获得的有限范围内利用最大值阈值检测进行精估计.该方法提高了密集多径信道下极窄脉冲形式UWB信号(IRUWB)的捕获性能,并有效降低了计算复杂度和处理时间.文中还根据IRUWB信号接收特点,从捕获能量的角度定义了捕获概率.通过仿真评估了捕获能量对系统性能的影响,并对算法性能和参数选择进行了分析.     

Rapid acquisition algorithms for synchronization of burstytransmissions in CDMA microcellular and personal wireless systems

Two rapid synchronization acquisition algorithms applicable to spread spectrum links of code division multiple access (CDMA) personal communication systems are proposed and evaluated. The algorithms operate within a self-referencing matched filter synchronizer structure, and are particularly useful in reducing synchronization overhead on links designed to carry packet-type services. The main distinguishing characteristic between the two schemes is that one uses hard-decision while the other uses soft-decision detection. The proposed schemes are especially applicable to reverse link transmissions in quasisynchronous CDMA systems in which timing at portable terminals is established via pilot and synchronization signals received on respective code-division channels from the home base. If discontinuous (bursty) transmission is used on reverse links, the acquisition process is required for each transmission burst because of the propagation time uncertainty. Analysis of the algorithms on additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and Rayleigh fading channels reveals that their performance depends significantly on the choice of synchronizer parameters and the average despread signal-to-interference ratio (SIR). When this choice is proper, acquisition over a single preamble of relatively short duration can be achieved with high probability. The soft-decision scheme introduces a performance advantage of between 4-9 dB depending on the length of the synchronizing preamble     

智能天线辅助的PN 码同步捕获新方法研究

为有效解决强干扰环境下长PN 码的同步捕获问题,研究了基于自适应滤波器的PN 码同步捕获方法,给出了基于自适应滤波器权矢量范数的同步捕获判决准则,与传统的基于均方误差的判决相比,这种方法可以大幅提高判决的正确概率。在此基础上,研究了智能天线权值与PN 码同步联合捕获算法,并对其性能进行了计算机仿真验证,结果表明这种空时联合的捕获算法可以有效实现低SINR 环境下的长PN 码捕获。     

Interference suppression to aid acquisition in direct-sequencespread-spectrum communications

The acquisition and tracking systems of a spread-spectrum receiver are probably the most critical components of the receiver, since if they fail to function properly, it is doubtful that the desired signal can be successfully detected. This means that the affect of interference (such as jamming) on the receiver while it is attempting to learn the correct phase position of the incoming code might be especially harmful, since the interference might not allow the receiver to acquire the signal. To address this problem, a narrow-band interference suppression filter is used to enhance the performance of a serial search acquisition scheme for a direct-sequence spread-spectrum receiver. Analytical expressions for the probabilities of error in both the search and lock modes are derived, and numerical results are used to illustrate the sensitivity of the receiver to various system parameters. It is shown that the presence of the rejection filter can be significantly improves the performance of the acquisition system     

A Comparison of Schemes for Coarse Acquisition of Frequency-Hopped Spread-Spectrum Signals

Three schemes for course acquisition of spread-spectrum signals are compared: stepped serial search, matched filter, and twolevel. Analytical models and formulas are developed which characterize performance in adverse environments. Comparisons are on the basis of miss probability, mean time to search uncertainty region, and relative complexity.     

Performance analysis of DSA-based DS/CDMA acquisition

We analyze the acquisition time performance of the distributed sample acquisition (DSA) scheme proposed for a fast DS/CDMA signal acquisition. To analyze the composite acquisition mechanism, we first define several acquisition-related probability parameters which can describe all the essential events in the DSA synchronization, along with the basic states that constitute the eventual DSA state transition diagram. Then, we construct the state transition diagram employing these basic states and the moment generating functions which are entirely based on the above defined probability parameters. Applying this state transition diagram and determining the acquisition-related parameters, we finally analyze the mean acquisition time performance of the DSA     

适用于短码捕获的匹配滤波器的实现结构

扩频码（伪随机码,PN码）捕获是扩频通信中扩频码同步的一个重要环节,基于匹配滤波器的捕获方法具有捕获时间短的优势,比较适合短码的捕获和实时通信的场合。为解决数字匹配滤波器资源占用多的问题,根据扩频码取值的双极性特性,针对数据过采样的应用场合,提出了一种基于FPGA实现的数字匹配滤波器的结构。该结构为两级滤波器形式,无乘...     

Blind adaptive interference suppression for the near-far resistantacquisition and demodulation of direct-sequence CDMA signals

Two key operations required of a receiver in a direct-sequence (DS) code division multiple access (CDMA) system are the timing acquisition of transmissions that are starting up or have lost synchronization, and the demodulation of transmissions that have been acquired. The reliability of both these operations is limited by multiple-access interference, especially for conventional matched filter-based methods, whose performance displays an interference floor and is vulnerable to the near-far problem. Recent work has shown that, provided timing information is available for a given transmission, it can be demodulated reliably using blind or training-sequence-based adaptive interference suppression techniques. These techniques are near-far resistant, unlike the matched filter demodulator, and do not require explicit knowledge of the interference parameters, unlike nonadaptive multiuser detectors. In this paper, we present a blind adaptive interference suppression technique for joint acquisition and demodulation, which has the unique feature that the output of the acquisition process is not simply the timing of the desired transmission, but a near-far resistant demodulator that implicitly accounts for knowledge of the timing and amplitudes of all transmissions to suppress the multiple-access interference. The only knowledge required by the scheme is that of the desired transmission's signature sequence, so that it is amenable to a decentralized implementation. On the other hand, it can be efficiently implemented as a centralized scheme in which the bulk of the computations for the adaptation are common to all transmissions that need to be acquired or demodulated     

一种针对失配信号的可调自适应检测器

针对有用信号存在失配条件下的自适应检测问题,该文提出了一种新的参数化自适应检测器.对失配信号稳健的自适应匹配滤波器,或对失配信号敏感的双归一化自适应匹配滤波器都可以作为该检测器的一种特例,并可以利用参数控制检测器对失配信号的检测能力和对干扰信号的抑制能力.推导了该检测器的虚警概率和对失配信号的检测概率.计算机仿真分析表明,通过选择合适的参数,可以保证该检测器对少许失配的有用信号的检测性能,以及对严重失配的干扰信号的抑制性能.      

数字差动匹配滤波器技术在PN码捕获系统中的应用

重点介绍了数字差动匹配滤波器(DDMF)的结构和原理，提出了一种采用DDMF进行PN捕获的方案。研究结果表明：此方案能实现快速捕获，与传统的数字匹配滤波器(CDMF)相比能节约硬件资源。