子载波间隔自适应OFDM系统研究

随着无线电技术的发展,对正交频分复用系统的频谱效率要求越来越高,子载波间隔是影响系统频谱效率的主要因素.本文推导出了时变频率选择性信道下OFDM系统容量表达式,然后分析了子载波间隔对OFDM系统频谱效率的影响,提出了子载波间隔自适应以最大化频谱效率的方法,仿真结果证明此类自适应技术能大幅提高OFDM系统的频谱效率.     

Instruction-Vulnerability-Factor-Based Reliability Analysis Model for Program Memory

Bit faults induced by single-event upsets in instruction may not cause a system to experience an error. The instruction vulnerability factor (IVF) is first defined to quantify the effect of non-effective upsets on program reliability in this paper; and the mean time to failure (MTTF) model of program memory is then derived based on IVF. Further analysis of MTTF model concludes that the MTTF of program memory using error correcting code (ECC) and scrubbing is not always better than unhardened program memory. The constraints that should be met upon utilizing ECC and scrubbing in program memory are presented for the first time, to the best of authors’ knowledge. Additionally, the proposed models and conclusions are validated by Monte Carlo simulations in MATLAB. These results show that the proposed models have a good accuracy and their margin of error is less than 3 % compared with MATLAB simulation results. It should be highlighted that our conclusions may be used to contribute to selecting the optimal fault-tolerant technique to harden the program memory.     

Millileter-Wave Power-Combining Amplifier Using A Broadband Waveguide Combiner

A Millimeter-wave power-combining amplifier based on the multi-way rectangular-waveguide power-dividing/combining circuit has been presented and investigated. The equivalent-circuit approach has been used to analyze the passive power-dividing/combining circuits. An eight-device amplifier is designed and measured to validate the power-dividing/combining mechanism using this technique. Both the measured 10-dB return loss bandwidth and the 2-dB insertion loss bandwidth of the passive system are more than 10?GHz. The measured maximum small-signal gain of the millimeter-wave eight-device power amplifier is 22.5?dB at 26.8?GHz with a 3-dB bandwidth of more than 6?GHz, while the input and output return loss of the proposed eight-device power amplifier is around ?10?dB from 26?GHz to 36?GHz. The measured maximum output power at 1-dB compression from the power amplifier is 28 dBm at 29.5?GHz.     

Analysis of Millimeter Wave Scattering by the Infinite Plane Metallic Grating Using PCG-FFT Technique

In this paper, both fast Fourier transformation (FFT) and preconditioned CG technique are introduced into method of lines (MOL) to further enhance the computational efficiency of this semi-analytic method. Electromagnetic wave scattering by an infinite plane metallic grating is used as the examples to describe its implementation. For arbitrary incident wave, Helmholz equation and boundary condition are first transformed into new ones so that the impedance matrix elements are calculated by FFT technique. As a result, this Topelitz impedance matrix only requires O(N) memory storage for the conjugate gradient FFT method to solve the current distribution with the computational complexity O(N log N) . Our numerical results show that circulate matrix preconditioner can speed up CG-FFT method to converge in much smaller CPU time than the banded matrix preconditioner.     

Improvement of Linear Model of Plasma Filled Dielectric Cerenkov Maser

The plasma filled dielectric Cerenkov maser considering the effect of the plasma grating has been studied. The plasma grating is formed by the modulation of the strong fields. According to the plasma-grating model, An equivalent model is constructed. The modified dispersion relation has been derived .The numerical results show that when the modulation over the background plasma increases, the operation frequency also increases, however, the growth rate varies slightly. Compared with the calculation results obtained by treating the plasma as uniform fluids, the calculation results with the equivalent model describe the bounded bandwidth of the dielectric oscillator more precisely.     

System Throughput Analysis of Rate Adaptive TDMA System Supporting Two Class Services

In this paper, an adaptive transmission scheme is proposed to improve the spectral efficiency of TDMA systems. Services accommodated in such systems are classified as QoS services and BE services. Unlike conventional adaptive TDMA systems where the time slot duration is fixed for each user, our proposed system employs transmission slots with adaptive duration. For QoS services, rate adaptive modulation is adopted to make use of the instantaneous channel conditions of individual user. For BE services, a media access control strategy (MAC) that takes the instantaneous transmission conditions of all physical links of all BE services into consideration is employed. A framework to study the proposed system in terms of the average packet loss and the average system throughput is presented. The maximum number of QoS services that can be supported in the system while a predefined requirement on the average packet loss is still satisfied is investigated. A comparison study shows that our proposed scheme has higher system throughput over both conventional fixed and adaptive TDMA systems. Ronghong Mo received her B.Sc. and M. Sc. Degree from Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China, both in Physics. From July 1999 to July 2003, she was a research scholar in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in National University of Singapore (NUS), toward her PhD degree. She is currently working as a research engineer in NUS. Her research interests include adaptive modulation, synchronization and channel estimation in wireless communications. Yong Huat Chew received the B.Eng, M.Eng and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from National University of Singapore, Singapore. Since 1996, he has been with the Institute for Infocomm Research (formerly also known as Center for Wireless Communications and Institute for Communications Research), an institute under Agency for Science, Technology and Research, where he is presently a lead Scientist. His research interests are in wireless communications, transmission over HFC, DSL and all-optical networks.     

等离子体周期结构带通特性研究

本文在Lee W.Cross研究等离子立方体加载频选单元结构的基础上,进一步分析结构带通特性受频选单元、等离子体密度、入射方向及上中下三层介质之间的影响,设计优化等离子周期结构模型,采用高介电常数介质封装等离子体,使其具有恒定带宽和随入射角变化保持稳定的谐振频率,大入射角时3d B带宽比在1.4:1以下,拓展等离子周期结构研究前景。     

Reliability of NFV Using COTS Hardware

This paper describes a study on the feasibility of using commercial off- the- shelf(COTS) hardware for telecom equipment. The study outlines the conditions under which COTS hardware can be utilized in a network function virtualization environment. The concept of silent-error probability is introduced to account for software errors and/or undetectable hardware failures, and is included in both the theoretical work and simulations. Silent failures are critical to overall system availability. Site-related issues are created by combined site maintenance and site failure. Site maintenance does not noticeably limit system availability unless there are also site failures. Because the theory becomes extremely involved when site failure is introduced, simulation is used to determine the impact of those facts that constitutes the undesirable features of using COTS hardware.     

Trust-Assisted Handover Approach in Hybrid Wireless Networks

In Next-Generation (NG) hybrid wireless networks, Mobile-Controlled Handover (MCHO) is expected to be employed as the handover control mechanism, in contrast to Network-Controlled Handover (NCHO) used in homogeneous wireless networks. As more independent network operators get involved in providing Internet access, roaming mobile users would have to deal with complex trust relationships between heterogeneous network domains. The state-of-the-art handover approaches just take into account Quality of Service (QoS), but ignore the complexities arising from the coexistence of multiple network operators in the NG networks. The existence of a complex trust relationship between networks may lead to unnecessary handover attempts in service roaming. In this regard, this paper introduces a novel approach of dynamically retrieving network trust information, and using it in MCHO. We show how network trust information can be utilised to obtain a 35% reduction in handover delay, meanwhile retain QoS in a handover. The proposed scheme does not need bulk storage in mobile handsets, and can react to changes to network topology and trust relationships dynamically. Analytical results are provided to demonstrate how roaming mobile users make more intelligent and reliable handover if implementing the proposed handover approach in a multi-operator and multi-technology environment.     

Phase Equilibria in the Sn-Ni-Zn Ternary System: Isothermal Sections at 200°C, 500°C,and 800°C

In the electronic packaging field, the Sn-Zn alloy system has been recommended as a high-temperature Pb-free solder. There is a need for thermodynamic data on the Sn-Ni-Zn ternary system. Such data would serve as a basis for understanding the interfacial reaction between Sn-Zn high-temperature solder and Ni substrates and for thermodynamically evaluating the proper composition level of Ni and Zn in Sn-based solder. This study has investigated the phase equilibria of the Sn-Ni-Zn ternary system at 800°C, 500°C, and 200°C (for Ni composition of less than 60 at.%). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD), and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) were used to identify the equilibrium phases. On the basis of the experimental data and thermodynamic parameters, the isothermal sections of the Sn-Ni-Zn ternary system have been described, considering the ternary solubility in the binary phases and newfound ternary phases τ1 (Sn₃Ni₄Zn₃) and τ2 (Sn₄Ni₄Zn₂).