认知超宽带无线通信系统的结构模型

由于超宽带（UWB）的特性，它必然会对共享频段内的其他窄带系统产生干扰，并且自身也将受到其他系统在某频段的强干扰。因此，UWB系统必将面对两个比较突出的问题，在共享频谱的时候不得对已有的窄带系统造成有害干扰，同时UWB系统也可能受到来自其他系统的强窄带干扰。目前，所有针对这个问题的解决方案都是针对UWB系统本身进行优化设计，研究思路大都是集中在UWB脉冲信号波形的设计与优化上，[第一段]     

基于IIR陷波的UWB窄带干扰抑制

提出了一种基于IIR陷波的UWB窄带干扰抑制方法。超宽带脉冲通过IIR陷波来降低自身特定频段的功率谱从而使UWB系统避开窄带干扰,达到与其它系统共存的目的。以高斯导脉冲为例,对所设计IIR陷波器进行仿真验证,并就陷波前、后的脉冲波形的通信性能进行比较。仿真结果表明:陷波脉冲具有良好的窄带干扰抑制能力,在实现和其他无线窄带通信系统共存的同时,具有良好的系统传输性能。     

基于认知的UWB窄带干扰抑制

提出一种基于认知无线电的自适应超宽带窄带干扰抑制方法。基于软频谱思想,利用近似椭球波函数良好的时限-带限特性,设计出一种能够抑制窄带干扰的脉冲波形。通过调整脉冲参数实现对授权频段的动态避让。仿真结果表明：自适应脉冲具有良好的窄带干扰抑制能力,能够自适应地随着感知结果动态地规避授权用户,从而实现UWB系统与其它通信系统的共存。     

窄带干扰抑制的一种新型频率编码正交UWB脉冲设计

文中提出一种基于正交载波和伪随机序列的新型频谱编码正交UWB脉冲设计方法，该方法是在频域中利用PN序列对经过频移的子脉冲进行编码来产生正交脉冲．在IR-UWB（脉冲无线电超宽带）中引入了正交载波和PN序列，使其不仅具有传统IR—UWB和多频带CB-UWB（基于载波的超宽带）优点，而且提高了UWB信号发射的瞬时频谱和瞬时能量的效率．脉冲的自相关和互相关特性皆优于传统的脉冲。另外，借助于认知无线电技术，可保证发送信号满足FCC的UWB频谱规划，避免与其他传统窄带系统干扰。仿真结果表明该脉冲设计方法能够有效的抑制窄带干扰，并降低复杂度。     

基于Polycycle信号的干扰抑制UWB自适应脉冲设计

 针对认知超宽带与现存窄带系统干扰问题,采用Polycycle信号作为超宽带原始脉冲,使用Hermite矩阵特征向量方法设计了认知超宽带自适应脉冲,实现了干扰抑制.仿真结果表明,提出的自适应脉冲功率谱密度分布符合FCC室内和室外频谱规范,实现了自适应频段陷波.基于PAM-TH UWB系统性能分析表明自适应脉冲具有较强的多用户干扰和窄带干扰抑制能力.     

超宽带信号对窄带系统干扰的仿真

本文通过计算机仿真,研究了两种超宽带信号对QPSK方式的窄带传输系统得干扰影响。两种信号分别是多带正交频分复用超宽带信号和加性高斯白噪声信号。基于IEEE802.15.3a的高速无线个域网建议,对超宽带系统进行了建模仿真。通过误码率测试,评估了UWB信号对窄带系统带内干扰的改善程度。仿真过程中,采用了等效低通模型,这样可以减小仿真的复杂度。之外,测试了被干扰系统带宽变化时的干扰影响程度。     

码片占空因子对DS-UWB系统的影响

由于超宽带系统与窄带系统频谱重叠,窄带信号不可避免会干扰超宽带系统,严重影响其性能。信道模型采用IEEE 802.15.3a工作组建议的标准UWB室内信道模型,并使用最大比例合并Rake接收机,系统地研究了在不同窄带信号干扰情况下,可变的码片占空因子对直接序列超宽带(DS-UWB)系统的性能影响,并进行了仿真。仿真结果表明,使用低的码片占空因子得到的超宽带信号,能有效抵抗窄带干扰和多径衰落,较大提高UWB系统误比特性能。     

超宽带无线通信与声表面波宽带信号处理技术

介绍了超宽带(UWB)无线通信的技术及特点,与传统窄带无线系统进行了性能比较,指出了超宽带无线通信四大关键技术是:超宽带无线通信脉冲信号的波形设计;超宽带无线通信脉冲信号编码与调制方式;超宽带无线通信信号的检测;超宽带无线通信系统中的同步捕获技术;分析了超宽带尤线通信系统军用的潜在市场,最后阐述了SAW宽带信号处理技术在UWB通信系统中的应用.     

基于认知的UWB系统软频谱自适应设计方法

认知无线电技术与UWB技术结合解决干扰问题已成为近几年研究的热点。基于认知的思想,在满足联邦通信委员会（FCC）频谱限制的基础上,设计出最佳脉冲波形,使其与周围电磁环境中的干扰设备的功率谱相互正交,从而有效地避开干扰。通过对电磁环境的周期性重复采样,UWB可以成为自适应抑制干扰的通信系统,实现了认知超宽带无线电的概念。此方法不需要在整个频段内降低UWB脉冲的功率谱密度,为提高UWB脉冲发射功率和增大UWB系统的通信距离,提供了一种灵活易行的解决方案。     

基于PECL门电路的超宽带（UWB）信号发生器设计探讨

本文设计了一种基于PECL门电路的超宽带（UWB）信号发生器。该发生器采用低电源5V电压供电,产生了脉宽为500PS、中心频率为1GHz、－10db带宽为1700MHz（100MHz－1800MHz）的无干扰窄脉冲超宽带信号。文章分析了该发生器工作原理与设计方法,并对实物电路板进行了相关的测试,测量结果显示该发生器所输出的脉冲波形较理想,对称性良好,并且没有大的拖尾和振铃,是一种适合于超宽带通信系统的窄脉冲信号形成电路。     

Non‐linear chirp based UWB waveform design for suppression of NBI

In order to alleviate the narrowband interference (NBI) to ultra wideband (UWB) systems, we propose two non‐linear UWB chirp waveforms based on the arctrigonometric and archyperbolic function in this paper. The proposed UWB pulses can obtain good performance in NBI suppression. Both of the two chirp pulses require only the time domain processing because of the inherent relationship between the frequency domain and the time domain. Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the direct sequence pulse binary amplitude modulation (DS‐BPAM) UWB systems with the proposed chirp waveforms can achieve excellent NBI suppression performance and outperform the linear chirp waveform based UWB system significantly. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

DS‐PAM UWB System Using Non‐linear Chirp Waveform

We propose a direct‐sequence pulse‐amplitude modulation (DS‐PAM) ultra‐wideband (UWB) system which employs a non‐linear chirp waveform instead of the conventional Gaussian monocycle in this paper. In the approved frequency for UWB, there exist myriad narrowband interferers. Specifically, we focus on the mutual interference between UWB systems and 802.11a WLAN. This paper offers a method to suppress this inband narrowband interference by introducing a kind of non‐linear chirp waveform. Using the proposed non‐linear chirp waveform, the effects of one or more narrowband interference sources with different frequencies can be suppressed. System performance of UWB systems in the narrowband interference environment can be improved. Computer simulations with additive white Gaussian noise successfully demonstrate an increase in performance with the proposed system as compared to traditional linear chirp systems.     

Training Sequence Design for NBI Mitigation in Compressive Sensing UWB Systems

Ultra wideband (UWB) is a promising technology in delivering high data rate for short range wireless communication systems. Because of their large bandwidth, UWB signals may encounter some problems especially with high sampling rate requirements. Moreover, coherence existence with other narrowband systems is a major concern which needs to be addressed through proper mechanisms. The problem becomes so complex if multiple users exist. Since narrowband interference (NBI) signals have sparse representation in the discrete cosine transform (DCT) domain, they can be estimated and suppressed using Compressive Sensing (CS). CS also has the ability to reduce the high sampling rate requirements. For training based NBI mitigation with CS, three groups of pilot symbols are used to estimate the NBI signal subspace, the UWB signal subspace, and to provide information about the channel. In this paper, the distribution of pilot symbols among the three groups is investigated in the presence of strong NBI. The investigation is based on the bit error rate performance and throughput. The influence of each pilot symbols group is studied. The performance is also evaluated in the presence of multiuser interference in addition to the NBI. Simulation results show that the size of the third group of pilot symbols which is used to estimate the channel is the most dominant one.     

Adaptive Rake receiver based on the nonlinear ACM technique

Ultra‐wideband (UWB) system is one of the possible solutions to future short‐range indoor data communications with large frequency bandwidth. However, it must coexist with other narrowband wireless systems that may cause interference to each other, and furthermore a large bandwidth will inevitably result in multi‐path fading. The Rake receiver is applicable to combat multi‐path fading but its performance degrades greatly when the narrowband interference (NBI) is present. Although some optimized Rake receivers were proposed to suppress the NBI, such as the minimum mean square error (MMSE) one, their computational complexities are usually too high to be practically implemented. In this paper, we present a new adaptive Rake receiver which can effectively suppress the NBI, based on the nonlinear Masreliez‐type approximate conditional mean (ACM) technique. Simulation results show that it outperforms the previous schemes and even it achieves almost the same performance as that of a MMSE Rake receiver but with much lower complexity. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Local polynomial estimator for narrowband interference suppression in TH-UWB systems

Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology has been considered to offer an innovative solution for future short-range high-speed wireless communications. These systems use very low transmission power, spread over a bandwidth of several gigahertz. The very low transmission power and the large bandwidth used, enable UWB radio systems to co-exist with other narrowband systems over the same frequency band without interfering the narrowband systems. Nevertheless, these narrowband systems may cause interference which may jam the UWB receiver completely. Since standard narrowband interference suppression techniques are not applicable, techniques for interference suppression have to be developed. In this paper, the method of the local polynomial estimator in time-hopping impulse radio (TH-IR) for UWB communication is considered, which should not estimate any parameter of channel. And the narrowband interference (NBI) is modeled as a stationary process. Theoretical analysis of this algorithm reveals that it can eliminate the narrowband interference almost completely and can be computed by simple expression. Moreover, the sampling rate is very low.     

Adaptive Narrowband Interference Suppression in Multiband OFDM Receivers

The analysis and optimization of a notch filter to combat in-band narrowband interference (NBI) for multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM)-based ultra-wideband (UWB) systems is presented. Unintentional radiation of electronic devices can reside in the UWB band and jam the communication. Erasing the interference with a programmable analog notch filter reduces the requirement for the analog-to-digital converter resolution in the presence of NBI. The order and approximation of the notch filter are determined, and the filter’s bandwidth is optimized to minimize the packet error rate. Simulation results indicate that the UWB system with suppression scheme can handle up to 14 dB more in-band interference power.     

Non‐linear Chirp UWB Ranging System with Narrowband Interference Suppression Abilities

In this letter, we analyze an ultra‐wideband ranging system based on non‐linear chirp waveforms with the ability of narrowband interference suppression. A number of non‐linear chirp waveforms are proposed and evaluated by simulation. The results verify that the proposed schemes can suppress the Narrowband interference to a certain degree.     

On the UWB system coexistence with GSM900, UMTS/WCDMA, and GPS

This paper evaluates the level of interference caused by different ultra-wideband (UWB) signals to other various radio systems, as well as the performance degradation of UWB systems in the presence of narrowband interference and pulsed jamming. The in-band interference caused by a selection of UWB signals is calculated at GSM900, UMTS/wideband code-division multiple-access (WCDMA), and Global Position System (GPS) frequency bands as a function of the UWB pulsewidth. Several short-pulse waveforms, based on the Gaussian pulse, can be used to generate UWB transmission. The two UWB system concepts studied here are time hopping and direct sequence spread spectrum. Baseband binary pulse amplitude modulation is used as the data modulation scheme. Proper selection of pulse waveform and pulsewidth allows one to avoid some rejected frequency bands up to a certain limit. However, the pulse shape is also intertwined with the data rate demands. If short-pulses are used in UWB communication the high-pass filtered waveforms are preferred according to the results. The use of long pulses, however, favors the generic Gaussian waveform instead. An UWB system suffers most from narrowband systems if the narrowband interference and the nominal center frequency of the UWB signal overlap. This is proved by bit-error rate simulations in an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel with interference at global system for mobile communication (GSM) and UMTS/WCDMA frequencies.     

Polarization filtering for narrowband interference suppression in ultra‐wideband communications

To suppress narrowband interference (NBI) in an ultra‐wideband (UWB) communications environment, a null phase‐shift polarization (NPSP) filter is proposed. The proposed NPSP filter is a combination of a linear polarization‐vector transformer (PVT), a conventional single notch polarization (SNP) filter, and an amplitude and phase compensator (APC). The NBI, which has polarized states different from those of the UWB, can be suppressed completely and the UWB signal can be recovered without distortion if the polarized states can be estimated exactly. Analytical and simulation results indicate that the signal‐to‐interference ratio (SIR) can be improved effectively after NPSP filtering. The proposed NPSP filter can be implemented in a time‐hopping spread spectrum (TH‐SS) or a direct‐sequence spread spectrum (DS‐SS) UWB system. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An Analog Approach to Suppressing In-Band Narrow-Band Interference in UWB Receivers

Due to the huge bandwidth of ultra-wide-band (UWB) systems, in-band narrow-band interference (NBI) may hinder receiver performance. Sources of potential NBI that lie within the IEEE 802.15.3a UWB bandwidth are presented. To combat interference in multi-band orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) UWB systems, an analog notch filter is designed to be included in the UWB receive chain. The filter's architecture is based on feedforward subtraction of the interference, and includes a least-mean-square (LMS) tuning scheme to match amplitudes of the two paths. An 8-bit discrete control is used to adjust the filter's center frequency across the UWB baseband. It was fabricated in TSMC's 0.18-mum process, and experimental results are provided