O<Superscript>3</Superscript>BPSK-based Linear Decorrelating Detector for Asynchronous DS/CDMA Systems over Frequency-Selective Rayleigh Fading Channels

In this paper, a convenient signaling scheme, called orthogonal on–off BPSK (O³BPSK), along with a simple one-shot linear decorrelating detector (LDD) and a whitening Rake bank, is proposed for near–far resistant detection in asynchronous DS/CDMA systems. Based on the maximum multi-path spreading delay, a minimum duration of “off” is suggested, during which the temporally adjacent bits (TABs) that contain multi-user interference (MUI) and inter-symbol interference (ISI) from different users at the receiver are decoupled. The O³BPSK signaling scheme is combined with the whitening Rake receiver to preserve multi-path diversity gain in multi-path fading CDMA channels. The scheme offers low complexity, no detection delay, near–far resistance, and compensation for fading channels.

OVSF Code Sharing and Reducing the Code Wastage Capacity in WCDMA

The non quantized nature of user rate wastes the code capacity in Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor Codes (OVSF) based Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) systems. The code sharing scheme in multi code CDMA is proposed to minimize the code rate wastage. The scheme combines the unused (wastage) capacity of already occupied codes to reduce the code blocking problem. Simulation results are presented to show the superiority of the proposed code assignment scheme as compared to existing schemes.

Directional Diversity of Smart Antenna in LAS CDMA Systems

The performance of code division multiple access (CDMA) systems can be affected by small scale fading such as Rayleigh fading channel. In this paper, the application of smart antenna and Large Area Synchronous CDMA (LAS CDMA) systems, which introduce directional diversity channel, is presented. A novel interference cancellation scheme through dynamic space code (DSC) algorithm is briefly described. The directional diversity can be realized from the directional gain of smart antenna system. It can be found that when the number of elements in smart antenna is increase the directional gain of antenna system is much higher than single antenna. The system performance analysis in term of error probability is compared between traditional and LAS CDMA systems in both single and smart antenna systems. From the performance analysis it is found that CDMA system is more susceptible to multipath fading channel than interferences from existing users.

Improved Fractional Fourier Transform Based Receiver for Spatial Multiplexed MIMO Antenna Systems

In this work the performance of a Fractional Fourier transform (FrFT) based Minimum Mean Squared Error receiver for MIMO systems with space time processing over Rayleigh faded channels is presented. The proposed receiver called Optimum FrFT based MIMO receiver (OFMR) shows improved performance outperforming the simple MMSE receiver in Rayleigh faded channel.

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.

Throughput Analysis of Adaptive Modulated STS-based CDMA System Over Multipath Fading Channel

The throughput enhancement of Space-Time Spreading (STS)-based Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system is investigated in this paper. Adaptive Modulation is utilized to improve the data throughput of the system in multipath Rayleigh fading channel. In this contribution, an analytical approach is proposed to compute a new expression for the Bit Error Rate (BER) performance and the output Signal-to-Interference-and-Noise Ratio (SINR) of the RAKE receiver-assisted STS-based CDMA system for QAM data, considering multipath and multiuser interferences. The other contribution of the paper is deriving a new closed form expression for computing the throughput enhancement and the BER performance of the adaptive modulated STS-based CDMA system over multipath fading channel. Simulation and analytical results demonstrate that using adaptive modulation method in this system improves the average throughput by keeping the BER performance at a target level. The novel expressions presented in this paper bring out the facility of evaluation of the proposed system with no need to more calculations and simulations.

Robust Channel Estimation and Multiuser Detection for MC–CDMA Systems Under Narrowband Interference

In this paper, we present a robust adaptive channel estimator and a robust multiuser detector for wireless multicarrier code-division multiple access (MC–CDMA) systems under narrowband interference (NBI). The conventional least-squares (LS) channel estimator performs poorly when narrowband interfering signals contaminate the multicarrier systems. A new weighted recursive least M-estimate (WRLM) channel estimator is hence developed to estimate multipath fading channels in the presence of NBI. The new robust channel estimator resorts to M-estimate and weighted least-squares (WLS) techniques. Simulations show that the WRLM channel estimator offers substantial performance gain over conventional recursive least-squares (RLS), recursive least M-estimate (RLM) and weighted RLS (WRLS) channel estimators under NBI. With the estimated channel coefficients, a robust multiuser detector is proposed to jointly suppress multiple access interference (MAI) and NBI. The performance of the linear decorrelator will degrade substantially in the presence of NBI. A weighted least M-estimate (WLM) algorithm is therefore developed to combat the NBI. The WLM multiuser detector is also based on the weighted M-estimate concept. Numerical results show that the proposed WLM multiuser detector significantly outperforms over the conventional linear decorrelator, the robust decorrelator with M-estimate and the WLS detector under NBI.

Adaptive Bit Loading and Transmit Diversity for Iterative OFDM Receivers

In this paper, we consider a transmission system employing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing with bit-interleaved coded modulation and perfect channel state information at both transmitter and receiver. An adaptive bit loading scheme in combination with cyclic delay diversity and discontinuous Doppler diversity is proposed at the transmitter and iterative demapping and decoding at the receiver. The loading procedure minimizes the bit-error rate at the decoder output, and the transmit diversity schemes mitigate channel correlations. We analyze the iterative receiver with extrinsic information transfer charts and present the achievable gains.

Convolutional Multiplexing for Multicarrier Transmission: System Performance and Code Design

The paper presents a new multiplexing scheme, called convolutional multiplexing (CM), to achieve high diversity gain and high spectrum efficiency for OFDM-based systems. In this scheme, data symbols are spread onto several subcarriers by the convolutional spreader. Spectrum efficiency can be improved by two approaches: high order modulation and multi-code multiplexing. With the best spreading codes searched out, the multi-code multiplexing OFDM-CM system performs better in AWGN channel, but may lose diversity gain in frequency selective fading channels. On the other hand, the single-code spreading OFDM-CM system with high order modulation can achieve the maximum diversity order. Simulation results show that the multi-code convolutional multiplexing perform better than code-division multiplexing (CDM) for OFDM-based systems.

A Decorrelating-MRC Based Space–Time Multiuser Receiver for Time-Hopping UWB System

In this paper, we propose a two-stage linear multiuser detector (LMD) for ultra wideband (UWB) multiple single-input multi-output (M-SIMO) system and multipath fading environment. Time-hopping (TH) and antipodal pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) are employed for the multiple access system. The decorrelating detector is first employed at the front end of each receive antenna to eliminate the multi-user interference (MUI), then a set of maximum-ratio-combiners (MRC) are proceeded to maximize the signal-to-noise power ratio (SNR) for each user. Since the channel information is crucial for the Decorrelating-MRC (D-MRC) receiver, we develop a subspace-based blind M-SIMO channel estimation method. The effect of channel estimation error on system performance is extensively evaluated. It is also verified from the analytical and numerical results that by exploiting both spatial and temporal diversities, the D-MRC receiver dramatically improves system performance even without additional coding. Moreover, we demonstrate that both the D-MRC receiver and subspace-based blind channel estimator are computationally feasible and near-far resistant.

A Rigorous Proof of MIMO Channel Capacity’s Increase with Antenna Number

It is well known that adding more antennas at the transmitter or at the receiver offers larger channel capacity in the multiple-input multiple-output communication systems. In this letter, a simple proof is presented for the fact that the channel capacity increases with an increase in the number of receive antennas. The proof is based on the famous capacity formula of Foschini and Gans and uses matrix theory.

Modeling Channel Access Delay and Jitter of IEEE 802.11 DCF

With the ever-increasing requirement of WLAN to support real-time services, it is becoming important to study the delay properties of WLAN protocols. This paper constructs a new model to analyze the channel access delay and delay jitter of IEEE 802.11 DCF in saturation traffic condition. Based on this analytical model, average channel access delay and delay jitter are derived for both basic access and RTS/CTS-based access scheme. The accuracy of the analytical model is validated by simulations and furthermore we discuss the impact of initial contention window, maximal backoff stage, and packet size on channel access delay and delay jitter of 802.11 DCF using the proposed model.

Symbol Error Rate Performance of QS-CDMA over Frequency Selective Time Non-Selective Multipath Generalized Gamma Fading Channels

Quasisynchronous (QS) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) is currently being considered for a variety of wireless applications and services because QS-CDMA enables information transmission with a good quality of service. In this paper, for M-ary signaling, the Symbol Error Rate (SER) performance of QS-CDMA communication system with a maximal ratio combiner (MRC) over frequency-selective, time-nonselective multipath Generalized Gamma (GG3) fading channels is derived not only for any deterministic spreading sequences but also for any chip-limited chip waveforms, and it is investigated for Rectangular, Half-Sine, and Raised-Cosine chip waveforms by means of numerical and simulation results. Numerical and simulation results show that the performance of QS-CDMA is as good as or slightly better than synchronous CDMA (S-CDMA) when the maximum quasisynchronous delays do not need to be less than some specific values depending on the path power scattering. With this flexibility of quasisynchronous delays, both the transmitter and receiver complexities are reduced as quasisynchronous communication is a challenging task for researchers. Additionally, since not only the spreading sequences but also the partial autocorrelation functions of the chip waveform are influential on the performance of multipath QS-CDMA, a measure, Partial Power Ratio (PPR) is defined based on these partial autocorrelation functions in order to select or design a chip waveform for quasisynchronous communication. Furthermore, results show that QS-CDMA using the chip waveform whose PPR is greater has better performance.

Multi-user Detection of Nonlinearly Distorted MC-CDMA Symbols by Microstatistic Filtering

Multi-carrier code division multiple access is a powerful modulation technique that is being considered in many emerging broadband communication systems. In a downlink scenario orthogonal spreading sequences are used since they reduce multiple access interference compared to non-orthogonal. However, the nonlinear amplification of the transmitted signal destroys the orthogonality and, thus, reduces the system performance. In order to avoid performance degradation without requiring large back-offs in the transmitter amplifier, it becomes necessary to use multi-user detection techniques at the receiver side. Conventional multi-user detectors (MUD) are designed for linear environments and, as a result, might not exhibit enough performance improvement. In this paper a new MUD based on microstatistic filtering is proposed. The presented MUD uses piece-wise linear filtering in conjunction with threshold decomposition of the input signal, which introduces a nonlinear effect, to improve performance when a nonlinearity is present. Maximum performance improvement compared to conventional MUD is achieved for low spreading factors and user loads no greater than 50%.

Subspace-Based Schemes for NBI and MAI Suppression in DS-CDMA Communications

This paper deals with narrowband interference (NBI) and multiple access interference (MAI) suppression based on subspace-based approaches for direct-sequence code-division multiple-access (DS-CDMA) systems. First, the signal subspace-based and the interference subspace-based techniques are developed to estimate the noisy DS-CDMA signal and the interference signal, respectively. In conjunction with a modified multiple constrained minimum variance multiuser detector, we develop two efficient schemes to deal with the NBI and MAI that do not need any prior knowledge about the characteristics of the interference and specific training sequence. Next, an adaptive implementation based on a signal subspace tracking algorithm and a recursive least mean square algorithm is also developed. Several computer simulation examples in terms of bit error rate are provided for illustrating the effectiveness of the proposed schemes.

Robust Multi-Path Zone Routing Protocol for Video Transport Over Reconfigurable Wireless Networks

Multimedia transport has stringent bandwidth, delay, and loss requirements. It is a great challenge to support such applications in reconfigurable wireless networks (RWNs). Using multiple paths in parallel for multimedia transport provides a new degree of freedom in designing robust multimedia transport systems. In this paper, we provide a multi-path extension to zone routing protocol (ZRP) to support video transmission over RWNs. We compare ZRP and our multi-path routing scheme by using NS-2 simulator. The experiments show that our method is effective in improving the robustness of video transport over RWNs.

Error Probability Distribution and Density Functions for Rayleigh and Rician Fading Channels with Diversity

This paper analyzes the distribution and density functions of the probability of error for Rayleigh and Rician fading channels with diversity. An expression for the signal-to-noise ratio is derived for an asynchronous CDMA (A-CDMA) system with diversity. The error probability distribution and density functions are derived and plotted for different mean energy-to-noise ratios.

Design and Performance Evaluation of Space–time Receivers with Dynamically Adjustable Tap Delays

The delay elements of a conventional two-dimensional space–time receiver are fixed. The rather inflexible design is inappropriate since the received signals among the antenna branches are correlated due to limited spacing, and the fading environment is time-varying. In this paper we propose a dynamic finger assignment strategy for a space–time receiver, where the delay taps are adjusted dynamically, based on the theory of finite projective planes, to improve the signal-to-noise ratio in correlated antenna branches. The proposed finite projective plane (FPP) based finger assignment scheme maximizes the collected energy by dynamically setting the tap delays depending on the correlation among antenna branches and the delay spread of the channel. In the performance evaluation, we demonstrate that the FPP based finger assignment scheme can improve the signal-to-noise ratio significantly in comparison to the conventional mesh-grid configuration when the correlation among antenna branches is high and the channel dispersion is relatively long in comparison to the overall span of the fingers. However, the gain is moderate if the channel dispersion ratio is short, where the gain of reduced correlation among antenna branches must compensate for the reduced signal-to-noise ratio due to the missed signals.

Performances of the H-ARQ Adaptive-QAM Transmissions over Multipath Channels

This paper presents the evaluation of the average spectral efficiencies provided by the adaptive use of a set of LDPC-coded QAM modulations in an OFDMA downlink scheme over mobile radio channels, considering a joint modeling of the channel and user-access method. It discusses the selection of the set of coded modulations, briefly describes the joint modeling of the channel and access method employed, and derives the average spectral efficiency provided by this approach in non-ARQ or H-ARQ environments. Some comments about the effects of the system’s parameters upon its performances are also included.

Performance improvement of bandwidth-limited coherent OCDMA system

The performance of an optical code division multiplexing access (OCDMA) system employing the differential phase shift keying (DPSK) data format and turbo code is investigated and simulated. A bandwidth-limited coherent time spreading (TS) OCDMA system is considered. Theoretical results show that performance degradation due to bandwidth limitation could be effectively restrained by the application of the DPSK data format in a coherent OCDMA system, and further performance improvement could be achieved by incorporating turbo coding into the OCDMA system.