多天线对角空频编码传输

将平坦衰落信道的对角代数空时码(DAST)推广到频率选择性衰落信道,提出了对角空频分组码(DSF).基于多输入多输出天线和正交频分复用(OFDM),DSF码将满秩的旋转信号星座和子载波分组结合起来,以对角发送方式(每时刻只有一个天线发射)发射旋转信息符号向量的每个分量.成对错误概率分析表明:在频率选择性信道中,通过选择最佳的旋转矩阵,这种DSF-OFDM系统能实现满分集增益和最大的编码增益.系统采用了球型解码器对DSF码实施最大似然解码,它的解码复杂性是中等的,并且,解码算法的复杂性与信号星座的维数无关.此外,和先前所提出的一些方法相比,提出的空频码还具有频谱效率高(1symbol/s/Hz)的性能特点.     

Receive antenna selection for unitary space-time modulation over semi-correlated Ricean channels

Receive antenna selection for unitary space-time modulation (USTM) over semi-correlated Ricean fading channels is analyzed (this work generalizes that of Ma and Tepedelenlio-glu for the independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) Rayleigh fading case). The antenna selection rule is that the receive antennas with the largest signal powers are chosen. For single antenna selection, we derive the maximum likelihood decoding for the correlated Ricean case. We also derive the Chernoff bound on the pairwise error probability for the high signal to- noise ratio (SNR) region and obtain the coding gain and diversity order. Our results show that even when there are transmitter side correlations and a line of sight component, receive antenna selection with USTM preserves the full diversity order if the USTM constellation is of full rank. We also give an approximation to the distribution function of a quadratic form of non-zero mean complex Gaussian variates (from Nabar et al.) at the high SNR region. Based on this approximation, a closed-form expression for the coding gain is also obtained and compared with that of the i.i.d. Rayleigh case. We also analyze the case of multiple receive antenna selection and derive the coding gain and diversity order. We show that USTM constellations, which have been proposed for the i.i.d. Rayleigh channel, can be used with the correlated Ricean channel as well.     

Differential modulation and cyclic delay diversity in orthogonal frequency-division multiplex

We propose a new scheme for differential modulation in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) with cyclic delay diversity. Delay diversity is done in a cyclic manner in order not to exceed the guard interval. However, the increased frequency selectivity, and consequently, reduced coherence bandwidth, causes problems for noncoherent detection of differential modulation in frequency direction. Our proposal is able to cope with the increased frequency selectivity,and enables picking up the spatial diversity in frequency-selective channels with unknown delay spread in combination with standard differential modulation techniques. The new scheme is less complex than differential unitary space-time modulation. The overhead due to reference symbols is minimized and the detection delay is reduced, compared with differential modulation in time direction.     

Unitary space-time modulation via Cayley transform

A prevoiusly proposed method for communicating with multiple antennas over block fading channels is unitary space-time modulation (USTM). In this method, the signals transmitted from the antennas, viewed as a matrix with spatial and temporal dimensions, form a unitary matrix, i.e., one with orthonormal columns. Since channel knowledge is not required at the receiver, USTM schemes are suitable for use on wireless links where channel tracking is undesirable or infeasible, either because of rapid changes in the channel characteristics or because of limited system resources. Previous results have shown that if suitably designed, USTM schemes can achieve full channel capacity at high SNR and, moreover, that all this can be done over a single coherence interval, provided the coherence interval and number of transmit antennas are sufficiently large, which is a phenomenon referred to as autocoding. While all this is well recognized, what is not clear is how to generate good performing constellations of (nonsquare) unitary matrices that lend themselves to efficient encoding/decoding. The schemes proposed so far either exhibit poor performance, especially at high rates, or have no efficient decoding algorithms. We propose to use the Cayley transform to design USTM constellations. This work can be viewed as a generalization, to the nonsquare case, of the Cayley codes that have been proposed for differential USTM. The codes are designed based on an information-theoretic criterion and lend themselves to polynomial-time (often cubic) near-maximum-likelihood decoding using a sphere decoding algorithm. Simulations suggest that the resulting codes allow for effective high-rate data transmission in multiantenna communication systems without knowing the channel. However, our preliminary results do not show a substantial advantage over training-based schemes.     

Terrestrial digital video broadcasting for mobile reception using OFDM

Performance of a system design for digital video broadcasting is examined with emphasis on mobile reception. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is used to achieve good bandwidth efficiency and to mitigate the intersymbol interference resulting from the channel delay spread. The resulting equivalent channel including OFDM can be modeled as a flat Rayleigh fading channel plus an interchannel interference (ICI) term due to the channel Doppler spread. This ICI term is analyzed and shown to result in an error floor. Performance improvements due to antenna diversity and trellis-coded modulation (TCM) are given. Finally, multiresolution modulation is discussed as a means of achieving graceful degradation and giving degrees of freedom for further performance improvement.This research was supported by the Multimedia Systems R & D Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd.     

On Trellis Coded Noncoherent Space-Time Modulation

Unitary space-time modulation (USTM) is well-tailored for noncoherent space-time modulation. Trellis coded USTM (TC-USTM) can obtain significant coding gains over uncoded USTM for the noncoherent block fading channel. Conventional TC-USTM schemes expand the signal set of uncoded USTM by a factor of two. In this letter, we propose a new TC-USTM scheme in which the size of USTM set is not limited to be just double for uncoded USTM. However, in TC-USTM schemes, because signals of the same trellis branch are transmitted over the same fading coefficients, one trellis branch can only obtain one temporal diversity. In this letter, we also propose a new trellis coded noncoherent space-time modulation scheme by interleaving space-time signals. The proposed scheme can enlarge temporal diversity at the price of increased complexity and delay. Simulation results demonstrate the excellent error performances of codes found by computer searches for both schemes.     

Two EM-type channel estimation algorithms for OFDM with transmitter diversity

We study channel estimation for orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems utilizing transmitter diversity and operating over multipath fading channels. Two expectation-maximization (EM)-type algorithms are introduced and compared with each other in terms of convergence rate. At each iteration and for every OFDM link, the EM-type algorithms partition the problem of estimating a multi-input channel into independent channel estimations for each transmit-receive antenna pair, therefore avoiding the matrix inversion encountered in the joint least-square estimation. The EM-type algorithms can also be used to efficiently implement a recently proposed algorithm, termed the significant-tap-catching estimator, so that the system performance is more robust to different multipath channel delay profiles.     

Analysis and design of short block OFDM spreading matrices for use on multipath fading channels

We consider the use of block spreading in a multicarrier system to gain diversity advantage when employed over multipath fading channels. The main idea is to split the full set of subcarriers into smaller blocks and spread the data symbols across these blocks via unitary spreading matrices in order to gain multipath diversity across each block at the receiver. We pose the problem of designing the spreading matrix as a finite dimensional optimization problem in which the asymptotic error is minimized. This formulation allows us to find explicit solutions for the optimal spreading matrices. The performance is validated for the uncoded channel as well as for the coded channel employing turbo-iterative decoding. We further demonstrate that suboptimal linear complexity equalization strategies for spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) do not gain any diversity advantage over traditional diagonal OFDM.     

Best antenna selection for coded SIMO–OFDM

Multiple receive antennas with optimal combining have been known to improve error performance over fading multipath channels by providing spatial diversity. This benefit is obtained at the cost of greatly increased system complexity due to the need for multiple RF chains and signal combiners. Best antenna selection is a technique that can provide multiple antenna gains with only a single RF chain and no combiners. Best antenna selection is complicated by frequency selectivity in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) as the signal at any one antenna may not be the best at all subcarriers. In this paper, we propose a novel technique for best antenna selection in coded OFDM. To simplify the receiver, we assume a block fading model for the underlying frequency selective channel. The best antenna will then determined based on coding theorems known for block fading channels. Our simulations show significant improvement in coded OFDM performance over existing techniques.     

Space-frequency-time turbo coded modulation

A new bandwidth and power efficient signaling scheme is proposed that achieves high data rates over wideband radio channels exploiting the bandwidth efficient OFDM modulation, multiple transmit and receive antennas and large frequency selectivity offered in typical low mobility indoor environments. Owing to its maximum transmit diversity gain and large coding gain, space-frequency-time turbo coded modulation strongly outperforms other space-frequency-time coding schemes proposed in literature. A simple way of combining space-frequency-time coding with OFDM delay diversity for cost effective exploitation of more than two transmit antennas is also proposed in this paper     

（英）Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing for improving the performance of terahertz channel

Terahertz (THz) communication is considered to be one of the demanding technology for the upcoming 5G standards. The incredible demand for high rate through wireless channel necessitates the use of THz frequency for communication. The development of communication systems in this frequency band possess technical challenges as the characteristic of THz band is very much different from the present wireless channel. However, the advancements in the development of transceiver and antenna systems are rapidly bringing the THz communication into reality. The high path loss in THz band limits the communication range of this channel. Even, for a distance of few meters (>5m), the absorption coefficient is very high and hence the performance of the system is poor. Performance over this frequency channel can be enhanced by considering transmission windows over this band instead of the entire band. The transmission windows are the frequencies over which the absorption is relatively low. Though there is an improvement in the performance with this adaptive modulation scheme, but not sufficient for longer distance. Apart from path loss, the frequency selective nature of this high bandwidth channel is also a major reason for the poor performance of THz channel. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a promising solution to mitigate the effects of frequency selective nature of the wireless channel. OFDM has been exploited in this paper to improve the performance of terahertz channel. The results show that the Bit Error Rate (BER) of the terahertz channel is considerably improved with OFDM.     

一种降低接收机复杂度的差分空时调制方案

基于对角信号的差分酉空时调制技术不需要信道估计并能实现满天线分集,但接收机的计算复杂度与发射天线数和数据率成指数关系。该文针对发射天线数为偶数的系统,提出了一种降低接收机计算复杂度的差分空时调制方案。该方案将发射天线分成相等数目的两组并在每一组天线上分别进行对角酉空时调制,接着构造差分编码矩阵使得两个对角信号的最大似然检测可以分开进行,从而大大降低了接收机的计算复杂度。理论分析和仿真表明,该方案仍实现了满天线分集,并且对于某些应用环境能提供比对角信号更好的误比特率性能。     

基于Hadamard矩阵调制的空时频移键控

针对现有的空时频移键控(ST-FSK)频谱利用率低的缺陷,该文提出了一种基于Hadamard矩阵调制的空时频移键控(HST-FSK)方案。HST-FSK采用Hadamard矩阵对一个新的FSK波形向量在空、时二维上作Kronecker扩展,由于新的FSK波形向量中引入了更多的参数,因而HST-FSK能够获得比ST-FSK更高的频谱利用率。作为一种特殊的酉空时编码,HST-FSK适合于任意发射天线数并且可以实现接收端无需信道估计的非相干检测。相比于其它的酉空时调制(USTM)方案,HST-FSK还具有编码设计简单、能够获得满天线分集等优点。理论分析及仿真实验表明,与已有典型的酉空时调制方案相比,在频谱利用率相同的条件下,HST-FSK与ST-FSK的误码性能相当。而在具有较高频谱利用率时,HST-FSK的误码性能明显优于基于系统设计的USTM。     

New tight bounds on the pairwise error probability for unitary space-time modulations

We present two upper bounds and one lower bound on the pairwise error probability (PEP) of unitary space-time modulation (USTM) over the Rayleigh fading channel. The two new upper bounds are the tightest so far, and the new lower bound is the tightest at low signal-to-noise ratio. Some implications for USTM constellation design are also pointed out.     

Transmitter diversity for OFDM systems and its impact on high-ratedata wireless networks

Transmitter diversity and down-link beamforming can be used in high-rate data wireless networks with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) for capacity improvement. We compare the performance of delay, permutation and space-time coding transmitter diversity for high-rate packet data wireless networks using OFDM modulation. For these systems, relatively high block error rates, such as 10%, are acceptable assuming the use of effective automatic retransmission request (ARQ). As an alternative, we also consider using the same number of transmitter antennas for down-link beamforming as we consider for transmitter diversity. The investigation indicates that delay transmitter diversity with quaternary phase-shift keying (QPSK) modulation and adaptive antenna arrays provides a good quality of service (QoS) with low retransmission probability, while space-time coding transmitter diversity provides high peak data rates. Down-link beamforming together with adaptive antenna arrays, however, provides a higher capacity than transmitter diversity for typical mobile environments     

Achieving Full Frequency and Space Diversity in Wireless Systems via BICM, OFDM, STBC, and Viterbi Decoding

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is known as an efficient technique to combat frequency-selective channels. In this paper, we show that the combination of bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) and OFDM achieves the full frequency diversity offered by a frequency-selective channel with any kind of power delay profile (PDP), conditioned on the minimum Hamming distance dfree of the convolutional code. This system has a simple Viterbi decoder with a modified metric. We then show that by combining such a system with space-time block coding (STBC), one can achieve the full space and frequency diversity of a frequency-selective channel with N transmit and M receive antennas. BICM-STBC-OFDM achieves the maximum diversity order of NML over L-tap frequency-selective channels regardless of the PDP of the channel. This latter system also has a simple Viterbi decoder with a properly modified metric. We verify our analytical results via simulations, including channels employed in the IEEE 802.11 standards     

Exploiting Multipath Diversity in Multiple Antenna OFDM Systems With Spatially Correlated Channels

Multiple antennas are useful in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems for providing transmit and receive diversity to overcome fading. Typically, these designs require considerable separation between the antennas. Spatial correlation is introduced when antennas are not well separated, and it often leads to performance degradation in a flat fading environment. However, in frequency selective fading channels with rich multipath diversity, OFDM receivers can overcome this performance degradation due to antenna correlation. This is due to transformation of a highly spatially correlated channel impulse response to a less spatially correlated channel frequency response inherently by an OFDM system in the presence of rich multipath diversity. We illustrate this for a simple receive diversity OFDM system and hence introduce the concept of space sampling at the receiver where antennas are placed relatively close to each other. The minimum separation required between the antennas under such circumstances is derived analytically, and it is shown that even with a separation of only$0.44lambda$, the required spatial correlation in the channel frequency response becomes sufficiently low. Simulated performance results with such spacing for various multiple antenna OFDM systems corroborate the analytical results.     

Combined turbo coding and unitary space-time modulation

Space-time coding is well understood for high data rate communications over wireless channels with perfect channel state information. On the other hand, channel coding for multiple transmit antennas when channel state information is unknown has only received limited attention. A new signaling scheme, named unitary space-time modulation, has been proposed for the latter case. In this paper, we consider the use of turbo coding together with unitary space-time modulation. We demonstrate that turbo coded space-time modulation systems are well suited to wireless communication systems when there is no channel state information, in the sense that the turbo coding improves the bit error rate (BER) performance of the system considerably. In particular, we observe that the turbo-coded system provides 10-15 dB coding gain at a BER of 10/sup -5/ compared to the unitary space-time modulation for various transmit and receive antenna diversity cases.     

Capacity of Differential Versus Nondifferential Unitary Space–Time Modulation for MIMO Channels

Differential unitary space-time modulation (DUSTM) and its earlier nondifferential counterpart, USTM, permit high-throughput multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication entirely without the possession of channel state information by either the transmitter or the receiver. For an isotropically random unitary input we obtain the exact closed-form expression for the probability density of the DUSTM received signal, permitting the straightforward Monte Carlo evaluation of its mutual information. We compare the performance of DUSTM and USTM through both numerical computations of mutual information and through the analysis of low- and high-signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) asymptotic expressions. In our comparisons the symbol durations of the equivalent unitary space-time signals are equal to T. For DUSTM the number of transmit antennas is constrained by the scheme to be M=T/2, while USTM has no such constraint. If DUSTM and USTM utilize the same number of transmit antennas at high SNRs the normalized mutual information of the two schemes expressed in bits/s/Hz are asymptotically equal, with the differential scheme performing somewhat better. At low SNRs the normalized mutual information of DUSTM is asymptotically twice the normalized mutual information of USTM. If, instead, USTM utilizes the optimum number of transmit antennas then USTM can outperform DUSTM at sufficiently low SNRs     

A distributed differentially encoded OFDM scheme for asynchronous cooperative systems with low probability of interception

Recently, Li, Hwu and Ratazzi have proposed a physical-layer security design to guarantee low probability of interception (LPI) for MIMO systems without relying on upperlayer data encryption. The proposed scheme utilizes antenna array redundancy to deliberately randomize the transmitted signals to prevent eavesdropping. Motivated by their idea, in this paper we design a physical-layer transmission scheme to achieve LPI in cooperative systems. There are two major differences in cooperative systems: 1) each relay node may have only one antenna that can not provide antenna array redundancy for signal randomization; 2) there may exist timing errors due to the asynchronous nature of cooperative systems. Considering the two differences, we propose a distributed differentially encoded OFDMtransmission scheme with deliberate signal randomization to prevent eavesdropping and exploit the available spatial and frequency diversities in asynchronous cooperative systems. We use diagonal unitary codes to perform the differential encoding in the frequency domain over subcarriers within each OFDM block, or we use general (not necessarily diagonal) unitary codes to perform the differential encoding in the frequency domain across several OFDM blocks. By some deliberate signal randomization, the eavesdropper can not detect the transmitted symbols, while the authorized receiver can perform differential decoding successfully without the knowledge of the channels or the timing errors.