多输入多输出天线蜂窝系统中的分布式功率控制方法

在蜂窝无线通信系统设计中,基于信号干扰比(SIR)测量的功率控制方法得到广泛的应用。该文提出多输入多输出(MIMO)天线蜂窝系统中的基于SIR测量的分布式功率控制(DPC)方法。该方法通过控制移动台或者基站的发射功率可以达到以下两个目标的其中之一:(1)最小化所有基站或者移动台的平均接收SIR中断概率;(2)在满足目标SIR要求的前提下最小化平均发射功率。数值仿真结果显示,该文提出的DPC方法在低的计算复杂度下,可以达到降低SIR中断概率和减小发射功率的目的。     

Grey-based power control for DS-CDMA cellular mobile systems

The propagation channel of a mobile radio system exhibits severe signal shadowing and multipath fading, which results in wide variation of signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) at the receiver. To tackle this problem, power control is used to maintain the desired link quality and thus achieve higher capacity. In order to mitigate the channel variation effect precisely, a new application of grey theory to the power control strategy in the direct-sequence code-division multiple-access cellular mobile systems is introduced. This scheme aims to predict the SIR affected by the channel variation at the receiver and issue an appropriate control signal to the transmitter. The simulation results indicate that the grey-based scheme can offer less outage probability than the previous mechanisms     

A nash game algorithm for SIR-based power control in 3G wireless CDMA networks

We propose a new algorithm for distributed power control in cellular communication systems. We define a cost for each mobile that consists of a weighted sum of power and square of signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) error and obtain the static Nash equilibrium for the resulting costs. The algorithm requires only interference power measurements and/or SIR measurements from the base station and converges even in cases where limits on available power render the target SIRs unattainable. Examples generated using realistic data demonstrate that, in demanding environments, the Nash equilibrium power provides substantial power savings as compared to the power balancing algorithm while reducing the achieved SIR only slightly. Additional simulations show that the benefit of the Nash equilibrium power control over the power balancing solution increases as the receiver noise power or number of users in the cell increases. The algorithm has the advantage that it can be implemented distributively. An additional benefit of the algorithm is that, based on their chosen cost function, mobiles may choose to "opt out", i.e., stop transmitting, if they determine that the power required to achieve their SIR objectives is more expensive to them than not transmitting at all.     

自适应RBF神经网络在CDMA移动通信上行链路功率控制中的应用研究

提出了一种自适应RBF神经网络功率控制方案。详细研究了该网络在DS-CDMA通信中，进行上行链路闭环功率控制(基于信扰比(SIR))的应用理论，给出了该网络参数的计算方法。最后用计算机仿真法模拟出该控制器的运行性能。结果表明基于SIR的自适应RBF神经网络功率控制器能自适应地调整移动台的发射功率，使基站接收信号的信扰比始终非常接近于一个常数，且有比定步长功率控制更小的SIR跟踪误差，从而可以降低接收信号的中断概率、提高信道容量。     

Channel Adaptive Power Control in the Uplink of CDMA Systems

In this paper, we propose an adaptive power control algorithm using optimal control theory for CDMA cellular systems. With linear quadratic control, each mobile transmits to achieve a desired SIR under the fast varying environment of practical CDMA cellular systems. We apply Kalman filter theory to estimate a channel variation which is vulnerable to nonconstant link gain, mutual interference and uncertain noise. Through simulation comparison with DCPC algorithm, the suggested power control algorithm shows an increased uplink channel capacity.

A channel effect prediction-based power control scheme using PRNN/ERLS for uplinks in DS-CDMA cellular mobile systems

This paper proposes a channel effect prediction based power control scheme using pipeline recurrent neural network (PRNN)/extended recursive least squares (ERLS) for uplinks in direct sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) cellular mobile systems. Conventional signal-to-interference (SIR) prediction-based power control schemes may incur prediction mistakes caused by the adjustment of transmission power. The proposed power control scheme purely tracks the variation of channel effect and, thus, can be immune to any power adjustment. Furthermore, it adopts the PRNN with ERLS for predicting the channel effect. Simulation results show that the channel effect prediction-based power control scheme using PRNN/ERLS achieves a 40% higher system capacity and a lower outage probability than the conventional SIR prediction-based power control scheme using grey prediction method (IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 2081, 2000).     

Unified Analysis for SIR-Based Power and Rate Control in Multipath Fading Channels

In this paper, we present a unified analysis on various signal-to-interference power ratio (SIR)-based power and rate control schemes in independent and nonidentical multipath fading channels. We study wireless direct sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) systems with RAKE reception and derive new expressions for a mobile user's average SIR, average transmission power, and average data rate in terms of the probability distribution of the SIR. The performance of SIR-based combined power/rate control, power control, rate control, truncated power control, and truncated rate control schemes in independent and nonidentical Rayleigh fading channels is presented and compared. By substituting appropriate SIR distributions, this general mathematical framework can be applied to other fading channels such as the Nakagami, Rician, and lognormal channels     

Design of a multiple-beam forming network using CORPS optimized for cellular systems

The design of beam-forming networks (BFNs) for a multibeam-steerable antenna array using Coherently Radiating Periodic Structures (CORPS) in cellular mobile communication systems is presented. In this paper, the CORPS technology is introduced and applied to the design of beam-forming networks in cellular systems for the first time. The CORPS-BFNs proposed show improved performance over the common way to feed antenna arrays used in mobile systems. In this design, the input ports of the feeding network design are optimized using the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. Two 2-beam design configurations of CORPS-BFN for a multibeam-steerable linear array on a cellular scenario are proposed and analyzed. Simulation results show the benefits of BFNs based on CORPS on a cellular mobile scenario based on the array factor response, in terms of side lobe level (SLL) and signal-to-interference (SIR) improvement capability. Furthermore, results for average SIR improvement, signal to interference plus noise power ratio (SINR) and BER are discussed.     

A fully distributed power control algorithm for cellular mobilesystems

Several distributed power control algorithms that can achieve carrier-to-interference ratio (CIR) balancing with probability one have been proposed previously for cellular mobile systems. In these algorithms, only local information is used to adjust transmitting power. However, a normalization procedure is required in each iteration to determine transmitting power and, thus, these algorithms are not fully distributed. In this paper, we present a distributed power control algorithm which does not need the normalization procedure. We show that the proposed algorithm can achieve CIR balancing with probability one. Moreover, numerical results reveal our proposed scheme performs better than the algorithm presented in Grandhi et al. [1994]. The excellent performance and the fully distributed property make our proposed algorithm a good choice for cellular mobile systems     

Performance evaluation of uplink power control algorithm over TDMA systems

Future PCS (personal communication system) cellular networks will mainly be driven by high link quality, high bandwidth utilization, low power consumption and efficient network management. Power control is one of the several major techniques which could help to achieve these goals. By exploiting power control techniques, co-channel interference could be reduced and as many links as possible could be obtained with satisfactory link quality. SIR-based (signal-to-interference ratio-based) power control was proposed as a technique for managing co-channel interference in cellular radio systems. Furthermore, new distributed autonomous feedback power control methods were introduced to achieve excellent performance without the difficult centralized control used in SIR-based methods. Unfortunately, the implementation of those power control algorithms is still challenging owing to the precision of SIR. The main aim of this paper is to investigate an uplink power control algorithm which depends indirectly on the signal-to-noise ratio in the TDMA (time division multiple access) cellular system. Simulation of the prototype hardware implementation of the receiver baseband signal processing based on the PACS (personal access communications system) specification is used as the main approach to explore the performance evaluation of this power control technique. According to simulation results, suitable values of those parameters used in this power control algorithm are derived, and the minimum frequency reuse factor under different propagation environments is also obtained for PACS under power control. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Achievable-SIR-based predictive closed-loop power control in a CDMAmobile system

A power control algorithm with two prediction models based on an achievable signal-to-interference power ratio (SIR) has been proposed under a multipath Rayleigh fading environment in a code-division multiple-access (CDMA) mobile system. An achievable SIR is defined as the maximum-minimum SIR among all users at a particular time step. The corresponding mobile transmission powers are denoted as the "optimum transmission powers." In the individual power predictor (IPP) model, a linear transversal filter is assigned to each user. The output of the IPP, which is a linear combination of the optimum transmission powers of the mobile during the current and previous power measurement periods, predicts the optimum transmission power of the mobile in the next time step. In the global power predictor (GPP) model, a single predictor, constructed by a linear neural network, is used to predict the optimum transmission powers of all mobiles in the next time step. In both predictor models, the weights of the predictors are updated by using the recursive least squares algorithm. To further improve the performance, a reduced power-measurement period has been studied. Simulation results show that the proposed power control algorithm can achieve a lower outage probability and a smaller dynamic range of transmission power compared with a conventional power control scheme     

Analysis of a class of distributed asynchronous power controlalgorithms for cellular wireless systems

In cellular wireless communication systems, uplink power control is needed to provide each mobile user with an acceptable signal to interference ratio (SIR) while simultaneously minimizing transmit power levels. We consider a class of distributed asynchronous power control algorithms based on the schemes used in IS-95 inner loop power control. Each user's received SIR is measured (using possibly outdated information) and compared to a threshold, and a single control bit is then sent to the user, indicating whether its power level should be increased or decreased. The SIR measurements and power updates do not require synchronization. We show that under certain conditions, this class of algorithms is stable and converges to a region around the optimal power assignment. We characterize this region and show that it can be made as small as desired by choosing the algorithm parameters appropriately. For an appropriate choice of algorithm parameters, we show that convergence occurs in a finite number of iterations and derive an upper bound. To illustrate our general results, we apply them to systems with fixed base station assignment, dynamic base station assignment, and macrodiversity. Finally, we give an example to illustrate the algorithm's robustness to errors in the power control commands     

Transmitter Power Control with Adaptive Safety Margins Based on Duration Outage

Transmitter power control in cellular networks is principally used to maintaina stable voice quality and to improve bandwidth utilization. There are twomain types of quality based power control algorithms that have been extensivelystudiedin the literature and implemented in practice. One is the Signal toInterferenceRatio (SIR) based algorithms, and the other is the Bit Error Rate(BER) basedalgorithms. Several practical issues however, were left open in the algorithms that havebeen proposed in the literature. The most critical issue in the SIR-basedalgorithms is how to determine the SIR target parameter; and the most critical one in theBER-basedalgorithms is how to derive good BER estimators in light of the rareoccurrences of erroneous bits. Another issue that is shared by both algorithm types is thefunctional relation between the BER and the SIR. This relationship is required as one mayserve as a control valve and the other as a control objective. Determining the SIR target control parameter (in SIR or BER based algorithms) involves more than just a static transformation between the BER and the SIR.Sincethe actual SIR values is a stochastic process in nature, its variation andtimecorrelation must be accounted for. This paper addresses the problems described above by evaluating a durationoutage probability of the underlying time process of the SIR values. Weshow that this probability can reasonably be approximated by a simple expressionthat relates between the duration outage probability and the SIR targetcontrolparameter. The distributed algorithm that is implied by this method is adurationoutage based power control that uses an estimator for the most likelyevent (incontrast to BER-based algorithms).     

Capacity estimation for a multicode CDMA system with SIR-basedpower control

Capacity estimation in code division multiple access (CDMA) systems is an important issue which is closely related to power control. Strength-based power control has been assumed in most analyses in which other cell interference was considered as a known and fixed variable. However, in signal-to-interference ratio (SIR)-based power-control systems, power control and other cell interference are closely related to each other and capacity can be obtained by considering this relationship. This study derives the reverse-link capacity of an SIR-based power-controlled multicode CDMA system supporting heterogeneous CBR and on-off traffic in a multiple cell environment. Mean and variance statistics of total other cell interference, and the effects of traffic and propagation parameters on system capacity are investigated     

The Effect of On-Off Scheduling to the Required Transmit Power in Systems with Fast Power Control

Physical layer channel-aware scheduling may significantly improve coverage and throughput of IP based services in wireless cellular networks, and the feasibility of such schedulers is actively studied within 3G and 4G systems. A channel-aware scheduler requires access to instantaneous channel state information in order to direct transmission to users with favorable channel conditions. In frequency division duplex (FDD) systems, this requires a fast feedback channel between mobile and base stations, and the overhead of the feedback control channel should be kept as low as possible.In this paper, we study the effect of control channel overhead to on-off scheduling (OOS) when fast transmit power control is applied in data and control channels. On-off scheduling is a simple channel-aware scheduling algorithm, where transmission to a user is suspended if the transmit power exceeds a given threshold. On-off scheduling is applied on the data channel while control channel is always on so that the scheduler is able to obtain channel state information from active users. The gain of OOS strongly depends on the power ratio between control and data channels, and increased interference due to control signaling and decreased interference due to channel-aware scheduling should be jointly considered in system design. Gains in the required transmit power are translated into gains in coverage and capacity assuming WCDMA parameters, and the results can be applied, e.g., when designing scheduling algorithms and corresponding signaling formats for WCDMA uplink.     

Distributed power control for cellular networks in the presence of channel uncertainties

In this paper, a novel distributed power control (DPC) scheme for cellular network in the presence of radio channel uncertainties such as path loss, shadowing, and Rayleigh fading is presented. Since these uncertainties can attenuate the received signal strength and can cause variations in the received signal-to-interference ratio (SIR), a new DPC scheme, which can estimate the slowly varying channel uncertainty, is proposed so that a target SIR at the receiver can be maintained. Further, the standard assumption of a constant interference during a link's power update used in other works in the literature is relaxed. A CDMA-based cellular network environment has been developed to compare the proposed scheme with earlier approaches. The results show that our DPC scheme can converge faster than others by adapting to the channel variations. In the presence of channel uncertainties, our DPC scheme renders lower outage probability while consuming significantly low power per active mobile user compared with other schemes that are available in the literature.     

CDMA蜂窝移动通信系统中的联合功率控制

功率控制技术是CDMA系统克服“远-近效应”,降低多址干扰、增大系统容量的一项关键技术.第三代移动通信系统对功率控制提出了新的研究课题.本文简要介绍了联合功率控制技术的基本概念,重点阐述了目前在多媒体CDMA系统中,联合功率控制与速率控制技术,与多用户检测技术,以及与自适应天线阵列处理技术的研究进展,并分析了目前研究中仍然存在的问题,最后指出了未来的研究方向.     

Traffic channel SIR estimation based on reverse pilot channel in cdma2000

Signal-to-Interference Ratio(SIR) is a very important metric of communication link quality. For wireless cellular systems, several control mechanisms, such as power control mechanisms, rate control mechanisms, and allocation of radio resource, are based on SIR estimation.In previous researches, most of researchers concentrated on WCDMA systems, in which pilot symbol is time-multiplexed with data symbol; the method developed in this case is not feasible for cdma2000 systems where pilot symbol is code-multiplexed with data symbol. This paper first develops the SIR estimators based on the reverse pilot channel and then derives the approximate analytic expression for its Mean Squared Error (MSE) function, the accuracy of which is validated through simulation. It is shown that the MSE of the new SIR estimator is significantly smaller than that of other widely used SIR estimators, especially in low SIR case. Finally, the estimate quality of the proposed method is further improved by long-termly averaging the sample interference.     

Capacity evaluation of a mixed-traffic WCDMA system in the presence of load control

This paper deals with the capacity analysis of a direct-sequence code-division multiple-access (DS-CDMA) cellular system in the presence of heterogeneous traffic. We consider a distributed resource allocation strategy that uses a closed-loop control scheme to manage the processing gain, the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR), and the system load. In particular, each base station aims at maintaining the uplink load to its allowable maximum value in order to achieve the maximum throughput. A typical urban cellular system is considered in which the path loss depends on the /spl alpha/th power of the distance, shadowing is log-normally distributed, and short-term fluctuations due to multipath fading are present. Besides, a radio resource-management scheme is considered, which is able to control transmission power and spreading gain values so as to maintain the total received power at the base stations at a maximum allowable level. In this scenario, this paper derives a novel analytical approach for the evaluation of system capacity of DS-CDMA systems in presence of different traffic sources. Bit-error-ratio (BER) and bit-rate requirements have been considered for the different traffic classes. Simulation results have permitted to validate the developed analytical framework on a very comprehensive range of cases. The proposed analysis is finally applied to universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS)-like traffic classes in order to evaluate the system capacity.     

Uplink power control for TDMA portable radio channels

Power control based on signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) has been proposed as a technique for managing co-channel interference in frequency reuse radio systems. Recently, new autonomous power control methods were introduced to achieve near-optimum performance without difficult centralized control proposed earlier. The achievable performance from preliminary studies appears promising for providing significant increase in spectrum efficiency. However, the implementation of the SIR-based power control algorithms remains challenging. In this paper, implementation of power control that indirectly depends on SIR is discussed. As an example, a simple closed-loop power control algorithm for the portable transmitter is introduced for TDMA portable radio systems. While it may appear specific for the system considered, the underlying principle and parameters required (i.e., error indicator, received power level, and signal quality indicator) are common to the implementation of digital demodulation circuitry. Computer simulations indicate that SIR level is maintained at a level suitable for sustaining desirable performance. Furthermore, when the power-control updating period is short, as in the specific system considered, moderate-rate short-term fading can be tracked and mitigated