菱形中继网络中基于叠加训练的信道估计技术研究

针对放大转发(Amplify-and-Forward, AF)模式下的菱形中继网络,为了高效获取级联和单跳链路信道状态信息(Channel State Information, CSI),本文提出基于叠加训练的信道估计方案,以消除多址接入干扰和训练间互干扰为目标,进行最优的多训练序列设计。新方案将中继训练叠加到源训练序列上,通过对中继识别符号以及中继训练组进行联合优化设计,设计了一种基于频域循环移位的正交扩展序列组生成算法。为了消除非高斯复合噪声对单跳信道估计造成的严重干扰,提出了一种中继噪声消除算法。通过两路中继链路获取的信息副本,能够在端节点实现分集合并,有效提高符号检测性能。仿真实验对比了同类型的信道估计方案,分析验证了方案的有效性。      

Orthogonal superimposed training design for block transmission over frequency‐selective fading channels

Channel estimation for single‐carrier block transmission over frequency‐selective fading channel using superimposed training is addressed. A novel affine precoding model based on orthogonal polyphase sequence set is designed to decouple channel estimation from symbol detection. The orthogonal constraints on the training and precoding matrices ensure the separation of superimposed signals and accurate channel estimation with less training overheads as compared with time‐multiplexed scheme. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme exhibits good performance and outperforms another data‐dependent superimposed training scheme, especially for compact constellations or channel with long delay‐spread. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于叠加训练的非合作多用户/MIMO信道估计

提出一种基于叠加训练的单载波非合作多用户/MIMO系统的迭代信道估计与检测方案。首先利用变换域方法构造具有零周期互相关特性的训练序列,从而消除多天线间的相互干扰,实现基于一阶统计量的信道估计。然后采用联合符号检测的迭代信道估计方法,利用检测序列作为额外的“训练序列”来降低信息序列自身干扰。与现有的叠加训练信道估计方案比较,新方案中训练序列构造更加灵活,在低信噪比下信道估计均方误差和误码率性能更优,且复杂度更低,仿真结果表明了该方案的有效性。     

基于叠加训练序列和低复杂度频域Turbo均衡的时变水声信道估计和均衡

针对时变水声信道估计和均衡问题,该文提出基于叠加训练序列(ST)和低复杂度频域Turbo均衡(LTE)的时变水声信道估计和均衡(ST-LTE)算法。基于叠加训练序列方案,将训练序列和符号线性叠加,使得训练序列和符号信道信息一致;基于最小二乘算法,进行信道估计。基于频域训练序列干扰消除技术,在频域消除训练序列对符号的干扰;基于频域线性最小均方误差(LMMSE)均衡算法,通过先验、后验、外均值和方差的计算,实现低复杂度信道均衡(符号估计);基于Turbo均衡算法,软重构叠加训练序列和更新信道估计,进行均衡器和译码器的信息交换,利用编码冗余信息,大幅度提升信道均衡性能。进行仿真、水池静态通信试验(通信频率12 kHz,带宽6 kHz,采样频率96 kHz,符号传输速率4.8 ksym/s,训练序列和符号的功率比为0.25:1)和胶州湾运动通信试验(通信频率12 kHz,带宽6 kHz,采样频率96 kHz,符号传输速率3 ksym/s,训练序列和符号的功率比为0.25:1),仿真和试验结果验证了所提算法的有效性。     

突发通信中基于叠加训练的信道估计方案

针对无线突发通信中频带利用率低、信道参数获取困难等问题,提出了一种应用于突发通信的叠加训练信道估计与检测方案。该方案将信息和训练叠加发送,通过预失真发送信息符号使得训练与信息在频域正交,收端采用一阶统计信道估计和最大似然符号检测,并设计了抗直流干扰的信道估计方案。仿真表明,新方案在消除训练序列的频带开销的情况下获得了较好的信道估计和符号检测性能,与采用时分复用训练的方案相比,其有效吞吐率更优。     

A robust timing and frequency synchronization for OFDM systems

A robust symbol-timing and carrier-frequency synchronization scheme applicable to orthogonal frequency-division-multiplexing systems is presented. The proposed method is based on a training symbol specifically designed to have a steep rolloff timing metric. The proposed timing metric also provides a robust sync detection capability. Both time domain training and frequency domain (FD) training are investigated. For FD training, maintaining a low peak-to-average power ratio of the training symbol was taken into consideration. The channel estimation scheme based on the designed training symbol was also incorporated in the system in order to give both fine-timing and frequency-offset estimates. For fine frequency estimation, two approaches are presented. The first one is based on the suppression of the interference introduced in the frequency estimation process by the training symbol pattern in the context of multipath dispersive channels. The second one is based on the maximum likelihood principle and does not suffer from any interference. A new performance measure is introduced for timing estimation, which is based on the plot of signal to timing-error-induced average interference power ratio against the timing estimate shift. A simple approach for finding the optimal setting of the timing estimator is presented. Finally, the sync detection, timing estimation, frequency estimation, and bit-error-rate performance of the proposed method are presented in a multipath Rayleigh fading channel.     

High accuracy frequency offset correction with adjustable acquisition range in OFDM systems

A new carrier frequency offset estimation scheme in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems is proposed in this paper. Both the carrier frequency offset acquisition and tracking are based on a fixed-length training-symbol-block, which consists of multiple small identical training symbols. When each training symbol is shortened, the number of training symbols in the training-symbol-block should be increased accordingly to keep the total training-symbol-block length fixed. The proposed scheme extends Moose's estimator, where the estimation error is only dependent on total training symbol energy and cannot be reduced any more, once the total training symbol energy is determined. The proposed scheme can shorten each training symbol in a training-symbol block and select an appropriate estimator simultaneously, which can lead to further reduction of estimation error and increase of acquisition range, even with the total training-symbol-block energy being fixed. Performance analyzes for the proposed scheme in both the additive white Gaussian noise channel (AWGN) and the multipath channel are also presented in this paper. All estimators in the proposed scheme are conditionally unbiased, and simulation results demonstrate that they can work well both in the multipath channel and in the AWGN channel.     

高速场景下基于叠加导频的迭代EKF信道估计方法

针对正交频分复用（Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing,OFDM）系统在高速移动场景下时/频域选择性衰落（双选衰落）和非平稳特性给信道估计带来的技术挑战,本文采用导频与数据叠加的帧结构,提出一种基于基扩展模型（Basis Expansion Model,BEM）的迭代扩展卡尔曼滤波（iterative Extend-Kalman Filter,iEKF）信道估计方法.基于BEM信道模型且采用EKF信道估计方法可以联合估计出信道冲激响应（Channel Impulse Response,CIR）与时变的时域自相关系数,有效消除子载波间干扰（Inter Carrier Interference,ICI）.同时,为了进一步消除叠加导频位置处的数据符号干扰,我们提出将叠加位置处的数据和导频先解耦、后重构再进行迭代EKF的信道估计方法.仿真分析表明,相较传统叠加导频的信道估计方法和导频符号辅助调制（Pilot Symbol Assisted Modulation,PSAM）估计方法,本文提出的信道估计方法在高速场景特别是低信噪比的条件下,具有更高的估计精度,更强的鲁棒性及更大的吞吐量.     

Partially Loaded Superimposed Training Scheme for Large MIMO Uplink Systems

This paper proposes a new superimposed training (ST) scheme for uplink multi-user multi-cell system, where each base station, equipped with a large number of antennas (M), communicates to single antenna users. In uplink training phase, large number of users within limited coherence time introduces the pilot contamination, which causes two types of interferences in data estimation. The first type, which is referred as self interference, arises due to the dependence between channel estimate and estimation error of the same user, while the second type, known as cross interference, occurs because of the correlation between ST vectors of different users. In this paper, an ST scheme with variable data length is proposed for Rician fading channels. For simplicity of analysis, a single cell model is considered first to derive mean squared error and signal to interference plus noise ratio. The analysis is further extended to multi-cell system. Various limiting cases are investigated, and the design parameters viz., power allocation factor and length of data vector, are optimized. Simulation results verify that the proposed ST scheme reduces self interference, and yields sum rate improvement over conventional ST scheme.     

OFDM系统叠加序列能量分配及同步方案

在OFDM系统中采用叠加训练序列进行同步、信道估计和均衡是一种好方法,但是,叠加训练序列能量分配及同步等问题一直是困扰学术界的难题.本文提出了关于叠加训练序列的一种能量分配方案、两种最佳叠置结构和一种同步算法.理论分析和仿真证明,这些方案和算法对于改善叠加训练序列OFDM系统性能有很大帮助.     

Efficient cyclic prefix reconstruction for coded OFDM systems

This letter describes an improved method to mitigate interference when the cyclic prefix is not sufficient for coded orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. The proposed method, based on the residual intersymbol interference cancellation (RISIC), efficiently restores the cyclicity of the ith received symbol by adding the weighted (i+1)th received symbol to the ith received symbol. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme outperforms the conventional RISIC in the symbol error rate even when the channel impulse response is longer than a half of the symbol duration.     

Multiuser channel estimation and tracking for long-code CDMA systems

Channel estimation techniques for code-division multiple access (CDMA) systems need to combat multiple access interference (MAI) effectively. Most existing estimation techniques are designed for CDMA systems with short repetitive spreading codes. However, current and next-generation wireless systems use long spreading codes whose periods are much larger than the symbol duration. We derive the maximum-likelihood channel estimate for long-code CDMA systems over multipath channels using training sequences and approximate it using an iterative algorithm to reduce the computational complexity in each symbol duration. The iterative channel estimate is also shown to be asymptotically unbiased. The effectiveness of the iterative channel estimator is demonstrated in terms of squared error in estimation as well as the bit error rate performance of a multistage detector based on the channel estimates. The effect of error in decision feedback from the multistage detector (used in the absence of training sequences) is also shown to be negligible for reasonable feedback error rates using simulations. The proposed iterative channel estimation technique is also extended to track slowly varying multipath fading channels using decision feedback. Thus, an MAI-resistant multiuser channel estimation and tracking scheme with reasonable computational complexity is derived for long-code CDMA systems over multipath fading channels.     

On the Power Allocation and System Capacity of OFDM Systems Using Superimposed Training Schemes

Channel estimation in multipath environments is typically performed using the pilot-symbol-assisted modulation (PSAM) scheme. However, the traditional PSAM scheme requires the use of dedicated pilot subcarriers and therefore leads to a reduction in the bandwidth utilization. Accordingly, this paper investigates a channel-estimation approach for orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems using a superimposed training (ST) scheme, in which the pilot symbols are superimposed onto the data streams prior to transmission. By using equally spaced pilot symbols of equal power and assuming that the number of pilots is larger than the channel order, it is shown that the channel-estimation performance is independent of the number of pilots used. The optimal ratio of the pilot symbol power to the total transmission power is analyzed to maximize the lower bound of the channel capacity. Overall, the current results show that the ST-based channel estimation schemes have a slightly poorer performance than the PSAM scheme but yield higher system capacity.     

基于EM算法的改进OFDM时变信道估计

针对正交频分复用（OFDM）系统中的信道时变,基于时变信道的分段线性近似模型,提出一种改进的OFDM时变信道估计方案。该方案通过采用期望最大化（EM）迭代算法来提高符号平均信道脉冲响应的估计精度,从而提高时变信道估计的性能;此外,在迭代过程中进行带状子载波间干扰抑制,不仅进一步提高了时变信道估计的性能,而且降低了实现复杂度。理论分析和仿真结果表明,该算法以较低的复杂度代价有效提高了时变信道OFDM系统的性能。     

Time‐Varying Multipath Channel Estimation with Superimposed Training in CP‐OFDM Systems

Based on superimposed training methods, a novel time‐varying multipath channel estimation scheme is proposed for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing systems. We first develop a linear least square channel estimator, and meanwhile find the optimal superimposed sequences with respect to the channel estimates’ mean square error. Next, a low‐rank approximated channel estimator is obtained by using the singular value decomposition. As demonstrated in simulations, the proposed scheme achieves not only better performance but also higher bandwidth efficiency than the conventional pilot‐aided approach.     

叠加训练序列设计及其高效传输技术研究

采用训练序列与信息数据叠加的传输方案由于消除训练序列占用的频带开销而受到广泛关注。然而,如何高效的分离叠加信号是实现高效信道估计和可靠检测的基础。通过叠加周期训练序列,研究了基于数据依赖的叠加训练(DDST)方案的高效信道估计和检测方案。并结合信道编码技术,研究了编码条件下DDST方案与传统时分复用(TDM)方案的性能。仿真结果表明,在消除训练带宽开销的情况下,获得DDST方案与TDM的误码率基本保持一致。     

双选择信道中的时间偏移广义频分复用通信

当信道存在时间-频率双选择性时,严重的子载波间干扰和子符号间干扰将导致广义频分复用(GFDM)系统性能显著下降.为此,该文提出一种时间偏移GFDM系统(TO-GFDM),通过对传统GFDM系统的原型滤波器进行时间偏移,来提高双选择信道下GFDM系统的性能.该文推导了GFDM信号在双选择信道中的平均信干比公式,并提出基于离散导频的联合迭代信道估计与符号检测算法,该算法利用信道估计器与串行干扰消除符号检测器之间的信息交换,逐步减小干扰信号,提高信道估计与符号检测的精度.理论分析与仿真实验结果表明,在双选择信道条件下,时间偏移GFDM比传统的GFDM具有更高的平均信干比和误码率性能;并且,联合迭代信道估计与符号检测算法能有效降低系统误码率.     

双选择信道中的时间偏移广义频分复用通信

当信道存在时间-频率双选择性时,严重的子载波间干扰和子符号间干扰将导致广义频分复用(GFDM)系统性能显著下降.为此,该文提出一种时间偏移GFDM系统(TO-GFDM),通过对传统GFDM系统的原型滤波器进行时间偏移,来提高双选择信道下GFDM系统的性能.该文推导了GFDM信号在双选择信道中的平均信干比公式,并提出基于...     

跳频OFDM通信系统同步算法及实现

结合跳频通信技术抗干扰和正交频分复用(OFDM)技术节省频带资源的优点,提出了一种通信帧格式及其同步算法。该算法构造了每个载波上传输隐藏伪随机序列的OFDM数据,利用伪随机序列良好相关特性实现了定时估计和粗频偏捕获,再使用ML估计算法进行细频偏估计,能够使OFDM技术应用到跳频通信领域。仿真和实验结果表明,在多径信道下,提出的算法单个定时估计和频偏估计误差小。     

Performance analysis of a deterministic channel estimator for blocktransmission systems with null guard intervals

A deterministic algorithm was proposed for channel identification in block communication systems. The method assumed that the channel has a finite impulse response (FIR) and that null guard intervals of length greater than the channel order are inserted between successive blocks to prevent interblock interference and allow block synchronization. In the absence of noise, the algorithm provides error-free channel estimates, using a finite number of received data, without requiring training sequences and without imposing a restriction neither on the channel, except for finite order and time invariance, nor on the symbol constellation. Using small perturbation analysis, we derive approximate expressions of the estimated channel covariance matrix, which are used to quantify the resilience of the estimation algorithm to additive noise and channel fluctuations. Specifically, we consider channel fluctuations induced by transmitter/receiver relative motion, asynchronism, and oscillators' phase noise. We also compare the channel estimation accuracy with the Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) and prove that our estimation method is statistically efficient at practical SNR values for any data block length. Finally, we validate our theoretical analysis with simulations and compare our transmission scheme with an alternative system using training sequences for channel estimation