Analysis of a multicarrier DS-CDMA code-acquisition system

We present two code-acquisition schemes for a multicarrier direct-sequence code-division multiple-access system, one that uses equal gain combining and the other that uses selection combining. The code-acquisition performance of the two multicarrier systems, as well as that of a single-carrier system, are analyzed in both nonfading and Rayleigh fading channels under the assumption that the receiver is chip-synchronized; the effect of partial-band interference (PBI) on the performance is also included. It is demonstrated that in an additive white Gaussian noise channel, the single-carrier system has a better code-acquisition performance than both multicarrier systems. However, in a Rayleigh fading channel, the code-acquisition performance of a multicarrier system with equal gain combining is better than that of the single-carrier system, while a multicarrier system with selection combining has the same performance as the single-carrier system. Further, the presence of PBI more severely affects the code-acquisition performance of the single-carrier system than those of both multicarrier systems. Finally, the code-acquisition performance of a multicarrier system with equal gain combining is always better than that of the selection combining system     

Error probability analysis of multicarrier direct sequence code division multiple access system under imperfect channel estimation and jamming in a Rayleigh fading channel

The performance of a multicarrier direct sequence code division multiple access (MC-DS-CDMA) system in fading environment has been extensively analysed in the literatures. The analysis that is available in the literatures did not take into account the impact of jamming and channel estimation errors on the performance of the system. In this study, closed-form expressions of the average bit error probability (BEP) of the MC-DS-CDMA system with channel estimation errors in the presence of partial band, broadband and multitone jamming are derived in a Rayleigh fading channel. The analysis shows that the magnitude of the normalised correlation between the actual and the estimated complex fading channel gain, A, greatly affects the performance of the MC-DS-CDMA system. For large signal-to-noise ratio, the average BEP with A=1 and without multiple access interference (MAI) tends to zero. When A?1, the BEP of the system exhibits an error floor even without MAI. This error floor increases as the number of users increases. It is also shown that increasing the number of the system subcarriers enhances the system performance against jamming.     

Effect of jamming and diversity on the performance of a wavelet packet based multicarrier multicode CDMA communication system

In this paper, the performance of multicarrier (MC), multicode (MCD), code division multiple access (CDMA) system employing wavelet packets (WPs) as subcarriers for modulation in the presence of narrowband interference is investigated. The performance analysis include the effects of diversity techniques such as selection, equal gain and maximal ratio combining. The system performance is evaluated by means of bit error rate (BER) and outage probability. The effects of system parameters such as channel intensity profile, diversity order and fading parameter on the system performances were investigated by means of analytical methods and numerical results. Also, the effect of jamming power is investigated. The performance of the system is compared to that of MC/MCD-CDMA based on sinusoidal carrier. Results reveal considerable performance improvement of the system that employ diversity techniques over the one without diversity and of our proposed system over the other system.     

Performance of asynchronous orthogonal multicarrier CDMA system infrequency selective fading channel

An asynchronous multicarrier (MC) direct-sequence (DS) code-division multiple-access (CDMA) scheme for the uplink of the mobile communication system operating in a frequency selective fading channel is analyzed. The bit error rate performance of the system with either equal gain combining or maximum-ratio combining is obtained. Numerical results indicate that the system performs better than that of the conventional DS-CDMA system and another MC-DS-CDMA system     

Parallel acquisition of multicarrier direct-sequence spread-spectrum signals in fading and partial-band interference

The frequency diversity of multicarrier direct-sequence signaling can potentially offer robust performance in frequency-selective channels. The paper focuses on the acquisition of multicarrier signals in channels containing fading and partial-band interference. The maximum-likelihood decision rule for parallel acquisition in frequency-selective fading and partial-band interference is derived. Several simpler, near-optimal decision rules are also discussed. The performance of these decision rules is compared to that of equal-gain combining for multicarrier acquisition. Results show that the decision rules designed specifically for partial-band interference give significantly better performance. Methods of acquisition with a limited number of correlators are also discussed. Finally, the potential benefits of estimating the signal strength on each subcarrier prior to acquisition are examined.     

Residue number system-based multicarrier CDMA system for high-speedbroadband wireless access

This correspondence is concerned with a new method to enhance the bandwidth efficiency of a multicarrier CDMA system by using a residue number based representation for information symbols. The residues are mapped into a set of orthogonal sequences and are transmitted in parallel. A new modulation scheme is proposed to increase the data rate further by combining residue number representation, PSK/QAM modulation, orthogonal spreading and multicarrier modulation. The performance of the proposed system is evaluated in a frequency selective Rayleigh fading channel via extensive simulations. The present correspondence discusses the design issues associated with the system together with the performance results     

Analysis of Asynchronous Band-Limited DS-CDMA with MMSE Multiuser Detector over Generalized-<Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis> Fading Channels

In this paper, we investigate bit-error-rate (BER) performance of a minimum mean-squared error (MMSE) multiuser receiver for asynchronous band-limited direct- sequence code-division multiple-access (DS-CDMA) systems. We focus on the BER performance in the presence of multitone jamming (MTJ) over frequency-selective multipath fading channels. We consider the generalized-K fading model in our analysis, as it can model a large spectrum of fading-channel characteristics. We also analyze the effects of band- limited pulse shape on the BER performance of the system. Multipath diversity based on the maximal-ratio combining (MRC) scheme is employed to combat fading effects. Our analytical expressions are valid for arbitrary diversity levels and fading parameters. Spectrum raised cosine (SRC) and Beaulieu–Tan–Damen (BTD) pulse shapes are employed for numerical analysis. Numerical results show that in the presence of MTJ and under various channel conditions, the MMSE based receiver gives better BER performance than the one without it. Moreover, the system with BTD pulses outperforms the one with SRC pulses.     

Comparison of multicarrier DS-CDMA broadcast systems in a multipathfading channel

The performance of a multicarrier direct sequence code-division multiple-access (CDMA) system employed in the forward link of a cellular system operating over a Rayleigh fading channel is analyzed and compared to the performance of both single-carrier CDMA and hybrid multicarrier CDMA/frequency division multiplexing systems. A RAKE receiver is provided for each subcarrier. We compare the performance of all three systems for various multipath intensity profiles. It is found that for a service requiring high quality and a small number of users, the multicarrier system is the best, but for a service requiring low quality and a large number of users, the hybrid system can support more users than the others. Also, for the case when nonorthogonal codes are used, the multiple-access interference in different resolvable paths are correlated. In that case, to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio in a correlated interference environment; maximal-ratio combining (MRC) is not optimal. However, we found that there is not much difference between the optimum combining and the conventional MRC     

An exact error floor for downlink MC-CDMA in correlated Rayleighfading channels

Downlink multicarrier code-division multiple access (MC-CDMA) with maximal ratio combining (MRC) in correlated Rayleigh fading channels is considered. An exact error floor in a closed-form expression is provided based on the characteristic function (CF) and residue calculation method. Numerical results show that orthogonal spreading sequences (Walsh and orthogonal Gold sequences) perform better than nonorthogonal sequences (Gold sequences) and Walsh codes have the best performance. In addition, downlink MC-CDMA is found to benefit from the correlation between subcarriers     

Exact analysis for downlink MC-CDMA in Rayleigh fading channels

In this letter, downlink multicarrier code-division multiple access (MC-CDMA) systems with maximal ratio combining (MRC) in frequency-selective Rayleigh fading channels is considered. An exact bit error rate (BER) is provided based on the characteristic function (CF) and residue calculation method. The BER performance is evaluated in the time domain instead of the frequency domain. This method does not require any assumption regarding the statistical or spectral behavior of multiple access interference (MAI).     

Effects of fading and partial-band noise jamming on a fast FH/BFSKacquisition receiver with noise-normalization combination

We present the performance analysis of a fast frequency-hopped (FH) binary orthogonal frequency-shift keying acquisition receiver for communication against adverse environments. The receiver employs noncoherent, noise-normalized, matched-filtered (MF) correlation detection for rapid acquisition in the search mode. Our analysis includes four types of communication environments, namely additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel, AWGN channel with partial-band noise jamming, fading channels, and fading channels with partial-band noise jamming. The considered fading channels include Nakagami-m, Rician, and Rayleigh amplitude models. Based on Beaulieu's (see ibid., vol.38, no.9, p.1463, 1990) convergent series approach, efficient analytical formulas are developed for performance evaluation. Example performance results for various environments are presented in terms of two acquisition probabilities, namely the detection probability and the false alarm probability of the noise-normalized MF detector. It is analytically shown that with a short MF correlation length and with a sufficiently large ratio of signal power to noise power the fast FH diversity combining yields noticeable performance improvement for environments with strong fading. When the MF correlation is lengthened, this improvement tends to fade away and the diversity combining results in performance loss     

短波差分跳频系统抗部分频带干扰性能分析

对接收端采用非相干平方律能量检测器及维特比译码器的短波差分跳频通信系统,在无衰落信道和频率非选择性慢衰落信道下抗部分频带干扰的性能进行了理论分析.若信道存在衰落,则假设每跳所经历的衰落过程是相互独立的,且服从瑞利分布.部分频带干扰被模拟为加性高斯噪声,分析中考虑了背景热噪声.结果表明:差分跳频相邻两跳频率之间的相关性为系统提供了良好的抗部分频带干扰的能力.若忽略背景热噪声,则当信干比为20dB时,在无衰落信道下最坏情况比特误码率可达10-5,而在频率非选择性瑞利慢衰落信道下最坏情况比特误码率可达10-3.     

Blind RLS-Based Detection Using GSC with DF for STBC MC-CDMA Systems Under Mismatched Channel Estimation

Under Rayleigh fading channels, a common problem with blind multiuser space-time block coded (STBC) multicarrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) detectors is that their performance is very sensitive to the signature waveform mismatch (SWM) induced by channel estimation distortion. This paper presents a robust detector using the generalized sidelobe canceller with a double-feedback filter that effectively mitigates the channel estimation distortion for the STBC MC-CDMA system during multipath fading. Numerical simulations show that the proposed detector substantially provides robustness against small-to-medium SWM scenarios for a downlink STBC MC-CDMA system.     

Performance analysis of multicarrier CDMA systems with frequency offsets and random spreading under optimum combining

The carrier-frequency offset effect on the performance of asynchronous multicarrier direct-sequence code-division multiple-access (MC-DS-CDMA) systems with aperiodic random spreading and correlated Rayleigh fading is studied in this paper. We obtain the optimum combining filter that maximizes the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) of the combined statistics and exploits correlated information among subchannels. A closed-form expression for the unconditional covariance matrix of the interference-plus-noise vector, which forms the basis of our theoretical analysis of the maximum SINR and the average bit error probability formula, is derived by averaging several random parameters including asynchronous delays, correlated Rayleigh fading, and signature sequences. The analytic results obtained are applicable to MC-CDMA with appropriate modifications. Furthermore, we show that the MC-CDMA system with a common random signature sequence over all subcarriers for a given user outperforms that with distinct sequences over different subcarriers. Finally, the performance of MC-CDMA systems using the optimum combining technique is compared with that of different combining filters in the simulation.     

Performance Analysis of Multiuser Detectors for Uplink Quasi-synchronous MC-CDMA Systems

This paper analyses and compares the average bit error rate (BER) of different multiuser detectors (MUD) in the uplink of a multicarrier code- division multiple access (MC-CDMA) system. In particular, maximum likelihood, zero-forcing, minimum mean-square error and interference cancellation-based multiuser detectors have been analysed for the special case of uncorrelated subcarriers. The derived BER expressions are based upon previous results on diversity combining and also on recent findings on multiple input multiple output (MIMO) architectures. The subcarrier correlation is considered in the context of physical parameters currently under discussion for future wireless systems to give an indication up to what extent the assumption of uncorrelated subcarrier fading is plausible.     

Performance analysis of an FFH/BFSK receiver with ratio-statistic combining in a fading channel with multitone interference

The bit-error probability (BEP) is evaluated for a fast frequency-hopping/binary frequency-shift keying spread-spectrum communication system over a frequency-nonselective, slowly fading channel with worst-case band multitone jamming and additive white Gaussian noise. A diversity reception technique with ratio-statistic combining is applied at the receiver. Both square-law and envelope detectors are utilized and analyzed. Based on circularly symmetric signal theory, the paper obtains the closed-form expressions of probability density function and cumulative distribution function of the ratio-statistic output. It is shown from the analytical results, and verified by simulation, that the BEP performance of the ratio-statistic receiver is sensitive to the fading effect on the desired signal, but is insensitive to that on the jamming tones. It is also shown that the envelope detector provides better performance than the square-law detector.     

Comparison of MC-CDMA with DS-CDMA using frequency domain and time domain RAKE receivers

In this paper a multicarrier CDMA (MC-CDMA) system with a soft decision differential phase shift keying (DPSK) frequency domain RAKE receiver is described. We compare a MC-CDMA system with a direct sequence CDMA system using RAKE receivers. In contrast with previous MC-CDMA systems, guard intervals are not used and the carriers are spaced at the reciprocal of the bit rate, optimising the usage of the bandwidth. In this way a comparison can be made between the multicarrier CDMA system described and a direct sequence (DS-CDMA) system with the same bandwidth. The results presented are received bit error rates from Monte Carlo simulations. The simulations are conducted in a multipath channel with Rayleigh fading and 300 Hz Doppler spectrum with additive white Gaussian noise. It is shown that the multicarrier CDMA matched filter receiver performs favourably compared to the direct sequence CDMA matched filter receiver for 1 -path fading. For a single user at a receive bit error rate of 1×10^–3 in the 4-path fading channel the multicarrier RAKE receiver requires no knowledge of the channel delay spread and performs 3 dB worse than the DS-CDMA RAKE receiver simulated. The performance of the MC-CDMA RAKE receiver for a single user increases with increasing channel dispersion. The performance of the DS-CDMA RAKE receiver for multiple user is superior to that of the MC-CDMA RAKE receiver.     

Narrowband interference suppression in time-hopping impulse radio ultra-wideband communications

Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology has been considered an innovative solution for future short-range high-speed wireless communications. Interference suppression is important for the UWB devices to operate over spectrum occupied by narrowband systems. In this paper, the use of a notch filter in time-hopping impulse radio (TH-IR) for UWB communication is considered, where a Gaussian monopulse is employed with pulse position modulation. Lognormal channel fading is assumed, and a complete analytical framework is provided for the performance evaluation of using a transversal-type notch filter to reject narrowband interference (NBI). A closed-form expression of bit-error probability is derived, and the numerical results show that the use of a notch filter can improve the system performance significantly. Furthermore, a performance comparison between TH-IR and multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) UWB systems is made under the conditions of the same transmit power, the same data rate, and the same bandwidth. It is shown that in the presence of NBI, the TH-IR system and MC-CDMA system achieve similar performance when both use a notch filter.     

Slow frequency-hopping multicarrier DS-CDMA for transmission overNakagami multipath fading channels

A novel multiple access scheme based on slow frequency hopping multicarrier direct-sequence code division multiple access (SFH/MC DS-CDMA) is proposed and investigated, which can be rendered compatible with the existing second-generation narrowband CDMA and third-generation wideband CDMA systems. The frequency hopping patterns are controlled by a set of constant-weight codes. Consequently, multirate communications can be implemented by selecting the corresponding sets of constant-weight codes having the required weights controlling the SFH patterns invoked. Two FH schemes, namely random and uniform FH, are considered and their advantages as well as disadvantages are investigated. We assume that the system operates in a multipath fading environment and a RAKE receiver structure with maximum ratio combining (MRC) is used for demodulation. The system's performance is evaluated over the range of multipath Nakagami (1960) fading channels, under the assumption that the receiver has all explicit knowledge of the associated frequency-hopping (FH) patterns invoked. Furthermore, the performance of the SFH/MC DS-CDMA system is compared to that of the conventional single-carrier (SC) DS-CDMA system and that of the conventional MC DS-CDMA system, under the assumptions of constant system bandwidth and of constant transmitted signal power     

A Multiple-Rate, Multicarrier Direct-Sequence CDMA System with 2-D OVSF Codes in Fading Channels

In this paper, a multiple-rate, multicarrier direct- sequence code-division multiple-access (MC/DS-CDMA) system with the use of two-dimensional orthogonal variable spreading factor (2-D OVSF) codes is studied. They are the first 2-D codes that can be generated by the tree structure commonly used by one-dimensional OVSF codes in wideband-CDMA. The 2-D OVSF codes also preserve orthogonality among code matrices with different spreading factors in the code tree. The performances of the proposed system with RAKE receivers employing equal-gain and maximal-ratio combining methods are analyzed and compared. Our results show that our multiple-rate MC/DS-CDMA system with the 2-D OVSF codes is more suitable for a non-fading additive white Gaussian noise channel or a Rician weak-fading channel. However, in a Rayleigh fading channel, the system performance gets worse because the orthogonality of the 2-D OVSF codes is destroyed by the strong fading effect.