基于恒模算法的天线阵多载波码分多址系统空频盲多用户检测

多载波码分多址(MC-CDMA)可以对抗频率选择性,天线阵可以提高系统的性能.本文首先提出一种基于恒模算法的天线阵MC-CDMA系统空频盲自适应多用户检测,该算法具有MN维权向量,结构相对复杂;进而提出一种空频联合约束恒模算法的盲自适应多用户检测,可以保证算法具有鲁棒性,收敛于期望用户,该算法具有M N权向量,结构简单.仿真表明,本文提出的算法比传统的基于波束成形的两步算法具有更好的误码率性能.     

Performance of a wireless MC-CDMA system with an antenna array in afading channel: reverse link

We propose a multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) system employing an antenna array at the base station, and analyze the performance of the MC-CDMA system in a fading channel. An optimal beamformer not requiring explicit direction of arrival estimation or training signals is derived for the MC-CDMA system in the reverse link, and is shown to reduce interferences from other users significantly, thus increasing the system's user capacity. Also, it is shown that the MC-CDMA approach can achieve better performance than the direct-sequence CDMA approach when both approaches employ the code filtering technique for the antenna array     

编码的多载波CDMA系统中Turbo时空多用户检测

联合MAP多用户检测和信道译码的迭代多用户检测技术可显著提高多载波CDMA系统的容量和性能,本文给出了结合智能天线和迭代MAP多用户检测的Turbo时空多用户检测算法,该方法进一步提高了系统的性能.Turbo时空多用户检测算法不仅极大减小了传统最优MAP多用户检测算法的运算量,而且,此算法性能在AWGN和频率选择性衰落信道中都能逼近单用户编码多载波CDMA系统多天线接收的性能.     

Oscillating-beam smart antenna arrays and multicarrier systems: achieving transmit diversity, frequency diversity, and directionality

We introduce a novel merger of smart antenna arrays and multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) systems. Here, each group of Q carriers in the MC-CDMA system is applied to its own M-element smart antenna at the base station (BS). The smart antennas are separated by a distance that ensures that signals generated by each smart antenna are independent. Applying proper time-varying phases to array elements of each smart antenna array, the beam pattern is carefully controlled to generate a mainlobe at the position of the intended user and small oscillations in the beam pattern. This beam-pattern oscillation creates a time-varying channel with a controllable coherence time and a time diversity benefit at the receiver. Employing MC-CDMA with the proposed antenna array at the BS, we achieve: 1) directionality, which supports space-division multiple access (SDMA); 2) a time diversity gain; 3) increased capacity and performance via MC-CDMA's ability to support both CDMA and frequency diversity benefits. Hence, merging MC-CDMA and BS antenna arrays in an innovative fashion, we achieve high performance at the mobile via joint frequency-time diversity, and high network capacity via joint space-code division multiple access.     

Performance of space-frequency combining at the antenna array of a MC-CDMA system

In this paper, a multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) system employing antenna array at base station with quaternary phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation is proposed. This receiver adopts a space-frequency two-dimensional (2-D) Rake receiver structure. Based on the detailed analysis of the interference characteristics of the proposed system, the bit error rate (BER) performance of the system is provided. With regard to spatial domain combining, the optimum and suboptimum combining weight is derived, while the suboptimum set of weights is simplified on sense of that only the knowledge of array vector of desired user alone is sufficient for the combining. Simulation results verify the analysis and show that better performance is achieved for the proposed antenna array MC-CDMA system than the corresponding single antenna approach.     

基于改进广义Steiner估计的MC-CDMA系统空时多用户检测

研究了频率选择性瑞利衰落信道中的同步MC-CDMA系统上行链路空时信道估计及多用户检测算法。考虑对应于子载波的衰落系数是信道冲激响应的离散傅里叶变换,通过在两个数据块之间插入训练序列(midamble)进行所有用户的联合信道估计。首先采用广义Steiner估计器(GSE)来进行阵列天线信道冲激响应的初始估计,然后提出一种简单有效的适用于均匀线阵的互相关波达方向(CCDOA)估计算法,用以改进阵列天线信道冲激响应的估计,从空间的角度降低了信道响应中的噪声。在估计出所有用户空时信道参数的基础上,构造最大比合并(MRC)、解相关检测和最小均方误差检测(MMSE)来进行信号检测。仿真结果表明基于互相关DOA估计的改进信道估计算法与广义Steiner估计器相比在系统性能上有显著的改善。     

Space-time turbo multiuser detection for coded MC-CDMA

The system capacity and performance of multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) communication systems can be significantly enhanced by jointly employing MAP-based multiuser detection (MUD) and channel decoding techniques. In this paper, a group-oriented soft iterative MUD based on the combination of smart antennas and iterative MAP-based MUD is presented. The proposed method is featured as a novel technique for further increasing the system capacity and performance. In this method, all the users are first grouped into several groups according to their impinging direction of arrivals (DOAs). All users with similar DOAs are classified into the same group and then low-complexity MAP-based iterative MUD is employed in each group. Because spatial filtering cannot suppress all the interference between the groups, interference cancellation among the groups is used prior to MUD within each group. It is shown that the proposed group-oriented soft iterative MUD algorithm can significantly reduce the computational complexity compared with the conventional optimal MAP-based MUD schemes. It is also demonstrated that the performance of the proposed algorithm can approach that of a single-user coded MC-CDMA system with an antenna array in additive white Gaussian noise and frequency selective fading channels.     

Merging multicarrier CDMA and oscillating-beam smart antenna arrays: exploiting directionality, transmit diversity, and frequency diversity

In this paper, a novel merger of multicarrier code-division multiple access (MC-CDMA) and smart antenna arrays is introduced. Here, a group of Q carriers in the MC-CDMA system is applied to its own M-element smart antenna array at the base station (BS). The smart antennas are located in close proximity to one another. We generate a transmit diversity gain at the receiver by carefully moving (oscillating) the antenna array's pattern. The pattern oscillation is achieved by applying appropriate time-varying phases to array elements of each smart antenna. The beam pattern oscillation ensures a mainlobe at the position of the intended user and small oscillations in the beam pattern. This beam pattern oscillation leads to a time-varying channel with a controllable coherence time; hence, a transmit diversity benefit, in the form of a time diversity benefit, is available at the receiver. Employing MC-CDMA with the proposed smart antenna at the BS, we achieve: 1) directionality which creates high network capacity via space-division multiple access; 2) a transmit diversity gain which supports high performance at the receiver in the mobile unit; and 3) increased capacity and performance via MC-CDMA's ability to support both CDMA and frequency diversity benefits, respectively.     

SPATIAL-FREQUENCY CHANNEL ANDDOA JOINT BLIND ESTIMATOR FORMC-CDMA SYSTEMS

The MC-CDMA (Multicarrier Code Division Multiple Access) technique is known to be appropriate for high-data-rate wireless communications due to its robustness to multipath fading and its capability of handling high data rates with a simple one-tap equalizer. This paper investigates a uniform linear antenna array at the base station for macroceH MC-CDMA systems in a frequency-selective fading channel environment, and develops a blind joint estimator for the spatial-frequency channel and the DOA (Direction-Of-Arrival). By constructing the matrix including both spatial-frequency channel and DOA information, and performing eigen decomposition on it, the closed-form solution of spatial-frequency channels and DOAs for all active users within the macrocell can be obtained. The overall performance using this novel scheme is demonstrated by extensive computer simulations.     

Performance of Multiband Complex-Wavelet-Based MC-CDMA System with Space-Time Coding over Nakagami-m Fading Channels

Space-time coding technique and Multi-carrier CDMA (MC-CDMA) technique have received much interest due to their high frequency spectrum efficiency and high data rate transmission. On the basis of analyzing the two technique principle, utilizing the optimized multiband complex wavelet as multi-carrier basis function, we propose an MC-CDMA system based on multiband complex wavelet and space-time coding for downlink and investigate the system bit error rate (BER) performance over Nakagami-m fading channel. The system has much higher spectrum efficiency and data rate due to no need any cyclic prefix (CP) when compared to the conventional MC-CDMA system. Moreover, the application of space-time coding technique improves the ability against fading channel effectively and perfects the downlink performance further. Simulation results show that the proposed multiband complex-wavelet-based MC-CDMA (MBCW-MC-CDMA) system performs better than conventional MC-CDMA system and real wavelet-packet-based MC-CDMA system due to its superior ability against interferences. Especially, the space-time coded MBCW-MC-CDMA system has superior performance, and it outperforms single antenna MBCW-MC-CDMA and conventional MC-CDMA with space-time coding.     

Reactance domain MUSIC algorithm for electronically steerable parasitic array radiator

Conventional adaptive array antenna processing must observe signals on all of the array antenna elements. However, because the low-cost electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna has only a single-port output, none of the signals on the antenna's parasitic elements can be observed. A direct application of most of the algorithms for the conventional adaptive array antenna is impractical. In this paper, A technique of estimation of direction-of-arrivals (DoAs) is proposed for the ESPAR antenna. This technique is based on the modified MUltiple SIgnal Classification (MUSIC) algorithm. The correlation matrix used in the MUSIC algorithm is estimated from the signal received through the single-port output of the ESPAR antenna as it switches over a set of antenna patterns. Simulation results show that DoAs can be estimated by the reactance domain MUSIC algorithm for ESPAR antennas. Furthermore, the statistical performance on estimation error variance of the reactance domain MUSIC estimator is analyzed and compared with the Crame/spl acute/r-Rao lower bound. Analytic and empirical results show that high-resolution DoAs estimation can be achieved by using the reactance domain MUSIC algorithm for ESPAR antennas.     

一种基于LMS算法的天线阵通道失配校正技术及VLSI实现

天线阵各通道之间的通道失配（幅相特性不一致）会严重影响阵列信号处理的性能[1,2],为此在进行阵列信号处理前必须对各通道的幅相特性进行均衡.本文针对天线阵通道之间与频率无关的恒定通道失配问题,提出了一种基于LMS好地校正与频率无关的通道失配.本算法的易于工程实现的通道校正技术.计算机仿真结果表明,采用这种技术可以很文最后还给出了该算法在VLSI（超大规模集成电路）平台上的实现结构.     

Novel LSCM beam-forming algorithm in smart antenna MC-CDMA system

A novel Least Squares Constant Modulus （LSCM） beam-forming algorithm in smart antenna Multi-Carrier Code Division Multiple Access （MC-CDMA） system is proposed in this paper. It adaptively beam-forms the multi-carrier antenna array signal using the LSCM Algorithm （LSCMA）, and in the meantime, the beam-formed signals on every sub-carrier are combined by using Orthogonal Restore Combination （ORC）, Equal Gain Combination （EGC） or Maximum Ratio Combination （MRC）. Then the decision of the combined signals and the spread-code of the expected user are used to re-construct the signals on every sub-carrier. At last, the difference between the re-constructed signal and the output signal of the beam-former is used to control the coefficients of the beam-former. The bit error probability of the proposed algorithm is analyzed. We simulated and compared it with the conventional LSCM beam-forming algorithm. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm is superior to the latter in Bit Error Rate （BER）.     

Pattern synthesis of the offset reflector antenna system with lesscomplicated phased array feed

The performance degradation of an offset reflector antenna with off-axis scanning feed and distorted reflector surface can be improved by using a phased array feed. Generally, both analog attenuators and phase shifters are used in phased array feed. Yet, it seems to make the feed system very complicated. In this paper, a phase-only gradient search (POGS) algorithm is developed to optimize the performance of offset reflector antenna systems using phased array feed that is equipped with phase shifters only. This technique not only can greatly simplify the complexity of phased array feed, but also can provide the reflector antenna with better antenna gain and sidelobe level control capability. Simulation and experimental results are presented to illustrate the excellent performance of offset reflector, with limited beam scanning capability, can be obtained by using this less complicated phased array feed     

通道不一致性对GPS天线自适应算法的影响

GPS信号到达地面终端时通常非常微弱,极易受到传输环境和去其他信号的干扰。功率反演(Power-Inversion)算法应用于GPS自适应天线阵可以很好地抑制干扰信号,但由于阵列天线通道存在幅相不一致,这会对自适应抗干扰算法产生很大影响。通过对自适应天线阵列及通道不一致性进行建模,经过理论分析和计算机仿真,以QRD-SMI算法为例,验证了自适应算法在一定条件下能够克服天线通道不一致,从而有效地抑制干扰信号,所得结论有利于指导工程应用。     

基于遗传优化的天线阵元LMS改进算法

最小均方（LMS）算法是自适应阵列天线中得以广泛应用的阵列天线加权算法。提出了一种基于遗传优化的LMS改进算法,该基于遗传优化的最小均方（GA—LMS）算法充分结合了遗传算法的并行处理和全局搜索的优点。实验结果表明,与传统的LMS算法相比,GA—LMS算法具有良好的收敛性能,并可更好地抑制干扰信号,有效改善自适应阵列天...     

S模式交叠信号的PA分离算法性能分析

为了提升高密度信号背景下对S模式应答的接收能力,投影算法(PA)在阵列接收的基础上采用投影技术分离S模式交叠信号,因其具有良好的稳定性和实用性而成为经典的信号分离方法。首先,分析了PA算法针对的问题在各种空中流量密度下的发生概率;其次,在PA算法的基础上推导了交叠信源数检测与信号到达方向的关系,进一步分析了信号到达角(DOA)与噪声增益之间的关系,并说明了信号DOA对分离后的信号解码的影响;最后,以均匀线阵(ULA)为例仿真说明了信号DOA对信源数检测、噪声增益的影响。结果表明,对于两个S模式交叠的情况,PA算法在六阵元ULA下可以达到80%以上的检测成功率,并有较好的分离效果。     

Novel Directional Radiation Pattern by Genetic Algorithms in Indoor Wireless Local Loop

The genetic algorithm is used to synthesize the radiation pattern of the directional circular arc array to minimize the bit error rate (BER) performance in indoor wireless communication system. The impulse responses of the indoor channel for any transmitter-receiver location are computed by shooting and bouncing ray/image techniques. By using the impulse response of multipath channel, the performance of the synthesized antenna pattern on BPSK (binary phase shift keying) system with phase and timing recovery circuits can be calculated. Based on the topography of the antenna and the BER formula, the synthesis problem can be reformulated into an optimization problem and solved by the genetic algorithm. The novelty of our approach is choosing BER as the object function instead of sidelobe level of the antenna pattern, i.e., BER performance is defined as a object function to optimize the excitation coefficient of array by the genetic algorithm. The strong point of the genetic algorithm is that it can find out the solution even if the performance index cannot be formulated by simple equations. Besides, the genetic algorithm will converge to global extreme instead of local extreme and achieves a good antenna pattern. Numerical results show that the synthesized antenna pattern is effective to combat the multipath fading and can increase the transmission rate of indoor millimeter wave system.     

Wideband smart antenna theory using rectangular array structures

Smart antenna techniques at the base station can dramatically improve the performance of the mobile radio system by employing spatial filtering. The design of a fully spatial signal processor using rectangular array configuration is proposed. Two-dimensional (2-D) spatial filters that can be implemented by microstrip technology are capable of filtering the received signal in the angular domain as well as the frequency domain. Furthermore, it has wideband properties and, hence, eliminates the requirement of different antenna spacing for applications including various carrier frequencies. The desired frequency selectivity of the smart antenna can be combined with compensation of the undesired frequency performance of a single antenna element, and the result is quite satisfactory for practical implementation. In addition, if the elements of the array are not perfectly omnidirectional or frequency independent, we can compensate for these deficiencies in the design algorithm. Two different algorithms for calculating the real-valued weights of the antenna elements are proposed. The first algorithm is more complex but leads to sharper beams and controlled performance. The second method is simpler but has wider beam and lower fractional bandwidth. Some computer simulation results demonstrating the directional beam patterns of the designed beamformers are also presented.     

一种联合修正的稳健Capon波束形成算法

指出了水平定向天线阵波束形成的主要难点,没有固定相位中心和受交叉极化来波的影响。阵列受随机性误差使得导向矢量存在较大失配,从而导致传统Capon算法性能下降甚至失效。在阵列误差模型下,给出了基于协方差矩阵与导向矢量联合修正的稳健Capon波束形成算法。该算法首先基于收缩得到一个增强的协方差矩阵,然后通过最大化Capon输出功率实现对导向矢量的修正,同时增加二次型约束防止修正的导向矢量接近于干扰导向矢量上。该算法可转化为二次约束二阶规划问题,并通过凸优化进行求解。仿真结果表明,该算法对天线阵模型中误差矩阵具有一定的稳健性,且较其他稳健算法具有较好的性能。