Bandwidth-efficient Bit-interleaved Coded Cooperative Communications

A cooperative coding scheme using M-ary modulation for high spectral efficiency and repetitive information transmission for diversity improvement is proposed. The encoder is a parallel concatenation of two bit-interleaved coded M-ary modulators (BICM) with scalable repetition of information symbols. As a result, the fraction of repeated information and the spectral efficiency of M-ary modulation can be used for bandwidth-performance tradeoff. Performance analysis is carried out to verify the performance advantage of the proposed system. In particular, analytical and simulation results in various block fading scenarios show that for a given bandwidth efficiency, a proper selection of the fraction of repeated information and the spectral efficiency of M-ary modulation can provide a large performance improvement.

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.

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.

Performance Evaluation of a Multi-band UWB Location and Communication System Based on Modified Gegenbauer Functions

Ultra wide band (UWB) may offer very efficient solutions for various communication and sensing applications. Two approaches have emerged, which meet all the communication requirements: impulse and multi-band systems. The present work is concerned in the second approach. So, we propose to use orthogonal functions called Modified Gegenbauer Functions (MGF) in a multi-band UWB system occupying the 3–6 GHz frequency band. Different scenarios are studied and compared in the scope of a system offering communication and location capabilities for subway trains. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed system, the bit error rate (BER) values for communication are calculated and analyzed in the presence of multi-user interference, assuming asynchonous users. It is shown that Gegenbauer functions offer the performance required for our multi-band UWB communication and location system.

Time-frequency hopping sequences with three no hit zones

Based on the idea of no hit zone (NHZ) in frequency hopping (FH) systems, new sequences with three no hit zones (T-NHZ) in time-frequency hopping (TFH) systems are presented. With the T-NHZ in the time- frequency (TF) correlation functions, the proposed T-NHZ sequences can be directly employed in time-frequency hopping code division multiple access (TFH-CDMA) communication systems to reduce or eliminate multipath interference. Simulation results show that T-NHZ sequences can achieve much better bit error performance than the NHZ sequences and the traditional FH sequences.

Construction and performance analysis of 2-D variable-length variable-weight optical orthogonal codes

In this paper, a new generation algorithm of a two-dimensional variable-length and variable-weight optical orthogonal codes (2-D VLVWOOCs) is proposed. By analysis of the BER performance for the corresponding optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) system, it is shown that the users with different codewords have significant differences in performance. Users with heavier-weight address matrices always outperform those with lighter-weight address matrices, and shorter-length and longer-length matrices support high bit-rate and low bit-rate in OCDMA applications, respectively. Therefore, heavier-weight shorter-length matrices can accommodate high bit-rate and high-quality of services (QoS) (e.g., real-time video), and lighter-weight longer-length matrices can achieve low bit-rate and low-QoS (e.g., voice). The system performance becomes worse as the users concentrate on one type of service. Especially, a surge of the number of users with shorter-length matrices has particularly impact on system performance. Thus, the 2-D VLVWOOCs can be used to provide many different types of services with different rate-levels and different levels of QoS, and simultaneously make better use of bandwidth resources in optical networks.

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%.

Performance Enhancement of Fast Handover for MIPv6 by Reducing Out-of-Sequence Packets

FMIPv6 can reduce packet loss using a tunnel-based handover mechanism which relies on L2 triggers, such as transmitting a packet from a previous access router (PAR) to a new access router (NAR). However, this mechanism may result in decreasing the performance of TCP due to out-of-sequence packets arriving between the tunneled packets from the Home Agent and PAR, and the directly transmitted packets from the correspondent node (CN). In this paper, we propose a new scheme called EF-MIPv6 that uses a modified snoop protocol to prevent the packet reordering problem. This new scheme can prevent sequence reordering of data packets and improve the performance of TCP using enhanced fast binding update (EF-BU). This approach requires modification of the TCP header to execute the last packet expression from the PAR, include a new polling data packet, and use the modified access point system. Simulation results demonstrate that managing the packet sequence in our proposed scheme greatly increases the overall TCP performance in a Mobile IPv6 and FMIPv6 networks.

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.

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.

Deflection-based transmission protocol for LAN operation in a PON system

In this paper, we propose and evaluate a new deflection transmission scheme for communication between local customers in a passive optical network (PON). In particular, we provide an analytical model to approximate the average packet delay of the proposed scheme in a local area network (LAN) operating within the PON (referred to as LAN-PON system). The accuracy of our model is validated by simulation. Furthermore, our simulation results show that a LAN-PON with a deflection scheme can achieve > 80% bandwidth gain using < 125 μs switching time compared to that of the traditional PON system for the cases studied.

Low-Complexity PAPR Reduction of MC-SS Signals in PAN

A peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction scheme with low complexity is proposed for the multicarrier spread spectrum (MC-SS) system in personal area network (PAN). Traditional clipping and filtering scheme requires a high oversampling rate to meet the emission mask requirements. This would cause high power consumption for mobile PAN devices in personal network. To solve the problem, upsampling is introduced between clipping and filtering in this paper to reduce the oversampling rate. A simplified implementation structure is also derived for the proposed scheme. Simulation results show that its complexity is about 65% of the conventional scheme while achieving satisfying performance.

SHARE: seamless handover architecture for 3G-WLAN roaming environment

For the transition from 3G communication systems to 4G communication systems, 3G-WLAN interworking systems can be a reference model for 4G communication systems. In this paper, we identify challenging problems in 3G-WLAN interworking systems and propose a loosely coupled architecture called SHARE. In SHARE, each WLAN hotspot access point (AP) is equipped with a 3G radio transmission module to generate radio signals for control channels of 3G networks in addition to a WLAN radio module. Consequently, base stations of the 3G networks share their control channels with hotspot APs. By monitoring these channels, mobile nodes can easily detect available WLAN hotspots without probe delay for handovers.

Adaptive Multiuser Channel Estimation using Reduced Kalman/LMS Algorithm

This paper presents an adaptive multiuser channel estimator using the reduced-Kalman least-mean-square (RK-LMS) algorithm. The frequency-selective fading channel is modeled as a tapped-delay-line filter with smoothly time-varying Rayleigh distributed tap coefficients. The multiuser channel estimator based on minimum-mean-square-error (MMSE) criterion is used to predict the filter coefficients. We also present its convergence characteristics and tracking performance using the RK-LMS algorithm. Unlike the previously available Kalman filtering algorithm based approach (Chen, Chen IEEE Trans Signal Process 49(7): 1523–1532, 2001) the incorporation of RK-LMS algorithm reduces the computational complexity of multiuser channel estimator used in the code division multiple access wireless systems. The computer simulation results are presented to demonstrate the substantial improvement in its tracking performance under the smoothly time-varying environment.

Error Probability for <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-branch Coherent BPSK Equal Gain Combiners over Generalized Rayleigh Fading Channels

In this paper, a closed-form expression for the probability of error in a coherent BPSK system over Generalized Rayleigh fading channels is derived. An L-branch equal gain combining diversity scheme is used. Theoretical results for the probability of error are plotted for various values of the number of degrees of freedom (n) and diversity order (L). A simulation is performed and the simulated results are found to match very well with the theoretical results.

Joint Carrier-Frequency Offset and Channel Estimation for MIMO-OFDM Transmission

In this paper, we consider a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system operating over frequency-selective fading channels. We propose a novel scheme for joint carrier-frequency offset (CFO) and channel estimation based on the expectation–maximization (EM) algorithm. Furthermore, the Cramer-Rao bounds (CRBs) for both CFO and channel estimators are exploited to evaluate the performance of the proposed scheme. Computer simulations show that the proposed algorithm achieves almost ideal performance compared with the CRBs for both channel and frequency offset estimations.

Diversity Combining and SNR Estimation for Turbo-Coded Frequency-Hopped Spread-Spectrum in Partial-Band Interference and Fading Channels

We compare different combinations of the repetition diversity order L and code rate R for turbo-coded Frequency-Hopped Spread-Spectrum (FH/SS) communication systems in the presence of fading and partial-band Gaussian interference. For a fixed overall channel code rate R/L we show that using the lowest code rate and no repetition diversity always performs better than using a higher code rate and some repetition for both coherent and non-coherent schemes. We then propose a simple maximum-likelihood-based method for signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) estimation in Non-Coherent Binary Frequency Shift Keying (NCBFSK) without training symbols. Except for impractically small hop sizes of 8 bits or less we obtain performance virtually equal to that of perfect SNR knowledge but with much less complexity than iterative schemes previously proposed. For the case of Coherent Binary Phase Shift Keying (CBPSK) we derive the Expectation Maximization (EM) estimate of the SNR without training symbols and iteratively feed the estimator with the extrinsic information from the turbo decoder. The performance for CBPSK is near that of perfect SNR knowledge for hop sizes of 64 bits or more. Unlike previously proposed methods for CBPSK the EM estimate of SNR does not require knowledge of the noise and interference variance, received bit energy, or the fading channel model.

A new family of 2D variable-weight optical orthogonal codes for OCDMA systems supporting multiple QoS and analysis of its performance

A new family of two-dimensional variable-weight and constant-length optical orthogonal codes (2D VWOOCs) is proposed, and the code cardinality and BER performance for the corresponding OCDMA system are analyzed in this article. It is shown that the cardinality of 2D VWOOC is larger than that of constant-weight 2D OOC and close to the upper bound in theory. In an OCDMA network, the users employing 2D VWOOC codewords with larger Hamming weight outperform the users using 2D VWOOC codewords with smaller Hamming weight in bit-error-rate performance. Therefore, the OCDMA network employing 2D VWOOC can support diverse quality-of-services (QoS) classes and multimedia services, and make the better use of bandwidth resources in optical networks.

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.