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.     

基于多中继导频频分复用的协同通信系统信道估计算法

本文针对频率选择性衰落环境下结合正交频分复用技术的放大转发多中继协同通信系统,提出了基于导频频分复用的频域信道估计算法,包括最小二乘（LS）估计算法和线性最小均方误差（LMMSE）估计算法。理论分析和仿真结果表明,该算法不仅成功分辨了多中继协同通信系统的所有频域信道衰落系数,避免了各中继节点转发的导频符号在目的节点上的混叠干扰,而且减少了频域信道估计所需的导频符号数量和时隙周期长度,提高了协同通信系统的传输效率和频谱利用率,同时显著提高了信道估计的精度,降低了算法的复杂度,具有较高的实用价值。      

分布式空频编码协同通信系统中基于导频转发新时序的信道估计算法

该文针对频率选择性衰落下的多中继分布式空频编码协同通信系统,提出了基于导频转发新时序的频域信道估计算法,包括最小二乘(LS)估计算法和低阶近似的线性最小均方误差(Lr-LMMSE)估计算法。互相协同的各中继节点在收到源节点广播发送的频域导频符号向量后,通过互不相同的时隙将其转发给目的节点,从而避免了各中继节点转发的导频符号在目的节点上的混叠干扰。理论分析和仿真结果表明,该算法成功地分辨了多中继协同通信系统的所有频域信道系数,其估计精度高,算法复杂度低,具有较高的实用价值。     

修正Kalman滤波多带UWB信道估计改进方法

针对多带超宽带(UWB)系统中修正Kalman滤波算法复杂度高的缺陷,提出一种低复杂度的修正Kalman滤波改进方法。该方法中UWB信道采用自回归模型(AR)建模,利用导频跟踪时变信道衰减因子,通过Kalman滤波和频域分段最小均方误差(MMSE)算法同时跟踪信道的时域相关性和频域相关性,提高了系统性能,降低了计算复杂度。仿真结果表明,和修正的Kalman滤波方法相比,在估计精度损失很小的情况下,所提方法极大降低了计算复杂度,提高了系统整体的估计性能。     

Frequency-Domain Channel Estimation for SC-FDE in UWB Communications

Recently, single-carrier block transmission with frequency-domain equalization (SC-FDE) has been shown to be a promising candidate for ultra-wideband (UWB) communications. In this paper, we address the channel estimation problem for SC-FDE transmission over UWB channels. A mean-square error (MSE) lower bound for the frequency-domain linear minimum mean-squared error (LMMSE) channel estimator is derived, and the optimal pilot sequence that achieves this lower bound is obtained. Further simplification leads to a frequency-domain channel estimator with reduced computational complexity. The performance of the simplified estimator for SC-FDE over UWB channels is evaluated and compared with that with perfect channel state information. The effects of nonoptimal and optimal pilot symbols are also investigated. Our results show that the proposed frequency-domain channel estimator performs well over UWB channels with only small performance degradation, compared with that with perfect channel estimation     

OFDM系统隐藏导频的信道估计与跟踪

传统插入导频的信道估计方法占用固有的带宽,而基于隐藏导频的信道估计的方法不需要占用额外的带宽.基于隐藏导频信道估计理论提出了一种隐藏导频信道跟踪的方法:在叠加最优PAPR序列进行信道估计之后,增加了一个简单的周期冲激序列作为信道跟踪.该方法在节约有效资源的同时,也简化了算法复杂度.     

Two novel iterative joint frequency-offset and channel estimation methods for OFDMA uplink

We address joint estimation of frequency offsets and channel responses in OFDMA uplink. A cyclically equal-spaced, equal-energy interleaved pilot preamble is proposed by which two iterative estimators are developed. In the first estimator, we develop a modified SAGE (space alternating generalized expectation-maximization) method by incorporating multiuser interference cancellation in both time and frequency domains into the SAGE method. The proposed modified SAGE method yields a faster convergence rate, a better estimation performance, and a lower complexity than the existing conventional SAGE method from [10]. In the second method, we propose a very low complexity ad hoc method to replace the high complexity frequency offset estimator of the first method. The proposed ad hoc method is developed based on the time-domain characteristics of the pilot preamble and the frequency-domain power concentration property of OFDMA systems. It achieves almost the same estimation performance as the first proposed method but requires significantly lower complexity. Both proposed methods are not only better in estimation performance, convergence rate, and complexity, but also more robust to the number of active uplink users than the existing method while requiring only one OFDM training symbol and no restriction of the data subcarrier assignment scheme.     

Reduced-state noncoherent MLSD method for CPM in aeronautical telemetry

Due to high spectral efficiency and power efficiency, the continuous phase modulation ( CPM) technique with constant envelop is widely used in range telemetry. How to improve the bit error rate (BER) performance of CPM and keep a reasonable computational complexity is the key of the entire telemetry system and the focus of research and engineering design. In this paper, a reduced-state noncoherent maximum likelihood sequence detection (MLSD) method for CPM is proposed. In the proposed method, the criterion of noncoherent MLSD is derived for CPM when the carrier phase is unknown. A novel Viterbi algorithm (VA) with modified state vector is designed to simplify the implementation of noncoherent MLSD. Both analysis and numerical results show that the proposed method reduces the computational complexity significantly and does not need accurate carrier phase recovery, which overcomes the shortage of traditional MLSD method. Additionally, the proposed method exceeds the traditional MLSD method when carrier phase deviation exists.     

Theoretical studies and efficient algorithm of semi-blind ICI equalization for OFDM

The intercarrier interference (ICI) due to the Doppler frequency shift, sampling clock offset, time-varying multipath fading and local oscillator frequency offset becomes the major difficulty for the data transmission via the wireless orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. The existing ICI mitigation schemes involve the frequency-domain channel estimation/equalization or the additional coding and therefore require the pilot symbols which reduce the throughput. The frequency-domain channel estimation/equalization relies on the huge matrix inversion with high computational complexity especially for the OFDM technologies possessing many subcarriers such as digital video broadcasting (DVB) systems and wireless metropolitan-area networks (WMAN). In our previous work, we proposed a semi-blind ICI equalization scheme using the joint multiple matrix diagonalization (JMMD) algorithm and empirically showed that the proposed method significantly improved the symbol error rates for QPSK- and 16QAM-OFDM systems. In this paper, we discuss the sufficient condition for the theoretical ICI equalizability and also propose an alternative semi-blind ICI equalization method based on the joint approximate diagonalization of eigen-matrices (JADE) algorithm, which is much more computationally efficient than our previous method.     

OFDM叠加导频联合信道估计和检测方法

针对现有正交频分复用(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM)系统信道估计和迭代检测算法中频谱效率低和鲁棒性差等问题,提出了一种基于酉近似消息传递和叠加导频的信道估计与联合检测方法。首先,在软调制/解调中叠加导频对正交幅度调制的星座点进行预处理,检测时将叠加的导频作为频域符号的先验分布,利用置信传播算法进行调制和解调,实现检测模型的简化。然后,应用因子图-消息传递算法对OFDM传输系统和信道进行建模和全局优化,引入酉变换加强信道估计算法的鲁棒性。最后,建立OFDM仿真环境对现有方法进行仿真分析。仿真结果表明,相对于现有的独立导频类算法,所提算法能够以相同复杂度显著提升OFDM系统的频谱效率和鲁棒性。     

Performance evaluation of OFDM and single‐carrier systems using frequency domain equalization and phase modulation

In this paper, we study the performance of the continuous phase modulation (CPM)‐based orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CPM‐OFDM) system. Also, we propose a CPM‐based single‐carrier frequency domain equalization (CPM‐SC‐FDE) structure for broadband wireless communication systems. The proposed structure combines the advantages of the low complexity of SC‐FDE, in addition to exploiting the channel frequency diversity and the power efficiency of CPM. Both the CPM‐OFDM system and the proposed system are implemented with FDE to avoid the complexity of the equalization. Two types of frequency domain equalizers are considered and compared for performance evaluation of both systems; the zero forcing (ZF) equalizer and the minimum mean square error (MMSE) equalizer. Simulation experiments are performed for a variety of multipath fading channels. Simulation results show that the performance of the CPM‐based systems with multipath fading is better than their performance with single path fading. The performance over a multipath channel is at least 5 and 12 dB better than the performance over a single path channel, for the CPM‐OFDM system and the proposed CPM‐SC‐FDE system, respectively. The results also show that, when CPM is utilized in SC‐FDE systems, they can outperform CPM‐OFDM systems by about 5 dB. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Simplified receiver design for STBC binary continuous phase modulation

Existing space-time codes have focused on multiple- antenna systems with linear modulation schemes such as phase- shift keying and quadrature amplitude modulation. Continuous phase modulation (CPM) is an attractive scheme for digital transmission because of its constant envelope which is needed for power efficient transmitters. Recent research has shown that space-time coded CPM can achieve transmit diversity to improve performance while maintaining the compact spectrum of CPM signals. However, these efforts mainly combine space- time coding (STC) with CPM to achieve spatial diversity at the cost of a high decoding complexity. In this paper, we design space-time block codes (STBC) for binary CPM with modulation index h = 1/2 and derive low-complexity receivers for these systems. The proposed scheme has a much lower decoding complexity than STC CPM with the Viterbi decoder and still achieves near-optimum error performances.     

基于符号频域均衡的CPM迭代检测算法

该文研究了部分响应连续相位调制(CPM)信号的频域均衡技术,设计了一种新的发射信号帧结构,并在此基础上提出了一种低复杂度的CPM迭代检测算法,分析了该迭代检测算法的复杂度和误码性能。理论分析和仿真结果表明,在多径衰落信道下,该算法比已有的CPM双迭代频域均衡算法具有更低的复杂度和更好的性能。     

Low-complexity detection based on maximum cumulative measure and Laurent decomposition for multi-h CPM signal

In order to solve the problem of high computational complexity in demodulation for multi-h continuous phase modulation(CPM) signal, a maximum cumulative measure combing with the Laurent decomposition(MCM-LD) scheme is proposed to reduce the number of the grid states and the required number of matched filters, which degrades the demodulation complexity at the receiver.The advanced range telemetry(ARTM) Tier Ⅱ CPM signal is adopted to evaluate the performance in simulation. The results show that, ...     

基于倾斜相位的CPM信号调制解调设计

连续相位调制(CPM)信号是一种具有高频谱效率和功率效率的恒包络调制技术,但基于传统相位网格的CPM信号调制解调算法复杂度高、计算量大。提出了一种基于倾斜相位网格的CPM调制解调算法,通过分析CPM相位网络图和分解模型,给出了CPM信号倾斜相位网格设计、状态存储、初始化及译码的实现方法,相比传统相位,该算法更加简洁、计算量更小,并通过仿真验证了设计方案的正确性。     

Simple CPM receivers based on a switched linear modulation model

Based on a switched linear modulation model recently developed for continuous-phase modulated (CPM) signal representation and approximation, and incorporated with new phase state symbol definitions, three simple CPM receivers are proposed in this letter. Their performance simulation results and complexity comparison are given using a quaternary 2RC (raised cosine frequency pulse) CPM scheme.     

基于Rimoldi分解的连续相位调制信号Turbo频域均衡算法

针对高阶部分响应连续相位调制(CPM)信号均衡中存在的复杂度高和性能较差等问题,该文从Rimoldi分解的角度出发,设计了一种新的适用于倾斜相位CPM信号的发射帧结构,并在此基础上结合单载波频域均衡(FDE)和Turbo均衡的思想,提出了一种适用于高阶CPM信号的Turbo频域均衡算法。该算法通过将信号均衡转化到频域进行处理,避免了时域均衡算法在计算均衡器系数时存在的大矩阵求逆问题,同时使用Turbo均衡的软信息迭代处理来改善系统的性能。理论分析和仿真结果表明,对于四阶部分响应CPM信号,在存在严重符号间干扰的多径衰落信道的条件下,该算法与现有的基于符号的频域均衡算法相比,在保持较低复杂度的同时,具有大约1.5 dB的性能增益。     

一种新颖的全响应CPM信号载波频偏同步法

连续相位调制(CPM)具有许多线性调制法难以比拟的优势,但是其接收机实现复杂度高,信号同步困难。通过对CPM信号相位的分析研究找到相位变化特殊点,在这些点上相位的影响仅由频偏决定。据此提出了一种基于2P幂-滑动观测窗的快速收敛频偏估计算法。仿真表明,在系统开销较小的情况下该算法能很快实现精度足够的载波同步。     

Soft-output demodulator in space-time-coded continuous phase modulation

Space-time coding has shown great promise for digital transmission in wireless communication links, especially when the channel response is known at the receiver. Space time coding combined with continuous phase modulation (CPM) can offer better tradeoffs in bandwidth and power efficiency. Because of the memory inherent in CPM, channel estimation is often harder than for linear modulations. We present an adaptive soft algorithm that performs joint channel estimation and data detection for space-time CPM systems. Properly designed pilot symbols are inserted at the very beginning to give good initial estimates of the channels. This soft receiver is further applied to the interleaved space-time CPM system to yield better performance with moderate complexity through iterative processing. Simulation results show that the receiver can often achieve near-coherent performance in quasistatic fading as well as in time-varying fading.     

OFDM系统中低复杂度的时变信道迭代均衡算法

针对正交频分复用系统在时变信道中的均衡问题,提出了一种低复杂度的时变信道均衡算法。该算法首先运用一阶多项式基扩展模型对时变信道进行建模,利用频域信道矩阵能量主要集中在对角线附近的特点,将频域信道矩阵按梳状导频的位置沿对角线分块,然后运用高斯置信传播算法分别进行线性迫零均衡。算法避免了矩阵求逆运算,降低了计算复杂度,同时有效补偿了多普勒频移引起的载波间干扰,提高了系统性能。计算机仿真结果和算法复杂度分析表明,提出的分块迭代均衡算法有效降低了时变信道中系统的误码率,并且具有复杂度低,可分布式计算的特点,因此适用于专用集成电路等硬件实现。