Improved Robust Techniques for Multiuser Detection in Non-Gaussian Channels

In many physical channels where multiuser detection techniques are to be applied, the ambient channel noise is known through experimental measurements to be decidedly non-Gaussian, due largely to impulsive phenomena. This is due to the impulsive nature of man-made electromagnetic interference and a great deal of natural noise. This paper presents a robust multiuser detector for combating multiple access interference and impulsive noise in code division multiple access (CDMA) communication systems. A new M-estimator is proposed for "robustifying" the detector. The approach is corroborated with simulation results to evaluate the performance of the proposed robust multiuser detector compared with that of the linear decorrelating detector, and the Huber and the Hampel M-estimator based detectors. Simulation results show that the proposed detector with significant performance gain outperforms the linear decorrelating detector, and the Huber and the Hampel M-estimator based detectors. This paper also presents an improved robust blind multiuser detection technique based on a subspace approach, which requires only the signature waveform and the timing of the desired user to demodulate that user's signal. Finally, we show that the robust multiuser detection technique and its blind adaptive version can be applied to both synchronous and asynchronous CDMA channels.     

An effective 2-stage method for removing impulse noise in images

In this paper, a robust 2-stage impulse noise removal system is proposed to remove impulse noise from extremely corrupted images. The contributions are in two-fold. First, a neuro-fuzzy based impulse noise detector (NFIDET) is introduced to identify the noisy pixels. NFIDET is a powerful noise detector that can handle image corruption even up to 90% with zero miss and false detection rate with a simple neuro-fuzzy structure. This is the best result among the other impulse noise detectors in the literature. Second, this paper presents a new approach for weight calculation of adaptive weighted mean filter by using robust statistical model. An adaptive robust weighted mean (ARWM) filter removes a detected noisy pixel by adaptively determining filtering window size and replacing a noisy pixel with the weighted mean of the noise-free pixels in its window. A Geman–McClure robust estimation function is used to estimate the weights of the pixels. Simulation results also show that the proposed robust filter substantially outperforms many other existing algorithms in terms of image restoration.     

A new choice of penalty function for robust multiuser detection based on M-estimation

In this letter, we propose a new robust MUD, called /spl alpha/ detector, for non-Gaussian noise. We consider the Gaussian-mixture model for non-Gaussian or impulsive noise. Our technique outperforms the decorrelator and the minimax detectors in highly impulsive noise. The proposed method uses a parametric cost function, where the parameter /spl alpha/ is selected using the difference between the asymptotic variance of estimation error of the /spl alpha/ detector and that of the minimax detector.     

基于干扰空间的盲自适应多用户检测器

在现有盲自适应多用户检测技术基础上，本文提出一种更具有实际应用价值的基于干扰空间线性MMSE盲自适应多用户检测器及其相应的基于干扰自相关矩阵C1跟踪算法。数学分析和仿真结果表明：与现有盲自适应多用户检测器相比，该检测器具有更低的实现复杂度、更快的跟踪速度和更强的健壮性。     

Turbo decoding for robust multiuser detection in impulsive noisechannels

A more robust version of the nonlinear M-decorrelating detector through iterative (turbo) decoding is proposed. The turbo code performance in the linear decorrelating detector is also studied. Simulation results indicate that combined nonlinear signal processing and turbo decoding can achieve highly robust performance in impulsive noise     

Robust sequential detectors employing an order statistic prefilter

The authors propose robust detection schemes for detecting signals corrupted by additive non-Gaussian noise by employing an order statistic filter (OSF) as a preprocessor. The OSF can effectively suppress non-Gaussian noise components, but its output characteristics are not easy for mathematical manipulation due to its nonlinear operation. To alleviate the difficulty in the analytical design of the detector, the variance of the OSF is approximated by a piecewise linear model. The sequential detectors are designed using the sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) and truncated SPRT (TSPRT) schemes. The performance of the proposed detectors is compared to that of other robust detectors in terms of the sample size required for given false alarm and miss detection probabilities. Finally, analytical results are verified by computer simulation     

基于脉冲噪声中信号检测的模糊检测器

本文提出了一种基于脉冲噪声中信号检测的模糊检测器的设计方法。该方法将贝叶斯检测理论与通过样本数据学习到的关联模糊规则集中于一体，可改善系统的品质和适应能力，因而大大降低了信息符号的误差概率。数字仿真结果表明，对比传统的最大似然检测器和最优贝叶斯检测器，这种新型的模糊检测器取得了良好的控制效果。     

基于分数低阶统计量的盲多用户检测算法

多用户检测算法是抑制CDMA系统中多址干扰的重要手段,但广泛存在的非高斯信道噪声会降低以往的基于高斯噪声模型假设的算法性能.本文采用α稳定分布作为噪声模型,提出了基于分数低阶统计量的盲多用户检测算法,并对该算法进行了理论分析.仿真和分析表明,该算法具有很好的韧性,同时适用于高斯噪声和脉冲噪声环境.     

The Detection of Signals in Impulsive Noise Modeled as a Mixture Process

A first-order mixture noise density is considered as a model for impulsive noise channels. It consists of a mixture of a small variance, probably Gaussian, background noise pdf and a large variance impulsive pdf. Optimal nonlinear detector structures for known discretetime signals in such noise are derived. Their large-sample performance compared to that of a linear detector is studied using asymptotic relative efficiency.     

Robust Detectors for Signals in Non-Gaussian Noise

The robustness of suboptimal nonlinear detectors for known discrete-time signals in non-Gaussian noise is investigated. The measure of robustness used is the degradation of asymptotic relative efficiency (compared to a linear detector) from that achieved by an optimal nonlinear detector. The first order density of non-Gaussian noise is modeled as a mixture of a small variance Gaussian background noise pdf and a large variance impulsive pdf.     

同步DS-CDMA系统中的最优时空线性多用户检测器

本文给出了一种通用的时空二维线性多用户检测方法,它将所有线性多用户检测器归结到一个统一的数学模型之下.基于此模型,本文将时空线性多用户检测问题转化为一个权矢量的优化问题,并在线性约束最小方差(LCMV)准则下给出了权矢量的优化解.对现有的几种典型的线性多用户检测器的分析表明,这些方法都可以看作是本文提出的通用时空二维线性多用户检测方法的特例,且只能在某种限定条件下得到局部最优解,其抑制多址干扰和噪声的能力都低于文中的最优时空线性多用户检测器.最后,本文给出了数值仿真结果.     

Fuzzy decorrelating detector for non-Gaussian CDMA channel

A fuzzy decorrelating detector for CDMA non-Gaussian channels is proposed. The proposed scheme combines a linear decorrelator with a nonlinear preprocessor based on fuzzy logic and rank ordering that is incorporated to combat impulsive noise. Simulation results show that the proposed technique is very robust in combating impulsive noise.     

乘性噪声环境下基于符号秩统计量的非参伪码捕获方法

扩频系统常常工作在多径环境中,伴随着加性噪声的同时往往还存在着乘性噪声.该文提出了一种乘性噪声环境下基于符号秩统计量的非参伪码捕获方法,将伪码捕获等价为假设检验问题,利用局部最佳检测算法推导出了乘性噪声环境下基于符号秩的检测统计量,通过简化记分函数进一步给出了局部次佳秩检测器.将局部次佳秩检测器与局部最佳检测器和平方和检测器的性能进行了仿真对比,结果表明该文所提出的捕获方法在乘性噪声环境下检测性能接近于乘性噪声环境下的局部最佳检测器,而较平方和检测器则有较大幅度的提高.     

Performance of a Multiuser Detector with Multicarrier Transmission for a DS/CDMA System

In this paper, a new multiuser detector combining decorrelating detector and multicarrier transmission scheme is proposed and analyzed in a frequency selective Rayleigh fading channel. The bit error probability and asymptotic multiuser efficiency are derived as performance measures. From numerical results, it is shown that the proposed detector achieves better BER performance and lower computational complexity compared to a conventional decorrelating detector. It is also shown that the proposed detector is robust to partial narrowband interference, and alleviates near-far problem effectively. The results in this paper can be applied to design of a wideband CDMA system.     

Noise-predictive decision-feedback detection for multiple-input multiple-output channels

The decision-feedback (DF) detector is a nonlinear detection strategy for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels that can significantly outperform a linear detector, especially when the order in which the inputs are detected is optimized according to the so-called Bell Labs Layered Space-Time (BLAST) ordering. The DF detector may be implemented as the cascade of a linear detector, which mitigates interference at the expense of correlating the noise, followed by a noise predictor, which exploits the correlation in the noise to reduce its variance. With this architecture, existing linear detectors can be easily upgraded to DF detectors. We propose a low-complexity algorithm for determining the BLAST ordering that is facilitated by the noise-predictive architecture. The resulting ordered noise-predictive DF detector requires fewer computations than previously reported ordered-DF algorithms. We also propose and derive the ordered noise-predictive minimum-mean-squared-error DF detector and show how to determine its BLAST ordering with low complexity.     

Signed-rank nonparametric multiuser detection in non-Gaussian channels

We present a novel nonparametric multiuser detector for non-Gaussian channels that is based on the signed-rank norm for linear regression. Analytical and simulation results show that the proposed detector offers similar or better performance as compared to the minimax robust detector, but without requiring any a priori information on the noise. The complexity of this detector is lower than that of the pseudo-norm nonparametric detector stated previously by the authors. This is due to the fact that in contrast to the latter, it is not necessary to compute the intercept parameter for the signed-rank detector proposed in this correspondence. We analyze the behavior of the blind version of this detector and show that it outperforms the blind minimax detector. We also show that this detector has a bounded influence function and hence it is robust.     

Adaptive decorrelating detectors for CDMA systems

Multi-user detection allows for the efficient use of bandwidth in Code-Division Multiple-Access (CDMA) channels through mitigation of near-far effects and multiple-access noise limitations. Due to its inherent noise and multipath immunity, CDMA multi-access is being considered as a platform for personal communication systems (PCS). As CDMA based digital communication networks proliferate, the need to determine the presence of a new user and integrate knowledge of this new user into the detection scheme becomes more important. The decorrelating detector is a linear multi-user detector that is asymptotically optimal in terms of near far resistance; however, in the presence of a new unknown user, performance of the decorrelator is severely degraded. Adaptive decorrelators are constructed which adaptively augment an existing conventional decorrelator to demodulate a new active user in addition to existing users. Several likelihood ratio based schemes are employed. Both synchronous and asynchronous communication are investigated.This research was supported by the U.S. Army Research Office under Grant DAAH04-93-G-0219.     

Adaptive decorrelating detectors for CDMA systems

Multi-user detection allows for the efficient use of bandwidth in Code-Division Multiple-Access (CDMA) channels through mitigation of near-far effects and multiple-access noise limitations. Due to its inherent noise and multipath immunity, CDMA multi-access is being considered as a platform for personal communication systems (PCS). As CDMA based digital communication networks proliferate, the need to determine the presence of a new user and integrate knowledge of this new user into the detection scheme becomes more important. The decorrelating detector is a linear multi-user detector that is asymptotically optimal in terms of near far resistance; however, in the presence of a new unknown user, performance of the decorrelator is severely degraded. Adaptive decorrelators are constructed which adaptively augment an existing conventional decorrelator to demodulate a new active user in addition to existing users. Several likelihood ratio based schemes are employed. Both synchronous and asynchronous communication are investigated.This research was supported by the U.S. Army Research Office under Grant DAAH04-93-G-0219.     

Tanlock loop noise reduction using an optimised phase detector

This article proposes a time-delay digital tanlock loop (TDTL), which uses a new phase detector (PD) design that is optimised for noise reduction making it amenable for applications that require wide lock range without sacrificing the level of noise immunity. The proposed system uses an improved phase detector design which uses two phase detectors; one PD is used to optimise the noise immunity whilst the other is used to control the acquisition time of the TDTL system. Using the modified phase detector it is possible to reduce the second- and higher-order harmonics by at least 50% compared with the conventional TDTL system. The proposed system was simulated and tested using MATLAB/Simulink using frequency step inputs and inputs corrupted with varying levels of harmonic distortion. A hardware prototype of the system was implemented using a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The practical and simulation results indicate considerable improvement in the noise performance of the proposed system over the conventional TDTL architecture.     

基于双通道检测的多比特盲水印最优检测器的设计

水印检测错误会严重损害水印系统的可信度。该文提出基于双谱和能量检测的双通道检测来实现最优盲水印检测器的设计,并给出了一种在小波域中的具体实现。传统检测方法检测概率会随着信噪比的下降而急剧下降。双通道检测时信噪比很小时只要有足够大的双谱信息,即可得到较高的检测概率。即使双谱信息很小时双通道检测系统退化为似然比检测系统,仍是最优的。检测器检测到指定的水印后利用独立分量分析技术进行水印盲恢复。实验过程中攻击由通用水印测试软件Stirmark产生,实验数据证明所设计的最优盲检测器对Stirmark提供的各种攻击(如剪切、JPEG压缩、删行/列、旋转、尺度变换、随机几何攻击等)具有很好的鲁棒性。实验结果说明这种最优检测器的性能优越于现有的水印检测器。