An intelligent multimode voice communications system for indoorcommunications

A novel high-quality, low-complexity dual-rate 4.7 and 6.5 kbits/s algebraic code excited linear predictive codec is proposed for adaptive multi-mode speech communicators, which can drop their source rate and speech quality under network control in order to invoke a more error resilient modem amongst less favorable channel conditions. Source-matched binary Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) codecs combined with unequal protection diversity- and pilot-assisted 16and 64-level quadrature amplitude modulation (16-QAM, 64-QAM) are employed in order to accommodate both the 4.7 and the 6.5 kbits/s coded speech bits at a signaling rate of 3.1 kBd. Assuming an excess bandwidth of 100%, in a bandwidth of 200 kHz 32 time slots can be created, which allows us to support in excess of 50 users, when employing packet reservation multiple access (PRMA). Good communications quality speech is delivered in an equivalent bandwidth of 4 kHz, if the channel signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) of the benign indoors cordless channel are in excess of about 15 and 25 dB for the lower and higher speech quality 16-QAM and 64-QAM systems, respectively, and the PRMA time-slots are sufficiently uninterfered due to using time-slot classification algorithms and due to the attenuation of partitioning walls and ceilings     

A packet reservation multiple access assisted cordlesstelecommunication scheme

A packet reservation multiple access (PRMA) assisted microcellular cordless telecommunications (CT) system is investigated for office type environments in absence of cochannel interference. The objective speech quality is found as a function of channel signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for transmissions over narrowband Rayleigh fading channels, parameterized with the number of PRA users. A moderate complexity 16-ary CT scheme constituted by a 4-bit/symbol 32-kbps adaptive differential pulse code modulation (ADPCM) speech codec, Reed-Solomon forward error correction (FEC) codec, and diversity-assisted 16-level star quadrature amplitude modulation (16-StQAM) modem is proposed. The 264-kBd 20-slot PRMA scheme supports 36 users while maintaining virtually imperceptible speech degradation for channel SNRs in excess of about 25 dB, and for a mobile speed of 2 mi/h if the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) is above 30 dB     

Performance evaluation of an improved PRMA protocol for low earth orbit mobile communication systems

Future mobile communication systems will be characterized by the interworking of several networks that will be integrated into a unique system. The satellite component and the terrestrial one will use as far as possible the same protocols. This work is concerned with Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols. In particular, Packet Reservation Multiple Access (PRMA) has been considered as a good candidate for terrestrial cellular systems, since it allows high multiplexing gains, dynamic PRMA carrier allocation to cells, easy management of integrated voice and data traffic and a near-transparent behaviour with respect to user mobility. The main aim of this preliminary work is to investigate the suitability of the PRMA protocol for application to Low Earth Orbit Mobile Satellite Systems (LEO-MSSs). Moreover, we have proposed a novel version of the PRMA protocol, named PRMA with Hindering States (PRMA-HS), that is particularly suitable for application in LEO systems. This new technique has shown very promising results in terms of both packet dropping probability and throughput. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

时分双工环境下的分组预约多址(PRMA/TDD)协议及其性能

在分析标准分组预约多址（PRMA／FDD）协议的基础上,提出了时分双工环境下的分组预约多址（PRMA／TDD）协议,理论分析和计算机仿真均表明,PRMA／TDD与PRMA／FDD的性能相近,可以较大幅度地提高系统的容量。     

Effects of PRMA on objective speech quality

When transmitting 32 kbit/s adaptive differential pulse code modulation (ADPCM) speech using Reed-Solomon error correction coding and 16 level quadrature amplitude modulation (16-QAM), a 20 slot packet reservation multiple access (PRMA) assisted cordless telecommunications (CT) scheme supported 36-38 speech users with negligible objective and subjective speech degradation. The average number of users per slot was nearly doubled due to deploying PRMA and toll quality speech was transmitted in a user bandwidth approximately 11.6 kHz. For a channel signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in excess of 25 dB, a Rayleigh fading channel and mobile speeds above 2 mph the speech segmental SNR degradation was less than 0.3 dB.<>     

Minislotted packet reservation multiple access

A minislotted packet reservation multiple access (PRMA) protocol is proposed in response to the disadvantage of PRMA wherein an entire slot is wasted in the event of a collision. The proposed protocol is shown to yield improvements over PRMA at the expense of introducing small amounts of additional clipping in some talkspurts.<>     

冲突消弱分组预约多址协议及其性能分析

本文讨论了分组预约多址接入（ＰＲＭＡ）协议的缺点,提出了一种突消弱分组预约多址接入（ＣＲ－ＰＲＭＡ）协议,理论分析和计算机仿真均表明ＣＲ－ＰＲＭＡ的性能优于ＰＲＭＡ。     

一种基于服务质量(QoS)的分组预约多址协议

本文从用户角度和实际通信情况考虑,提出了一种基于服务质量的分组预约多址协议（ＥＴ－ＰＲＭＡ）。该方法利用用户信息之间的相关性,适当地调整分组预约多址（ＰＲＭＡ）协议中的话音用户再次竞争信道的概率,提高ＰＲＭＡ系统中话音终端获取信道的速度,从而达到提高话音业务性能,从计算机仿真的结果看,该方法对提高ＰＲＭＡ系统中话音业务的性能确有帮助。     

Sampling Jitter Effect on a Reconfigurable Digital IF Transceiver to WiMAX and HSDPA

This paper outlines the time jitter effect of a sampling clock on a software‐defined radio technology‐based digital intermediate frequency (IF) transceiver for a mobile communication base station. The implemented digital IF transceiver is reconfigurable to high‐speed data packet access (HSDPA) and three bandwidth profiles: 1.75 MHz, 3.5 MHz, and 7 MHz, each incorporating the IEEE 802.16d worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) standard. This paper examines the relationship between the signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) characteristics of a digital IF transceiver with an under‐sampling scheme and the sampling jitter effect on a multichannel orthogonal frequency‐division multiplexing (OFDM) signal. The simulation and experimental results show that the SNR of the OFDM system with narrower band profiles is more susceptible to sampling clock jitter than systems with relatively wider band profiles. Further, for systems with a comparable bandwidth, HSDPA outperforms WiMAX, for example, a 5 dB error vector magnitude improvement at 15 picoseconds time jitter for a bandwidth of WiMAX 3.5 MHz profile.     

A low-power baseband receiver IC for frequency-hopped spreadspectrum communications

A baseband receiver IC which will be incorporated into a low-power frequency-hopped spread spectrum (FH/SS) transceiver for 902-928 MHz ISM band applications is presented. The chip performs noncoherent binary/quaternary frequency shift keying (FSK) demodulation, equal-gain diversity combining of dual antenna branches, and symbol and frequency synchronization. The chip also accommodates variable data rates from 2 to 160 kb/s, programmable hop rates, and tunable bandwidth Loop filters. The core area of the 1-μm CMOS chip is 3.9 mm×3.9 mm with a power consumption of 4.5 mW at 10 MHz from a 3-V supply. A baseband transceiver system utilizing this receiver chip for the prototype handset to demonstrate a point-to-point communication link is also described. Two XILINX FPGA chips were used to implement the remainder of the baseband transceiver functions, including frequency control logic for FSK modulation, acquisition control, data framing, symbol interleaving and deinterleaving, and interface control for data and voice     

Control of the Interworking Between Packet Reservation Multiple Access and Dynamic Carrier Allocation

This work deals with an enhanced frequency division multiplex/packet reservation multiple access (FDM/PRMA) technique for cellular systems also suitable for wireless local area networks (WLANs); such enhancements consist of an efficient control of the interworking between dynamic carrier allocation (DCA) strategies, which guarantee a real-time rearrangement of the carriers-to-cells assignment and PRMA techniques. This allows a higher carrier exploitation. In this respect, the novelties introduced in this paper are: (i) the definition of a short-term packet dropping probability which permits the real-time assessment of the link quality of a PRMA carrier; (ii) the determination of a procedure the base station (BS) can follow in order to perform a real-time estimation of the above-mentioned short-term parameter; (iii) an efficient carrier management and interworking between the DCA mechanism and the PRMA technique realized by means of such parameter. The paper also shows simulation results highlighting a remarkable improvement of the carrier utilization, obtained by the proposed interworking of the DCA and PRMA techniques.     

蜂房移动通信系统分组预约多址（PRMA）协议的性能

本文首先给出了分组预约多址（ＰＲＭＡ）协议的基本性能，接着给出了ＰＲＭＡ的动态性能和多载波ＰＲＭＡ的性能，最后给出了ＰＲＭＡ的改进方法。     

A bandwidth reservation protocol for speech/data integration in TDMA-based advanced mobile systems

The traffic performance of third-generation mobile systems is greatly influenced by the multiple access protocols used in the radio access subsystem. The paper introduces an access protocol, SIR (Service Integration Radio Access), which has the potential for accommodating the requirements of speech and bursty data traffic in an efficient way. SIR is evolved from a protocol (PRMA ++) studied in the framework of a TDMA-based version of the European Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) and uses dedicated mechanisms for data bandwidth request collection and servicing.     

Performance simulation of NC-PRMA with signatures in microcellular communication systems

Packet reservation multiple access (PRMA) improves capacity in microcellular systems compared with time division multiple access (TDMA) or frequency division multiple access (FDMA). In PRMA, when a mobile terminal has information packets to transmit, it contends with other terminals for access to a common radio channel. Therefore the main performance degradation is due to the collision of terminals simultaneously transmitting packets. In this paper we propose a non-collision PRMA (NC-PRMA) protocol with signatures to achieve a better performance than PRMA does. Two classes of duplexing schemes, frequency division duplexing (FDD) and shared time division duplexing (STDD), are explored and two speech activity models, slow and fast, in both FDD and STDD schemes are studied. From the results of a computer simulation it is observed that, with the constraint of a packet-dropping rate no greater than 0·01, NC-PRMA can support 38 (43) and 45 (49) users respectively under the FDD and STDD schemes if the slow (fast) speech activity detector is adopted. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Performance Investigation of CDMA/PRMA with Imperfect Power Control in TDD Cellular Systems

This study investigates the performance of joint code-division multiple access/packet-reservation multiple access (CDMA/PRMA) with the consideration of imperfect power control in TDD-CDMA cellular systems, and compares with that of CDMA/PRMA with an assumption of perfect power control. Both voice and World Wide Web (WWW) Internet browsing traffic were considered. We have studied their performances in terms of packet loss probability, power outage probability and average access delay. The results show that the assumption of CDMA/PRMA with perfect power control is too optimistic and independent of cell radius. It might be valid when the cell radius is <500 m. In addition, the performance of CDMA/PRMA with imperfect power control is highly limited by the cell radius due to its constraint on transmission power levels. Therefore, careful study is required if CDMA/PRMA is used in TDD systems.     

Handoff effect on packet reservation multiple access (PRMA) in microcellular system

Packet reservation multiple access (PRMA) has been proposed for third-generation wireless information networks by D.J. Goodman and S.X. Wei (see ibid., vol.40, p.170-6, 1991). The mobile-initiated handoff has been proposed to disperse the base station (BS) burden, which is increased by the small microcell radius. However, increased contentions, due to handoff, affect the overall performance of PRMA, even though these frequent handoffs do not burden the BS. We analyze the handoff effect on PRMA performance under a microcellular system, both voice-only and combined voice-and-data systems. A steady state voice-terminal model with handoff is proposed. System-equilibrium equations are derived using the proposed model. The system performance is evaluated, using a Markov analysis method, in terms of packet-dropping probability, data-packet delay, and throughput. The change of performance under handoff show the impact of handoff on PRMA.     

分组预约多址（PRMA）的性能仿真

本文首先给出了分组预约多址（ＰＲＭＡ）的定义和基本性能，然后通过计算机仿真的方法，分析了话音统计特性对ＰＲＭＡ性能的影响。结果表明ＰＲＭＡ系统容量对话音通信过程中的平均有声期的长度变化不敏感，而对话音通信过程中话音激活因子的变化非常敏感。     

基于65nm工艺的3Gb/s多通道收发器*

采用 65nm工艺,实现了一款16位并行收发器的IP核,它在5pf的负载及HBM 2000V的ESD保护下,其速率为3Gb/s。为了减小延时,均衡器、时钟数据恢复电路、CRC检测电路以及8b/10b编码电路在设计中均没有使用,所以整个电路在没有电缆的情况的延时为7ns。根据收发器在工艺、电压和温度下的鲁棒特性,在设计中采用了自动频率校正的锁相环电路,低偏移的差分时钟树及具有共模反馈的稳定电流模驱动器电路。该收发器在3Gbps速度下误码率小于10^-15,可以在不同的工艺角和极端温度下正常工作,并且能够容忍20%电压的偏差变化,在100nm下的具有低延时和高稳定性的高性能处理器中能够得到很好的应用。     

Cognitive medium access control protocols for secondary users sharing a common channel with time division multiple access primary users

The unused time slots in a primary time division multiple access (TDMA) network are regarded as the potential channel access opportunities for secondary users (SUs) in cognitive radio (CR). In this paper, we investigate the medium access control protocols that enable SUs to access a common TDMA channel with primary users (PUs). The primary traffic is assumed to follow a Bernoulli random process. A two‐state Markov chain is used to model the secondary traffic, and two different scenarios are considered. The first scenario assumes that the secondary packet arrivals are independent and follow a Bernoulli random process and a cognitive carrier sensing multiple access (Cog‐CSMA) protocol is proposed. A Rayleigh fading channel is considered in evaluating Cog‐CSMA, and its throughput expression is derived in this paper. The second scenario assumes that the packet arrivals follow a correlated packet arrival process and a cognitive packet reservation multiple access (Cog‐PRMA) protocol is proposed. A Markov chain is used to model the different system states in Cog‐PRMA and derive the throughput. Numerical results show that the Cog‐CSMA and Cog‐PRMA protocols achieve the objective of supporting secondary transmissions in a TDMA network without interfering the PUs' transmissions and improve the network bandwidth utilization. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fabrication and performance analysis of a high-coupling- efficiency and convenient-integration optical transceiver

An optical transceiver with a novel optical subassembly structure is proposed in this paper, which achieves high coupling efficiency and low assembly difficulty. The proposed optical transceiver consumes 0.9 W power and retains a small size of 28 mm×16 mm×3 mm. The fabrication process of the silicon substrate and the assembly process of the optical transceiver are demonstrated in details. Moreover, the optical transceiver is measured in order to verify its transmission performance. The clear eye diagrams and the low bit error rate (BER) less than 10-13 at 10 Gbit/s per channel show good transmission characteristics of the designed optical transceiver.