Utilising path-coherence to combat multipath and multiuserinterference

A new anti-multipath multiuser detector called the path-coherence multiuser detector (PCMUD) is presented. The high coherence between multipath signals of the same user is utilised to cut down computation complexity, as well as realise multipath diversity. Theoretical analysis and computer simulation both show that the new detector can combat multipath interference and MAI effectively     

An equalization technique for orthogonal frequency-divisionmultiplexing systems in time-variant multipath channels

A loss of subchannel orthogonality due to time-variant multipath channels in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems leads to interchannel interference (ICI) which increases the error floor in proportion to the Doppler frequency. A simple frequency-domain equalization technique which can compensate for the effect of ICI in a multipath fading channel is proposed. In this technique, the equalization of the received OFDM signal is achieved by using the assumption that the channel impulse response (CIR) varies in a linear fashion during a block period and by compensating for the ICI terms that significantly affect the bit-error rate (BER) performance     

An adaptive multiuser receiver for CDMA systems

A new real-time, digital adaptive multiuser receiver structure is proposed for the uplink in a mobile communications system employing code division multiple access (CDMA). The receiver efficiently implements the decorrelating detector of Lupas and Verdu (1989) and can be adapted to incorporate decision feedback to further improve the detector performance. While the basic receiver design is presented for synchronous CDMA over AWGN channels, experimental evaluation of the receiver for the asynchronous case verifies its robustness for cases when the relative user delays are small compared to the symbol duration as in microcellular scenarios. An efficient decorrelating RAKE combiner for frequency-selective multipath channels is also proposed and analyzed. Performance evaluation of the detector via computer simulation scenarios is conducted in support of analytical results to substantiate its potential for real-time operation     

Asymptotic analysis of blind multiuser detection with blind channel estimation

The analytical performance of the subspace-based blind linear minimum mean-square error (MMSE) multiuser detection algorithm in general multipath multi-antenna code-division multiple-access (CDMA) systems is investigated. In blind multiuser detection, the linear MMSE detector of a given user is estimated from the received signals, based on the knowledge of only the spreading sequence of that user. Typically, the channel of that user must be estimated first, based on the orthogonality between the signal and noise subspaces. An asymptotic limit theorem for the estimate of the blind linear detector (when the received signal sample size is large) is obtained, based on which approximate expressions of the average output signal-to-inference plus noise ratios (SINRs) and bit error rates (BERs) for both binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) and quaternary phase-shift keying (QPSK) modulations are given. Corresponding results for group-blind multiuser detectors are also obtained. Examples are provided to demonstrate the excellent match between the theory developed in this paper and the simulation results.     

Receiver design for wavelet-based multicarrier CDMA communications

Wavelet packets have good properties such as orthogonality and multirate flexibility, and have resulted in a number of works for its applications to code-division multiple-access (CDMA) communications. In this paper we investigate the use of a special set of the wavelet packets, i.e., the waveforms formed from a full binary wavelet packet tree, in multicarrier CDMA systems. In the conventional multicarrier CDMA systems, a simple frequency-domain combining receiver is commonly used to achieve frequency diversity. To combat multipath channel effects, guard intervals are inserted between consecutive symbols. On the other hand, wavelet packets have the property of localization in both time and frequency domains. A novel receiver design utilizing this property to achieve both frequency and time diversity is proposed and evaluated in this paper. This receiver eliminates the need for guard intervals. Simulations are given to support the system and receiver design. This analysis can be extended to the more general wavelet packet basis waveform sets.     

基于最小均方误差准则的盲多用户检测新算法

码分多址信号在无线多径衰落信道条件下的盲多用户检测具有很大的理论和实际意义。该文提出了一种直接基于最小均方误差(MMSE)准则的盲多用户检测算法。为保证算法收敛到目标用户,提出了一种基于MMSE准则的新的线性约束方法。该方法能保证检测器收敛到最优MMSE解。此外,该文还设计了一种形式简单、快速收敛的迭代算法。对比现有的最小输出能量(MOE)算法,仿真结果表明本文算法具有较好的性能。     

Interference mitigation in uplink STBC MC-CDMA system based on PIC receiver

Multi Carrier Code Division Multiple Access (MC-CDMA) is attractive technique for high speed data transmission in multipath fading channel. MC-CDMA system cannot handle the sudden time variations of the channel which cause the subcarriers to lose their orthogonality. The loss of orthogonality between the subcarriers of a user or unwanted correlation between the spreading codes of different user can lead to increase in Multiple Access Interference (MAI). Space Time Block Code (STBC) based MC-CDMA system is chosen to achieve full diversity and transmission rate without the knowledge of Channel State Information (CSI) at the transmitter. Thus, in the paper STBC is introduced at the transmitter to improve the quality of the receiver. Space Time Block Code-Parallel Interference Cancellation (STBC-PIC) receiver has been proposed for MC-CDMA system. In the proposed STBC-PIC receiver, at each interference cancellation stage, weighted signal of the other user is subtracted from signal of the desired user, thereby reducing the MAI and improving the BER performance. From the simulation results, it is observed that the proposed receiver outperforms STBC-Orthogonal Complete Complementary Code (STBC-OCCC), STBC-Minimum Mean Square Error (STBC-MMSE) and STBC-Zero Forcing (STBC-ZF) receivers for MAI reduction.     

Jointly multi‐user detection and channel estimation with genetic algorithm

This work aims at proposing the use of the evolutionary computation methodology in order to jointly solve the multi‐user channel estimation (MuChE) and detection problems at its maximum‐likelihood, both related to the direct sequence code division multiple access (DS/CDMA). The effectiveness of the proposed heuristic approach is proven by comparing performance and complexity merit figures with that obtained by traditional methods found in literature. Simulation results considering genetic algorithm (GA) applied to multipath, DS/CDMA and MuChE and multi‐user detection (MuD) show that the proposed genetic algorithm multi‐user channel estimation (GAMuChE) yields a normalized mean square error estimation (nMSE) inferior to 11%, under slowly varying multipath fading channels, large range of Doppler frequencies and medium system load, it exhibits lower complexity when compared to both maximum likelihood multi‐user channel estimation (MLMuChE) and gradient descent method (GrdDsc). A near‐optimum multi‐user detector (MuD) based on the genetic algorithm (GAMuD), also proposed in this work, provides a significant reduction in the computational complexity when compared to the optimum multi‐user detector (OMuD). In addition, the complexity of the GAMuChE and GAMuD algorithms were (jointly) analyzed in terms of number of operations necessary to reach the convergence, and compared to other jointly MuChE and MuD strategies. The joint GAMuChE–GAMuD scheme can be regarded as a promising alternative for implementing third‐generation (3G) and fourth‐generation (4G) wireless systems in the near future. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A MC-CDMA system based on orthogonal filter banks of wavelet transforms and partial combining

Multi Carrier Code Division Multiple Access (MC-CDMA) is an appropriate modulation technique for high data rates. In this modulation scheme, employing of combining techniques are unavoidable for restoring orthogonality between different user signals. In this paper, the combining techniques of a MC-CDMA based on wavelet transform are studied. The partial combining of the wavelet based MC-CDMA system is suggested and its performance is compared with the maximum ratio combining (MRC), equal gain combining (EGC), orthogonality restoring combining (ORC) and the minimum mean square error (MMSE) techniques. Orthogonal filter banks of the wavelet transforms provide orthogonality between the wavelets and scaling functions, subcarriers and spreading sequences. Therefore, they provide new dimensions in combatting multipath fading, inter carrier interference (ICI) and narrowband interference in MC-CDMA systems. Furthermore, analysis of partial combining shows that coefficients of this technique can be computed in a simple manner. Simulations results indicate that the bit error rate (BER) performance of the proposed scheme is almost comparable with the MMSE combining scheme and the proposed system has a proper performance in terms of BER versus the signal to noise ratio (SNR) in frequency selective fading channels.     

Equivalent system model and equalization of differential impulse radio UWB systems

A discrete-time equivalent system model is derived for differential and transmitted reference (TR) ultra-wideband (UWB) impulse radio (IR) systems, operating under heavy intersymbol-interference (ISI) caused by multipath propagation. In the systems discussed, data is transmitted using differential modulation on a frame-level, i.e., among UWB pulses. Multiple pulses (frames) are used to convey a single bit. Time hopping and amplitude codes are applied for multi user communications, employing a receiver front-end that consists of a bank of pulse-pair correlators. It is shown that these UWB systems are accurately modeled by second-order discrete-time Volterra systems. This proposed nonlinear equivalent system model is the basis for developing optimal and suboptimal receivers for differential UWB communications systems under ISI. As an example, we describe a maximum likelihood sequence detector with decision feedback, to be applied at the output of the receiver front-end sampled at symbol rate, and an adaptive inverse modeling equalizer. Both methods significantly increase the robustness in presence of multipath interference at tractable complexity.     

基于并行干扰抵消的OFDM/OQAM系统中的信号检测方法

在多径衰落信道中,基于交错正交幅度调制的正交频分复用(OFDM with Offset QAM,OFDM/OQAM)系统使用迫零均衡器进行信号检测时,不能完全消除信道复数特性和滤波器实数正交特性引入的时域符号间干扰和频域子载波间干扰,及信道估计误差导致的误码率性能损失。该文利用对数据初始判决并重构相邻载波及符号间干扰的思想,通过分析采用迫零均衡信号检测时的残余干扰与信道估计误差干扰,提出了一种基于并行干扰抵消和迫零均衡器结合的OFDM/OQAM信号检测方法,并在IEEE 802.22技术标准的两种典型多径衰落信道中进行了计算机仿真与比较研究。仿真结果表明,与基于迫零均衡的检测方法相比,基于并行干扰抵消的迭代信号检测方法在误码率为1%时,可获得1 dB至2 dB的性能提升。     

Adaptive decorrelating detectors for CDMA systems

Multi-user detection allows for the efficient use of bandwidth in Code-Division Multiple-Access (CDMA) channels through mitigation of near-far effects and multiple-access noise limitations. Due to its inherent noise and multipath immunity, CDMA multi-access is being considered as a platform for personal communication systems (PCS). As CDMA based digital communication networks proliferate, the need to determine the presence of a new user and integrate knowledge of this new user into the detection scheme becomes more important. The decorrelating detector is a linear multi-user detector that is asymptotically optimal in terms of near far resistance; however, in the presence of a new unknown user, performance of the decorrelator is severely degraded. Adaptive decorrelators are constructed which adaptively augment an existing conventional decorrelator to demodulate a new active user in addition to existing users. Several likelihood ratio based schemes are employed. Both synchronous and asynchronous communication are investigated.This research was supported by the U.S. Army Research Office under Grant DAAH04-93-G-0219.     

Adaptive decorrelating detectors for CDMA systems

Multi-user detection allows for the efficient use of bandwidth in Code-Division Multiple-Access (CDMA) channels through mitigation of near-far effects and multiple-access noise limitations. Due to its inherent noise and multipath immunity, CDMA multi-access is being considered as a platform for personal communication systems (PCS). As CDMA based digital communication networks proliferate, the need to determine the presence of a new user and integrate knowledge of this new user into the detection scheme becomes more important. The decorrelating detector is a linear multi-user detector that is asymptotically optimal in terms of near far resistance; however, in the presence of a new unknown user, performance of the decorrelator is severely degraded. Adaptive decorrelators are constructed which adaptively augment an existing conventional decorrelator to demodulate a new active user in addition to existing users. Several likelihood ratio based schemes are employed. Both synchronous and asynchronous communication are investigated.This research was supported by the U.S. Army Research Office under Grant DAAH04-93-G-0219.     

基于相位补偿的非理想无线轨道角动量复用通信系统研究

电磁波轨道角动量各模态间满足严格正交性,为无线通信系统提供了一个新的复用维度。当前无线轨道角动量通信的研究仍集中于理想视距(LoS)场景,在实际通信场景中,多径效应和非对齐效应等非理想传输情况通常是无法避免的,这会使得无线轨道角动量多入多出(OAM-MIMO)通信系统的性能遭受较大损失。为提升非理想无线OAM-MIMO通信系统性能,该文建模了一种更加符合实际传输场景的毫米波OAM-MIMO 10射线信道模型;然后评估了多径效应和非对齐效应带来的性能损失问题;最后,提出了一种低复杂度的平均相位补偿与迭代功率分配(APC-IPA)联合优化方案来消除非对齐和多径效应造成的相位偏差,提升系统信道容量。仿真结果表明：在同时遭受非对齐和多径效应时,所提APC-IPA联合方案能够有效地提升系统信道容量。     

A novel transmitter design for GLSFBC–OFDM–CDMA communication systems

Relying on mutual orthogonality between subcarriers of different users in orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) systems and mutual orthogonality between spreading codes in code-division multiple-access (CDMA) systems, a novel transmitter design is proposed for group layered space–frequency block code (GLSFBC)–OFDM–CDMA communication systems over frequency-selective fading channels. The proposed method is based on a three-level design of user codes: the top level (based on OFDMA) deals with group interference and intersymbol interference (ISI), the middle level (based on space–frequency block coding) results in space–frequency diversity, and the lower level (based on CDMA) handles multiuser interference. The new approach only needs one receive antenna to distinguish multiple users and suppress group interference simultaneously, so the complexity of the receiver decreases remarkably. Simulation results confirm the validity of the proposed technique.     

Block modulus precoding for blind multiuser detection of DS-CDMA signals

We propose a blind multiuser detector based on a new data precoding technique for direct-sequence code-division multiple-access signals. The modulus of all users' data is block encoded, using a sequence that is unique for each user. This precoding method, together with the analytical constant modulus algorithm for detection, enables a closed-form, one-shot detection of the desired user's signal in a multipath channel using one or more antennas. The detection process does not involve or require a channel estimation step. The proposed detector is shown to be extremely near-far resistant, and can operate properly in the presence of severe carrier frequency offset.     

A Low-PAPR Differential Frequency Shift Orthogonal Keying Transceiver for Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum System over High Mobility Multipath Channels

A new differential transceiver with a frequency-shift orthogonal keying (FSOK) technique is proposed for the multi-carrier spread spectrum (MC-SS) system over high mobility multipath fading channels. The design of the transceiver involves the following stages. First, the data stream is mapped into MPSK-FSOK symbols and spreaded by the frequency-shift orthogonal sequences. Second, the differential block encoder is exploited to combat the mobile channels. The Chu sequence is adapted for initial differential encoding, making the post-IFFT transmit signals with a low peak-to-average power ratio. Next, for the receiver, the maximum ratio combining technique is used for the block-based differential frequency-domain equalizer, which can overcome the multipath fading channel effect without requiring channel estimation. Finally, an efficient maximum likelihood despreading and demapping scheme is used to detect the modulation symbols. Furthermore, the differential MC-SS transceiver can be easily re-configured for a MISO differential MC-SS system with high link quality. Simulation results show that, under high mobility multipath channels, the proposed SISO differential MC-SS system can outperform the conventional MC-SS system. The proposed MISO differential MC-SS system with space-time diversity gain and M-ary modulation gain also exhibits excellent performance.     

A robust channel estimator for DS-CDMA systems under multipath fading channels

This paper addresses the problem of channel estimation for direct-sequence code-division multiple-access (DS-CDMA) systems with time-varying multipath fading channels. The multipath fading channels are modeled as autoregressive (AR) models. A method is first proposed to convert the time-varying regression model due to the time-varying nature of users' information symbols into a time-invariant one. Then, a polynomial approach is proposed to obtain the minimum mean square error (MMSE) estimator. The uncertainty of the channel model and decision errors of the DS-CDMA detector are taken into consideration in the design of the MMSE estimator. Compared with the Kalman estimator, the computational complexity of the proposed algorithm is much lower. The simulation results show that the proposed estimator provides a comparable estimation performance with the Kalman estimator and is robust for fast-fading channels.     

Equalization for OFDM over doubly selective channels

In this paper, we propose a time-domain as well as a frequency-domain per-tone equalization for orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) over doubly selective channels. We consider the most general case, where the channel delay spread is larger than the cyclic prefix (CP), which results in interblock interference (IBI). IBI in conjunction with the Doppler effect destroys the orthogonality between subcarriers and, hence, results in severe intercarrier interference (ICI). In this paper, we propose a time-varying finite-impulse-response (TV-FIR) time-domain equalizer (TEQ) to restore the orthogonality between subcarriers, and hence to eliminate ICI/IBI. Due to the fact that the TEQ optimizes the performance over all subcarriers in a joint fashion, it has a poor performance. An optimal frequency-domain per-tone equalizer (PTEQ) is then obtained by transferring the TEQ operation to the frequency domain. Through computer simulations, we demonstrate the performance of the proposed equalization techniques.     

A novel modulation and demodulation technique for the downlink of spread spectrum multipath channels

In this letter, a novel method for modulation and demodulation of user information bit in spread spectrum code-division multiple-access (CDMA) systems is proposed. Synchronous CDMA poses intrinsic protection against co-channel interference due to orthogonal spreading codes used. However, in the presence of multipath, signals lose their orthogonality property, leading to an increased cross correlation. In this letter, we show that the performance of the system will be close to single user system if we assign two codes to each user and these two codes are used for modulation and demodulation. The well-known maximum length sequence codes are good candidates for the present modulation and demodulation technique. The limiting factor to the system capacity is the maximum number of codes and the capacity is half of that number.