带有广义反馈的多址接入中继信道的可达速率区域的研究

多址接入中继信道是含有多个接入节点、1个中继节点和1个目的接收节点的无线多用户信道,同时考虑接入节点之间能够接收彼此含噪的广义反馈信息,此种模型存在于接入节点之间协作通信能力较差的多跳无线网络和无线传感器网络。论文给出了带有此种广义反馈的离散无记忆多址接入中继信道的可达速率区域,并将这一结果推广到高斯信道。提出一个新的编码方案,主要基于速率划分和译码前传策略,并通过采用分组Markov叠加编码建立各接入源节点之间以及源节点和中继节点之间的协作通信,在可达性证明中还采用规则编码和反向译码策略。结果表明,在离散无记忆信道环境下可达速率区域相比较以往结果更具一般性,在高斯信道环境下可达速率区域被扩展。     

一种信道编码与物理层网络编码的联合设计

基于正交振幅调制（QAM）设计了一种信道编码与物理层网络编码的联合实施方案,该方案巧妙的引入了一种去噪映射机制,即重新安排QAM调制的星座映射,中继节点对接收数据去噪后直接映射为对应数字比特流的异或。同时,利用卷积码和MAC-XOR网络编码（Network Coding, NC）的线性性质,使得中继节点只需直接估计网络编码的码字,因此中继节点的解调/译码的复杂度减少50%。在此基础上对该方案的误比特率性能进行分析。仿真结果表明了该方案的有效性,即与已有的物理层网络编码方法相比,在没有增加译码复杂度的基础上,该方案的信道容量有了显著提高。      

Decode and forward polar coding for Half-duplex two-relay channels based on multilevel construction

Polar codes represent an emerging class of error-correcting codes with power to approach the capacity of the physically degraded relay channel and relevant coding schemes have been proposed in the literature. This paper aims to design new cooperative decode-and-forward (DF) polar coding schemes for half-duplex two-relay channel based on the Plotkin’s construction illustrating their performances gain. In these schemes, we consider the use of time-division process in transmission. The source node transmits its polar-coded information to both relays and the destination nodes during the first time slot. Each relay node receives the data from the source and processes it using the DF protocol. For the second transmission period, each relay first decodes the source signal then after reconstruction of the information reduction matrix based on the multilevel characteristics of polar codes, the extracted data at each relay are recoded using another polar code and transmitted to the destination. At destination node, the signals received from each relay and source nodes are processed by using multi-joint successive cancellation decoding for retrieving the original information bits. We demonstrate via simulation results that by carefully constructed polarisation matrix at each relay node, we can achieve the theoretical capacity in the half-duplex relay channel.     

Cooperative quadrature physical layer network coding in wireless relay networks

This paper proposes a cooperative quadrature physical layer network coding (CQPNC) scheme for a dual‐hop cooperative relay network, which consists of two source nodes, one relay node and one destination node. All nodes in the network have one antenna, and the two source nodes transmit their signals modulated with quadrature carriers. In this paper, a cooperative quadrature physical layer network coded decode‐and‐forward (DF) relay protocol (CQPNC‐DF) is proposed to transmit the composite information from the two source nodes via the relay node to the destination node simultaneously to reduce the number of time slots required for a transmission. The proposed CQPNC‐DF relay protocol is compared with time‐division multiple‐access amplify‐and‐forward (TDMA‐AF), TDMA‐DF, cooperative network coded DF (CNC‐DF) and cooperative analog network coded AF (CANC‐AF) relay protocols to demonstrate its effectiveness in terms of bit error rate (BER) and system throughput under different propagation conditions. The simulation results reveal that the proposed CQPNC‐DF relay protocol can significantly improve the network performance. Compared with two TDMA schemes and CNC‐DF, the proposal can provide up to 100% and 50% throughput gains, respectively. Moreover, no matter what the scene, the proposed scheme always has the lowest BER in the low SNR region. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Capacity Approaching Turbo Coding For Half-Duplex Relaying

In this paper, we develop capacity approaching turbo coding schemes for half-duplex relay systems as an extension of our previous work on coding for full-duplex relays. We consider the use of specific signal constellations (e.g., binary phase-shift keying) in transmission, develop practical coding schemes to be used at the source and the relay nodes, and describe a suitable information combining technique at the destination node. Unlike the full-duplex relay systems, the destination node does not perform joint decoding of multiple consecutive blocks; instead, it works with one frame at a time. Furthermore, for the half-duplex relaying scheme, the optimization of the length of the listening period for the relay node is an issue. By utilizing the information theoretical tools, we perform this optimization, and use it in our development of capacity approaching coding/decoding schemes. Specifically, when the fraction of time turns out to be less than the transmission rate, the relay node is unable to decode all the information bits transmitted, and a partial decoding approach has to be used. Through a comprehensive set of examples, we observe that the proposed scheme is promising to approach the corresponding information theoretical limits (bounds). In particular, for all the cases studied, we have obtained bit error rates of $10^{-5}$ or lower within 1–1.5 dB (in most cases, around within 1.2 dB) of the constrained capacity under a variety of channel conditions. Extensions of the proposed scheme to coded modulation and to multiple-input multiple-output systems are also described.      

非正交多址中继系统复数域网络编码优化设计

无线中继与网络编码是提高通信系统数据可靠性和吞吐率的重要技术手段,重点研究了单中继非正交多址系统复数域网络编码的优化设计问题.首先,在限制源节点和中继节点的总发送功率并假设各个源节点发送功率相同的条件下,证明了当源节点与中继节点发送功率相等时基于复数域网络编码的单中继非正交多址系统误符号率(SEP)性能最佳.其次,以编码增益为目标函数,提出了一种复数域网络编码的优化设计方法.与已有的复数域网络编码系数设计方法相比,此方法能满足任意源节点个数条件下复数域网络编码系数的优化设计要求,同时可以有效地避免因为网络编码系数选择不当造成信号重叠的现象,提升和改进系统的SEP性能.     

A novel cooperative transmission scheme based on superposition coding and partial relaying

This paper considered the single relay system and proposed a novel repetition coding decode‐and‐forward (DF) cooperative transmission scheme on the basis of superposition coding and partial relaying. In the proposed scheme, the link disparity due to the geometry of the relay network is emphasized, and only a fraction of the information is transmitted in relay mode with the rest being transmitted directly, which benefits from the utility of superposition coding (SC) in broadcast situation. The proposed scheme is analyzed in two cases, one assumes full channel state information at the source (full CSIS), the other with only mean gain of each link known by the source (partial CSIS). For both cases, the optimal design of system parameters is considered. We investigate the achievable rate and expected rate performance for these two cases, respectively. The proposed schemed is well compared with conventional repetition coding DF, parallel coding DF, as well as another promising superposition coding relaying. It is concluded that, by designing protocols that orients to certain network geometry, better trade‐off between performance and complexity can be obtained. The analysis reveals that the gap between conventional repetition and parallel coding is largely mitigated by the proposed scheme, quite for the scenario that the relay locates relatively but not extremely closer to the source, at moderate SNR regime for both partial and full CSIS cases. The proposed scheme becomes more beneficial in severe path loss attenuation scenario. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Differential space–time network coding in MIMO two‐way relay channel network

This paper focuses on noncoherent detection scheme for multiple‐input multiple‐output two‐way relay channel network with two two‐antennas source nodes and one single‐antenna relay node. An orthogonal differential space–time network coding (ODSTNC) scheme based on relay detection and forward protocol is proposed. The proposed scheme combines space–time coding with network coding, and the differential modulation and detection are used in both multiple access stage and broadcast stage. The multiple‐symbol differential detection is employed at the relay. The maximum likelihood decision and its low‐complexity sphere decoding decision are given. The upper and lower bounds on the average symbol error probability for this system under differential binary phase shift keying (DBPSK) are derived, and a diversity order of 2 is confirmed to be achieved. The simulation results show that the ODSTNC scheme has good performance, and it is available for the applications of far distance signal transmission between two terminals where channel state information is unknown. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Multisource, Multidestination, Multirelay Wireless Networks

Networks with multiple source-destination pairs, involving possibly multicast, and where there are multiple nodes that can serve as potential relay nodes, are considered. A multisource, multirelay coding scheme is developed. In this scheme, each source's information is sent to its destination nodes via a multirelay route, with the multiple multirelay routes operating concurrently even when they intersect with each other, in the same spirit as code-division multiple access (CDMA). It is found that in the generalization to multiple sources, backward decoding achieves higher rates than sliding-window decoding. The routing structure where a joint backward decoding can be performed is characterized. The achievable rate region is found to combine aspects of both multiple relay and multiple access. Potential applications of this coding scheme to sensor networks are discussed. In particular, the exact capacity for the data downloading problem in sensor networks, where there are multiple sensor sources and one sink or collector node, is established for certain geometries when there is phase fading that is unknown to the transmitter.     

基于物理层网络编码的非对称中继系统性能分析

在无线通信研究中,网络编码因其可有效提升带宽利用率的特性得到了大量关注.但是,网络编码用于双向中继信道(TWRC)时,中继位置的不对称将造成系统性能的下降,故在源节点使用分层调制的方法来解决此问题.研究了分层调制和物理层网络编码的联合以及优化,并进行了系统仿真.仿真结果显示,在非对称中继信道下,通过与传统调制方案(CM...     

协作通信系统中基于频谱效率优化的跨层设计

为改善协作分集系统的频谱效率,提出一种改进的跨层设计方案,对协作通信系统物理层的自适应调制编码（AMC）技术和链路层的混合自动重传(HARQ)协议进行联合优化设计。该方案利用少量比特的反馈,使得仅当目的节点通过直接信道不能正确译码分组时或者当直接信道处于深度衰落时触发中继节点转发协作伙伴数据。给出了所提方案基于瑞利衰落信道、解码转发（DF）条件下频谱效率的表达式,然后搜索在任意信噪比条件下使频谱效率最大化的调制与编码方案。通过计算机仿真对理论分析进行了验证。理论分析和仿真表明该跨层设计在中低信噪比(SNR)可进一步提升协作通信系统的频谱效率。      

有限字符集下采用空间调制的物理层网络编码方案

空间调制(Spatial Modulation)通过利用天线索引承载数据信息,可以提升复用增益,实现更高速传输。利用这一特性,可针对协同多址接入信道模型设计一种基于空间调制的物理层网络编码方案。在协同节点,将其中一个源信息映射成传统调制符号,而将另一个源信息映射到协同节点的天线序号上。在目的节点,通过最大似然检测,判决接收到的传统调制符号和发射天线序号,分别恢复两个源节点发送的信息。研究结果表明,由于两个源信息载体相互独立,基于空间调制的多址接入方案可以获得优于传统方案的容量区域。仿真结果表明,在高信噪比条件下,系统和速率近提高1倍,同时两路信息误码性能均较好。此外,考虑到实际系统中使用的并非理想的高斯信源,文中分析均基于有限字符集展开。     

Decode-to-cooperate: a sequential alamouti-coded cooperation strategy in dual-hop wireless relay networks

An optimal cooperation strategy, decode-to-cooperate, is proposed and investigated for performance improvements in dual-hop wireless relay networks. Based on decode-and-forward (DF) strategy with multiple relay selection, we design a novel scheme such that the source node keeps transmitting sequentially and the selected relays cooperate by transmitting the decoded signal using distributed Alamouti coding. We exploit the multipath propagation effect of the wireless channel to achieve lower probability of error and introduce optimum power allocation and relay positioning. We analyze the scenario when the source to destination direct link is not available and derive a closed form expression for symbol error rate (SER), its upper bound and an asymptotically tight approximation to exploit the performance gain by selecting the optimum relays in a multiple-relay cooperation scheme. Moreover, asymptotic optimum power allocation (based on the SER approximation) and optimal relay positioning are also considered to further improve the SER. The proposed relay selection scheme outperforms cooperative (DF) and non-cooperative schemes by more than 2 dB.     

Hierarchical modulation-based cooperation utilizing relay-assistant full-duplex diversity

In this paper, we present a hierarchical modulation-based cooperation (HMC) scheme to overcome capacity degradation due to half-duplex transmissions in conventional cooperative relay systems. In the HMC scheme, two relay terminals are used for both transmit and receive operations, i.e., full-duplex transmission. This scheme reduces the required number of time slots for cooperation. Utilizing this cooperative mechanism, the HMC scheme achieves cooperative diversity at the destination node by combining the signals delivered from the source and relay nodes. In addition, we derive a closed form of the end-to-end bit error rate for the HMC scheme, which is utilized to determine an optimal power ratio for hierarchical signals at the source node. In concurrence with the HMC scheme, we develop the best relay selection scheme for a practical wireless communication networks.     

不对称速率传输中网络编码与信道编码的联合设计

本文针对双向中继信道中不对称速率传输的情况进行了研究。在实际双向中继信道的通信传输中,由于信道质量,发射功率,业务需求等条件的不对称,双向信道的传输速率往往也是不对称的。本文提出了一种称为子集编码的方案,将调制、物理层网络编码、信道编码联合起来设计,使得较差信道的信道编码码字为较好信道的子集,这样中继节点可以利用信道编码的线性性质对接收到的叠加信号直接进行译码,从而使译码复杂度降低50%;同时,较好信道使用高阶调制,较差信道使用低阶调制,利用较好信道提高了系统的传输速率。仿真结果表明,与对称速率传输相比,本文提出的方案在提高系统有效性的同时,又保证了系统的可靠性。      

Wireless network coding in slotted aloha with two-hop unbalanced traffic

This paper deals with two representative unbalanced traffic cases for two-hop wireless relay access systems employing network coding and a slotted ALOHA protocol. Network coding is a recent and highly regarded technology for capacity enhancement with multiple unicast and multisource multicast networks. We have analyzed the performance of network coding on a two-hop wireless relay access system employing the slotted ALOHA under a balanced bidirectional traffic. The relay nodes will generally undergo this unbalanced multidirectional traffic but the impact of this unbalanced traffic on network coding has not been analyzed. This paper provides closed-form expressions for the throughput and packet delay for two-hop unbalanced bidirectional traffic cases both with and without network coding even if the buffers on nodes are unsaturated. The analytical results are mainly derived by solving queueing systems for the buffer behavior at the relay node. The results show that the transmission probability of the relay node is a design parameter that is crucial to maximizing the achievable throughput of wireless network coding in slotted ALOHA on two-hop unbalanced traffic cases. Furthermore, we show that the throughput is enhanced even if the traffic at the relay node is unbalanced.     

Achievable rate for three-node discrete memoryless relay channel with generalized feedbacks

This paper studies the achievable rate for three-node discrete memoryless relay channel.Specifically in this mode,we explore two generalized feedbacks simultaneously:the source node actively collects feedback signals from the channel;and at the same time,the destination node actively transmits feedback signals to the relay node.These two feedback signals,which are called generalized feedback overheard from the channel that is likely to be noisy,induce that all the three nodes are in full duplex mode.The basic coding strategies of Cover and El Gamal are applied to the relay-source feedback transmission by the source forwarding the compressions of the channel output sequences at the relay node to the destination,and are also applied to the destination-relay feedback transmission to improve the decoding ability at the relay.Based on Cover and El Gamal coding,a new coding scheme adopting rate splitting and four-block Markov superposition encoding is proposed and the corresponding achievable rate is achieved.The proposed scheme is able to exploit two feedbacks simultaneously which can effectively eliminate underlying transmission bottlenecks for the channels.The derived achievable rate result generalizes several previously known results by including them as special cases.     

New Relay Protocols with AMC Scheme for Throughput Enhancement in LTE-Advanced System

We propose an adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) scheme using relay protocols AF, DF and DMF. The AMC scheme is used for improving the throughput and reliability of a communication system, using different modulation and coding schemes. We analyze the performance of relay protocols with the AMC scheme and observe that relay protocols with the AMC scheme are capable of providing better average throughput at a lower signal to noise ratio (SNR) level as compared to the conventional scheme with no AMC. We perform Monte Carlo simulations based on 3GPP long term evolution-advanced parameters to prove the performance comparison of adaptive modulation and coding scheme (MCS) relay protocols with non-adaptive MCS relay protocols. The simulation results of the proposed system with adaptive MCS prove that among the amplify-and-forward (AF), decode-and-forward (DF) and de-modulate-and-forward (DMF), the DMF protocol performs best, at a lower SNR value and higher average throughput.     

乘法运算的模拟网络编码中继方法

当前无线网络编码中继采用异或运算和叠加运算实现,该文提出一种基于乘法运算的网络编码中继方案。该方案中继节点对接收到的两个源节点信号直接相乘,然后放大转发,从而实现网络编码。与异或运算的网络编码相比,该方案采用模拟技术实现,降低了中继节点网络编码的复杂度;同时该方案将接收信号与本地信号相乘实现网络译码,译码算法比叠加运算的方案简单。理论分析表明该方案的分集增益与未经网络编码的中继系统相同;仿真结果表明,该方案与现有的网络编码中继协作方案性能相当。     

协作通信中的自适应分级调制与功率分配

基于分级调制的中继协作技术可以很好地利用无线信道的广播特性和中继节点的位置优势来对抗信道衰落.本文提出一种自适应的协作方法,这种方法根据中继的相对位置,选择最优的分级调制星座图以及源与中继之间的功率分配比例,以使目的节点接收的数据误码率最小.仿真结果表明优化星座图和优化源与目的节点之间的功率分配比例都可以获得可观的性能提升.当中继位于源与目的节点的中点附近时,在消耗相同能量带宽资源的条件下,这种最优化的协作方法比非协作系统有3-4dB的性能增益.