Adaptive parameter estimation using parallel Kalman filtering forspread spectrum code and Doppler tracking

We present a new digital direct-sequence (DS) receiver with joint estimation of code delay, multipath gains and Doppler shift. A parameter estimator consisting of a parallel bank of extended Kalman filters (EKF's) extracts estimates of the timing, τ and the multipath coefficients, f_l distorting the received signal. A “detected” estimate of the Doppler shift, v_r distorting the received signal is also provided by the estimator. We compute the bit error rate that results when a RAKE matched filter uses the estimated parameters to detect the DPSK encoded binary data in the received signal. The bit-error rate (BER) is evaluated, and successful performance of the proposed receiver in the presence of Doppler shift distortion is observed in many cases. We demonstrate that the receiver can operate when the multipath coefficients vary in time (Doppler spread)     

New antimultipath technique for spread spectrum receivers

The adaptive RAKE filter can be used in spread spectrum systems to combine the separate signal energies received due to multipath propagation effects. However, shorter length coding schemes are often subject to significant autocorrelation sidelobes, which when incorporated into the RAKE scheme cause further interference. A new approach to combining these signal energies is made possible using the adaptive multipath cancellation receiver and the improved RAKE filter is shown to avoid the sidelobe interference experienced with nonideal autocorrelation functions.<>     

RAKE reception with unequal power path signals

This letter analytically determines the effects of selective diversity on the performance of a RAKE receiver in dense multipath channels featuring an arbitrary power delay profile. The approach devised permits assessing the symbol-error probability of the RAKE receiver with simple computations, and determining the influence on system behavior of different power delay profiles and number of resolved paths, as well as signal bandwidth.     

An Efficient Multipath Detection Scheme for CDMA Systems

In conventional CDMA receivers, the detection of multipath components and RAKE finger management is normally based on the received signal energy per path. These schemes essentially overlook the interference component contaminating the total received power. Consequently, they exhibit poor multipath detection capability especially at low signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR). In this paper, we present a new scheme for multipath detection that takes into consideration the interference level in each resolved path individually. Specifically, the proposed scheme is devised to estimate and cancel the interference per path before detection. To account for the hardware limitations of the receiver, we propose a low complexity version of the above scheme which can be easily incorporated into the receiver structure. Our results show that the proposed scheme provides significant improvements in the detection probability of multipath components over the energy-based schemes.     

Impact of spreading bandwidth on RAKE reception in dense multipathchannels

Spread spectrum (SS) multiple access techniques have been proposed for third generation broadband wireless access. We develop an analytical framework to quantify the effects of spreading bandwidth on SS systems operating in dense multipath environments in terms of the receiver performance, receiver complexity, and multipath channel parameters. In particular, we consider wide-sense stationary uncorrelated scattering (WSSUS) Gaussian channels with frequency-selective fading. The focus of the paper is to characterize the combined signal of the RAKE receiver fingers tracking the strongest multipath components. Closed form expressions for the mean and the variance of the total RAKE receiver output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) are derived in terms of the number of RAKE fingers, spreading bandwidth, and multipath spread of the channel. The proposed problem is made analytically tractable by transforming the physical RAKE paths into the virtual path domain. A representative result indicates that for SS systems with 5 MHz signal bandwidth operating in a channel with constant power delay profile having 5 μs spread, the average SNR gain from increasing the number of RAKE fingers from one to three is 3.8 dB and from three to five is 1.5 dB. Furthermore, the reduction in the variation of SNR is 1.1 dB and 0.4 dB for the same increments in the number of fingers     

Performance of RAKE reception in dense multipath channels:implications of spreading bandwidth and selection diversity order

We develop an analytical framework to quantify the effects of the spreading bandwidth (BW) on spread spectrum systems operating in dense multipath environments in terms of the receiver performance, the receiver complexity, and the multipath channel parameters. The focus of the paper is to characterize the symbol error probability (SEP) performance of a RAKE receiver tracking the L strongest multipath components in wide-sense stationary uncorrelated scattering (WSSUS) Gaussian channels with frequency-selective fading. Analytical SEP expressions of the RAKE receiver are derived in terms of the number of combined paths, the spreading BW and the multipath spread of the channel. The proposed problem is made analytically tractable by transforming the physical RAKE paths, which are correlated and ordered, into the domain of a “virtual RAKE” receiver with independent virtual paths. This results in a simple derivation of the SEP for a given spreading BW and an arbitrary number of combined paths     

Performance of a Multicarrier CDMA System with Rayleigh Fading Multipath Channels

This paper examines the performance of a multicarrier CDMA system in a Rayleigh fading channel without a RAKE receiver. Since the multicarrier technique is a diversity reception technique used in the frequency domain, the signal is transmitted at different frequency bands and undergoes different fading. The superimposed signal of the multipath components after going through the mobile channel will be processed by an Fourier Transform to enter the frequency domain, where the time delays in various paths are converted to the phase shifts in the compound signal. In this paper, we use sounding bits to extract the characteristics of the mobile channel and to partly remove the multipath effect. From the simulation, it is found that the multicarrier technique is simpler than the technique used in the single carrier system with a RAKE receiver while producing a better performance than that of the RAKE receiver.     

A RAKE receiver design for WCDMA FDD uplink with an RLS-based adaptive beamforming scheme

In this paper, we present a RAKE receiver design with adaptive antenna arrays for the wide-band code-division multiple-access (WCDMA) frequency-division duplexing (FDD) uplink. The RLS-based adaptive beamforming scheme is proposed and can be built with the existing one-dimensional RAKE receiver. We adaptively calculate the beamforming weight vector for each multipath of the desired user, and use maximum ratio combining (MRC) to combine each multipath signal in the demodulation process. Two matched filters based on the spreading waveforms are designed in our scheme for WCDMA FDD uplink application. The proposed scheme has the ability of suppressing strong multiuser access interference and the other types of interferers through spatial ing. The tracking capability of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated in the simulation results.     

RAKE接收机中功率测量滤波器的设计

本文分析了多径衰落信道的相关特性，计算了利用RAKE接收机实时测量信号功卓的误差。结果表明，采用RAKE接收机进行测量可以显著提高测量的准确性．同时，研究了各种因素对测量滤波器性能的影响。     

采用多径干扰抵消的RAKE接收机

针对多径衰落信道,该文提出了一种基于导频的串行多径干扰抵消技术(SMPIC)和相应的RAKE接收结构,进行了理论分析和计算机仿真,并与常规的RAKE接收进行了比较,结果表明,采用此技术可改善 RAKE接收性能,且结构简单、易于实现。     

Pilot-added signal detection algorithm and application in OCC-CDMA systems under multipath interference

A RAKE receiver is found not useful in an OCC-CDMA system based on orthogonal complementary codes, and thus other alternatives have to be found to replace RAKE for signal detection in multipath channels. Thus, a pilot-aided detection scheme is introduced, particularly for its application in an OCC-CDMA system. Simulation results show that the scheme works well for an OCC-CDMA system under multipath interference.     

On the optimum linear receiver for impulse radio systems in the presence of pulse overlapping

In impulse radio ultra-wideband systems, multipath delay may cause received pulses to overlap with each other. Pulse overlapping causes inter-pulse interference (IPI) which may, especially in dense multipath environments, severely limit the system performance. In this letter, we build a mathematical model with pulse overlapping considered and derive an optimum minimum mean-square error (MMSE) receiver. A simpler RAKE receiver is to take samples for each received pulse and perform maximal ratio combining (MRC) by ignoring the IPI. We then show, by an analytical approach, that the optimum linear MMSE receiver performs exactly the same as the simpler MRC receiver.     

A Blind RAKE Receiver With Robust Multiuser Interference Cancelation for DS/CDMA Communications

In this paper, a blind RAKE receiver with robust multiuser access interference cancellation is presented for frequency-selective Rayleigh fading channels. In contrast to a conventional receiver, here, only knowledge of the spreading code and rough timing of the desired user is required. By investigating the code space of the multipath signals and the data vector space, a RAKE filtering vector is developed to extract the desired data from all the paths of the desired user. Our proposed technique not only exploits the characteristics of multipath propagation but also the characteristics of timing offsets that may occur in the receiver, to facilitate the application of a blind linear filter-optimization technique for robust interference suppression. Based on the RAKE filtering vector, interference rejection is implemented by using the auxiliary-vector (AV) technique. Our approach, however, effectively overcomes the sensitivity of the original AV method to multipath propagation and timing offsets. To mitigate the signal cancellation at relatively high signal-to-interference and noise ratios (SINR) resulting from the estimation errors of the RAKE filtering vector, robust strategies are introduced in addition to the linear filter optimization. Simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed techniques.     

A research of UWB rake receiver based on novel RLS adaptive algorithm

A modified RAKE receiver based on novel Recursive Least Squares （RLS） adaptive algorithm is proposed. The receiver uses L-fingered correlators, which are composed of RLS adaptive filters, to enhance the performance of multipath receiving. It can also track the amplitude of the received signal to form a real-time amplitude estimation which is correlated with the power of excess delay bin. The simulation results based on the IEEE UltraWide Band （UWB） channel models （CMI to CM4） show that the novel RLS algorithm can alter the attenuation estimation with the finger＇s power delay profile, and RAKE receiver with few fingers can be employed to get high performance.     

Characterization of ultra-wide bandwidth wireless indoor channels: a communication-theoretic view

An ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) signal propagation experiment is performed in a typical modern laboratory/office building. The bandwidth of the signal used in this experiment is in excess of 1 GHz, which results in a differential path delay resolution of less than a nanosecond, without special processing. Based on the experimental results, a characterization of the propagation channel from a communications theoretic view point is described, and its implications for the design of a UWB radio receiver are presented. Robustness of the UWB signal to multipath fading is quantified through histograms and cumulative distributions. The all RAKE (ARAKE) receiver and maximum-energy-capture selective RAKE (SRAKE) receiver are introduced. The ARAKE receiver serves as the best case (bench mark) for RAKE receiver design and lower bounds the performance degradation caused by multipath. Multipath components of measured waveforms are detected using a maximum-likelihood detector. Energy capture as a function of the number of single-path signal correlators used in UWB SRAKE receiver provides a complexity versus performance tradeoff. Bit-error-probability performance of a UWB SRAKE receiver, based on measured channels, is given as a function of the signal-to-noise ratio and the number of correlators implemented in the receiver.     

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.     

Bidirectional iterative ISI canceller for high-rate DSSS/CCK communications

This paper proposes a new RAKE receiver incorporated with a bidirectional iterative intersymbol interference (ISI) canceller in order to reinforce multipath robustness of high-rate direct-sequence spread-spectrum complementary code keying (DSSS/CCK) systems. The proposed RAKE receiver first combines multipath signal components through a channel matched filter (CMF) and removes postcursor-ISI by employing a codeword decision feedback equalizer (DFE). Then, a CCK codeword detector tentatively determines the current CCK codeword symbol and reuses it to subtract precursor-ISI from the previous symbol. Therefore, the ultimate symbol decision is made using the delayed signal with both postcursor-ISI and precursor-ISI cancelled. The detection performance can be more improved through an iterative refinement processing between the postcursor and the precursor components. Simulation results exhibit a significantly improved error rate performance of the proposed receiver compared with that of the legacy RAKE receiver employing only a postcursor DFE. The additional cost for realization of the proposed receiver is one symbol decision delay and reuse complexity of the DFE and the codeword detector.     

DS-CDMA中基于MMSE相关器的RAKE接收机

该文研究了DS-CDMA中用于频率选择性多径信道RAKE接收机的限阶MMSE相关器的性能,这种基于CSA(Correlations Subtractive Architecture)结构的MMSE相关器很适用于频率选择性多径信道。通过用MMSE柑关器取代普通多用户RAKE接收机的传统相关器,可以达到与扩展到多个码元的MMSE接收机相近的BER性能。CSA产生MMSE相关器不需要矩阵的逆变换,降低了运算复杂度,有利于直接取代普通RAKE接收机的相关器。     

An optimum interference mitigating combining scheme for the CDMA downlink with the same complexity as MRC

This letter presents a new optimum interference mitigating combining (OIMC) scheme for the code-division multiple-access downlink RAKE receiver. The OIMC scheme optimizes the RAKE weights and maximizes the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) at the RAKE combiner output. Unlike other interference mitigation schemes, the new scheme does not need to estimate the interference or data correlation matrix (and its inverse) of the received signal to render a reliable and low complexity receiver. The OIMC scheme mitigates interference by inversely proportionately weighting the finger output by its associated interference power, while simultaneously mitigating multipath fading. The interference power is found to be directly related to the finger's associated multipath channel gain, rendering the OIMC scheme with the same order of complexity as a maximal ratio combining (MRC) scheme. Under realistic channel conditions, simulation results show that the proposed OIMC scheme always outperforms MRC with a gain of up to more than 1 dB.     

WCDMA 移动终端用RAKE接收机结构与实现

针对WCDMAFDD下行链路,提出了一种接收机结构。与传统接收机不同,该结构是根据多径来拉动(延时)输入信号,即根据多径把各径的信号延时对齐,而本地码的相位只需一个,来对多径支路解扩,并直接合并输出。该结构可进一步通过串行方法实现,大大减少硬件资源。由于采用全硬件技术,因此,便于ASIC集成。