Space–Time Turbo Equalization With Successive Interference Cancellation for Frequency-Selective MIMO Channels

This paper addresses the issue of iterative space–time equalization for multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) frequency-selective fading channels. A new soft equalization concept based on successive interference cancellation (SIC) is introduced for a space–time bit-interleaved coded modulation (STBICM) transmission. The proposed equalizer allows us to separate intersymbol interference (ISI) and multiantenna interference (MAI) functions. Soft ISI is successively suppressed using a low-complexity suboptimum minimum mean square error (MMSE) criterion. The decoupling of ISI and MAI offers more flexibility in the design of the whole space–time equalizer. Different multiantenna detection criteria can be considered, ranging from simple detectors to the optimal maximum a posteriori (MAP) criterion. In particular, we introduce two soft equalizers, which are called SIC/SIC and SIC/MAP, and we show that they can provide a good performance-to-complexity tradeoff for many system configurations, as compared with other turbo equalization schemes. This paper also introduces an MMSE-based iterative channel state information (CSI) estimation algorithm and shows that attractive performance can be achieved when the proposed soft SIC space–time equalizer iterates with the MMSE-based CSI estimator.      

稀疏多径信道中单载波频域均衡系统的联合干扰抵消和均衡

针对大时延稀疏多径信道条件下的单载波频域均衡系统(SC-FDE),本文提出了一种新的迭代均衡结构,记为IC-FDE-DFE。IC-FDE-DFE可以缩短频域均衡所需的循环前缀(CP)的长度,提高稀疏多径信道下SC-FDE系统的带宽效率和功率效率。与单纯的时频域混合判决反馈均衡器(H-DFE)相比,IC-FDE-DFE能够充分利用信道的‘稀疏’特性,其中的均衡器具有较低的运算复杂度和设计复杂度。仿真结果表明,IC-FDE-DFE能够在迭代过程中逐渐抵消大时延多径的影响,逼近H-DFE的理想性能。     

双选择性信道条件下OFDM系统的频域Turbo均衡

未来OFDM系统将工作在高载频、高容量、高移动速率的条件下,传统的单抽头频域均衡器将不再适用。该文基于双选择性信道的ICI分析,提出了一种用于OFDM系统的频域Turbo均衡(Frequency-domain Turbo Equalization, FTE)算法。仿真表明该算法具有BER性能好,计算复杂度低的优点,能够很好地抑制ICI。     

Frequency-Domain Turbo Equalization and Multiuser Detection for DS-UWB Systems

One of the major challenges in direct sequence-ultra wideband (DS-UWB) receiver design is intersymbol interference (ISI). Several equalization schemes to eliminate ISI in DS-UWB systems have been proposed in the literature. It was shown that frequency-domain (FD) equalization techniques can offer better trade off between performance and complexity compared to timedomain equalization schemes for DS-UWB systems on highly dispersive channels. In this paper, we derive low-complexity FD minimum mean square error turbo equalization schemes for single-user binary phase shift keying (BPSK) and quaternary bi-orthogonal keying (4BOK) DS-UWB systems. For multiuser DS-UWB systems, we combine FD turbo equalization schemes with soft interference cancelation to obtain multiuser FD turbo detectors. The bit error rate performance gain due to turbo detection is shown to be significant, particularly for multiuser DS-UWB systems.     

频选衰落MIMO信道的Turbo均衡

针对Turbo编码频选慢衰落MIMO信道,提出基于滑窗式概率数据辅助(Probabilistic Data Association)的软输出判决反馈均衡和软输入软输出Turbo信道解码器间迭代处理的Turbo均衡算法。充分利用已获得的信息,实现信道均衡与信道解码的迭代更新,克服传统判决反馈均衡器误差传播的缺陷。仿真表明,该系统经3次迭代就可获得较为满意的符号间干扰消除效果。     

双选择信道下OFDM系统中一种基于新Kalman滤波估计的Turbo均衡

在OFDM系统中,信道的快速时变性破坏了子载波间的正交性,从而导致子载波间干扰(ICI),降低了系统性能。该文针对双选择信道的时变特性,提出了一种新的Kalman滤波信道估计算法,将其应用于过采样的复指数基扩展模型(OCE-BEM),从而将一个OFDM符号周期内信道参数时变的问题转化为参数时不变问题,同时,将这种新的Kalman滤波器与基于ICI抑制的低复杂度LMMSE Turbo均衡器相结合,并辅以循环冗余码校验(CRC)控制算法迭代次数,从而不需要更多的导频符号,在保证算法性能的基础上,减小算法的计算时延和复杂度。理论分析和仿真结果表明,该文给出的方法在双选择信道下能够有效地跟踪信道变化并抑制ICI影响。     

MMSE Equalization of Interference on Fading Diversity Channels

Adaptive equalization is used in digital transmission systems with parallel fading channels. The equalization combines the diversity channels and reduces intersymbol interference due to multipath returns. When interference is present and correlated from channel to channel, the equalizer can also reduce its effect on the quality of information transfer, important applications for interference cancellation occur in diversity troposcatter systems in the presence of jamming, diversity high frequency (HF) systems which must cope with interfering skywaves, and space diversity line-of-sight (LOS) radio systems where adjacent channel interference is a problem. In this paper we develop the general formulation for minimum mean square error (MMSE) equalization of interference in digital transmission diversity systems. The problem formulation includes the use of available receiver decisions to assist in MMSE processing. The effects of intersymhol interference are included in the analysis through a critical approximation which assumes sufficient processor capability to reduce ISI effects to levels small enough for satisfactory communication. The analysis also develops he concept of additional implicit or intrinsic diversity which results from channel multipath dispersion. It shows how the MMSE processor sacrifices diversity to suppress interference even when the interference arrives in the main beams of the receiver antenna patterns. The condition of near synchronous same-path interference is also addressed. Because the spatial angle of arrival of the interference may result in delay differences between interference signals in different antenna channels, interference delay compensation may be required. We show that this effect is compensated for with a small number of appropriately spaced equalizer taps.     

Iterative Multiuser Detection for Single-Carrier Modulation with Frequency-Domain Equalization

In this letter, we propose a new multiuser detection scheme for single-carrier modulation with frequency-domain equalization (SC-FDE). We first present mathematical formulations of multiuser detection for the SC-FDE system with user- specific interleaving. The proposed structure employs spreader and different interleaver for each user at the transmitter, and re moves multiuser interference with an iterative detection method in the frequency domain at the receiver. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme outperforms the interleave- division multiple-access (IDMA) scheme in the block error rate even for severely frequency-selective channel, while providing considerably lower computational complexity.     

时频双选信道OFDM系统的ICI消除与均衡

在正交频分复用（OFDM）系统中,因高速移动造成的多普勒效应导致子载波间正交性的破坏并产生载波间干扰（ICI）。为了消除ICI,本文通过分析ICI分布特性及带状矩阵特性,提出了低复杂度的迭代干扰抵消算法和基于最小均方误差准则的排序串行干扰抵消(MMSE-OSIC)算法。仿真结果表明,与传统子载波间干扰频域均衡算法相比,新算法在计算复杂度和性能之间取得了良好的平衡,且MMSE-OSIC算法可以利用时变信道的时间分集特性在高信噪比情况下有效地消除“地板效应”。      

OFDM系统中基于软干扰抵消的Turbo均衡算法研究

针对OFDM系统中子载波间干扰带来的性能恶化问题,在最优Turbo均衡的基础上,提出了基于软干扰对消技术的MAP均衡算法。Turbo均衡部分首先利用先验信息进行干扰抵消,然后通过干扰抵消输出结果计算编码比特后验概率;同时对信道矩阵进行带状近似,提出简化算法,运算复杂度进一步降低。通过仿真分析表明,相比于传统turbo均衡算法,该算法在工程应用中更具有可行性。     

Successive Interference Cancellation and Alignment in K-User MIMO Interference Channels with Partial Unidirectional Strong Interference

Recently cellular networks have been densely and heterogeneously deployed indoors and outdoors to expand the network capacity,and thus the in-building propagation loss and the transmit power diversity of access points will exacerbate link heterogeneity and result in partial unidirectional strong interference.To make full use of the strong interference feature,we propose the successive interference cancellation and alignment(SICA)scheme in the K-user interference channel with partial unidirectional strong interference.SICA is designed to transmit two kinds of data streams simultaneously,the alignment streams and superposition streams.The alignment streams will follow the interference alignment criterion to maintain the optimal degrees of freedom(DoF)performance;the superposition streams are handled via successive interference cancellation at all the strongly interfered receivers to improve the overall achievable rate.The joint transceiver designs for SICA is modeled as a weighted sum rate(WSR)maximization problem,and then can be alternately solved for a local optimum according to the optimality equivalence between WSR and its corresponding weighted mean square error(WMMSE)problem.Simulation results have confirmed the sum rate improvement and DoF optimality of the proposed SICA scheme.     

瑞利衰落信道下的Turbo均衡

Turbo均衡是一种将Turbo原理和均衡技术结合起来的技术。他通过反复均衡和信道译码来提高接收机性能。针时瑞利衰落信道，采用基于线性滤波器的软输入／软输出均衡器来消除码间干扰，其系数由最小均方误差准则确定。译码器采用最大后验概率算法时卷积码译码。考虑到瑞利衰落信道为随机信道，用非相干检测时信道进行估计。接收机通过联合均衡和译码以充分利用已经获得的信息，实现信道估计及信道均衡与信道译码的迭代更新。仿真结果表明其性能不仅远远优于非迭代系统．而且在信噪比高于4dB时几乎可以完全消除符号间干扰的影响，与MAPSE相比其复杂度大大降低。     

多用户检测的串行干扰抵消器算法

CDMA由于其独特的性能成为第三代移动通信中标准多址方式,传统的CDMA信号解调方法是求信号与本用户PN码的相关运算,而此时其它用户的CDMA信号就成为干扰信号.本文提出了一种串行干扰相减式抵消器法,实验表明,这种方法在对功率不相等的多用户进行信号检测时性能优于传统方法.     

CDMA系统中的多用户干扰抵消

本文介绍在多步检测结构中把干扰对消和利用天线阵的自适应MMSE检测器［1］结合起来,并介绍一种新的基于信号子空间估计的检测器。使用这种新的检测器可以使当子空间的维数减少时,干扰就从接收到的信号中抵消,并用正交投影子空间跟踪估计（OPAST）［2］来自适应的估计检测器和空间特征。与MMSE检测器相比,这种检测器在性能上更优。     

Successive Interference Cancelers for Multimedia Multicode DS-CDMA Systems Over Frequency-Selective Fading Channels

Noncoherent and coherent multicode direct-sequence code-division multiple access (DS-CDMA) systems with successive interference cancellation (SIC) for multimedia reverse links over frequency-selective fading channels are studied. Followed by a RAKE receiver, the SIC scheme is applied for combating the multiple access interference. The bit error rate (BER) using the SIC technique over Nakagami-m fading channels is derived. Simulation results show that the multicode DS-CDMA system with SIC has demonstrated better performance than that without SIC under the multipath fading environment, while their corresponding numerical results from performance analyses are also provided for verifications. Furthermore, the coherent receiver could achieve a more satisfactory BER than the noncoherent counterpart at the expense of synchronization.     

Adaptive Frequency-Domain Equalization with Narrowband Interference Suppression

Frequency-domain equalization (FDE) is an effective technique that exhibits the property of relatively low complexity which grows with increasing the number of symbols of dispersion in multipath propagation environments for broadband wireless communications compared with the conventional time-domain equalization. However, in practical broadband wireless communications, there exists not only multipath but also narrowband interference (NBI). The conventional FDE methods do not consider NBI and their performance degrades obviously in such case. In this paper, we propose a new optimization criterion which can effectively suppress NBI to obtain the maximum decision signal-to-noise ratio. The proposed scheme employs a conventional adaptive algorithm such as least-mean-square or recursive-least-square and operates in the spatial-frequency domain, which is concerned with the use of FDE and space diversity within block transmission schemes jointly. The simulation results show that the proposed schemes have better error-rate performance with low complexity and can be used even in the presence of strong NBI, compared to other existing adaptive FDE algorithms.     

Cyclostationarity-Based Frequency Synchronization for OFDM Systems Over Doubly-Selective Fading Channels

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems are highly sensitive to carrier frequency offset (CFO), especially in doubly-selective fading environment. Cyclostationarity-based blind synchronization methods are appealing in high-data-rate applications and low signal-to-noise regions. However, the cyclostationarity has not been exploited for frequency synchronization of OFDM systems under doubly-selective fading channels. In this paper, we derive the close-form second order cyclic statistics of the received OFDM signal in presence of CFO, by modeling the doubly-selective fading channel with basis expansion model. Both transmitter-induced cyclostationarity and doubly-selective channel information are contained in the derived cyclic moments, and they are efficiently utilized for CFO estimation. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed estimator provides significant improvements on frequency synchronization performance.     

Parameter Optimization for OFDM Systems in Doubly-Selective Fading Channels with Line-of-Sight Components

In wireless communications, the channel can often be modelled as a time-selective frequency-selective fading channel with line-of-sight (LOS) component. Although orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems are developed to cope with the frequency selectivity of the channel, they will suffer from interference caused by the time-varying character of the channel, present in particular in the LOS component, when the number of carriers increases. A proper selection of the system parameters, such as the number of carriers and the length of the cyclic prefix, can alleviate the effect of the doubly-selective channel on the system performance. In this paper, we investigate analytically the effect of the aforementioned system parameters on the performance, and determine the optimum values of the system parameters. Further, we study the effect of deviations from the optimum parameters on the system performance     

Interference Cancellation in CDMA Systems Employing Complementary Codes Under Rician Fading Channels

The ideal correlation properties of single user code division multiple access (CDMA) systems with complementary codes (CC) are lost by multiple access interference and near–far effects in downlink frequency selective fading channels. This severity in interference has motivated to develop ways to overcome the threats with suitable suboptimal interference cancellation schemes. In this paper, we propose successive interference cancellation (SIC) for downlink CDMA systems with CC to improve the system capacity and reduce error rate under near–far situations. Theoretical study and extensive simulations were conducted to verify the effectiveness of proposed SIC under frequency selective Rician fading channels in achieving frequency diversity gain, close to theoretical lower bound in complementary coded CDMA (CC-CDMA) systems.     

Joint Turbo Equalization and Multiuser Detection of MC-CDMA Signals With Low Envelope Fluctuations

In this paper, we consider the uplink transmission in multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) systems. As other multicarrier signals, MC-CDMA signals have high envelope fluctuations and a high peak-to-mean envelope power ratio (PMEPR), which leads to amplification difficulties. This is particularly important for the uplink transmission, since an efficient low-cost power amplification is desirable at the mobile terminals (MTs). Moreover, the transmission over time-dispersive channels destroys the orthogonality between spreading codes, which might lead to significant multiple-access interference levels. To reduce the envelope fluctuations of the transmitted signals, while maintaining the spectral efficiency, the MC-CDMA signal associated to each MT is submitted to a clipping device, followed by a frequency-domain filtering operation. However, the nonlinear distortion effects can be high when an MC-CDMA transmitter with reduced envelope fluctuations is intended (e.g., a small clipping level and/or when successive clipping and filtering operations are employed). In this paper, we define an iterative receiver that jointly performs a turbo multiuser detection and the estimation and cancellation of the nonlinear distortion effects. Our performance results show that the proposed receiver structure allows good performances, very close to the linear receiver ones, even for high system load and/or when a PMEPR as low as 1.7 dB is intended for each MT.