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    Communication Subsystems for Emerging Wireless Technologies

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    The paper describes a multi-disciplinary design of modern communication systems. The design starts with the analysis of a system in order to define requirements on its individual components. The design exploits proper models of communication channels to adapt the systems to expected transmission conditions. Input filtering of signals both in the frequency domain and in the spatial domain is ensured by a properly designed antenna. Further signal processing (amplification and further filtering) is done by electronics circuits. Finally, signal processing techniques are applied to yield information about current properties of frequency spectrum and to distribute the transmission over free subcarrier channels

    Advanced Algorithms for Satellite Communication Signal Processing

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    DizertačnĂ­ prĂĄce je zaměƙena na softwarově definovanĂ© pƙijĂ­mače určenĂ© k ĂșzkopĂĄsmovĂ© druĆŸicovĂ© komunikaci. KomunikačnĂ­ kanĂĄly druĆŸicovĂœch spojĆŻ zahrnujĂ­cĂ­ch komunikaci s hlubokĂœm vesmĂ­rem jsou zatĂ­ĆŸeny vysokĂœmi Ășrovněmi ĆĄumu, typicky modelovanĂ©ho AWGN, a silnĂœm DopplerovĂœm posuvem signĂĄlu zpĆŻsobenĂœm mimoƙádnou rychlostĂ­ pohybu objektu. DizertačnĂ­ prĂĄce pƙedstavuje moĆŸnĂ© postupy ƙeĆĄenĂ­ vĂœpočetně efektivnĂ­ digitĂĄlnĂ­ downkonverze ĂșzkopĂĄsmovĂœch signĂĄlĆŻ a systĂ©mu odhadu kmitočtu nosnĂ© ĂșzkopĂĄsmovĂœch signĂĄlĆŻ zatĂ­ĆŸenĂœch DopplerovĂœm posuvem v ƙádu nĂĄsobkĆŻ ơíƙky pĂĄsma signĂĄlu. Popis navrhovanĂœch algoritmĆŻ zahrnuje analytickĂœ postup jejich vĂœvoje a tam, kde je to moĆŸnĂ©, i analytickĂ© hodnocenĂ­ jejich chovĂĄnĂ­. Algoritmy jsou modelovĂĄny v prostƙedĂ­ MATLAB Simulink a tyto modely jsou vyuĆŸity pro ověƙenĂ­ vlastnostĂ­ simulacemi. Modely byly takĂ© vyuĆŸity k experimentĂĄlnĂ­m testĆŻm na reĂĄlnĂ©m signĂĄlu pƙijatĂ©m z druĆŸice PSAT v laboratoƙi experimentĂĄlnĂ­ch druĆŸic na Ășstavu radioelektroniky.The dissertation is focused on software defined receivers intended for narrowband satellite communication. The satellite communication channel including deep space communication suffers from a high level of noise, typically modeled by AWGN, and from a strong Doppler shift of a signal caused by the unprecedented speed of an object in motion. The dissertation shows possible approaches to the issues of computationally efficient digital downconversion of narrowband signals and the carrier frequency estimation of narrowband signals distorted by the Doppler shift in the order of multiples of the signal bandwidth. The description of the proposed algorithms includes an analytical approach of its development and, if possible, the analytical performance assessment. The algorithms are modeled in MATLAB Simulink and the models are used for validating the performance by the simulation. The models were also used for experimental tests on the real signal received from the PSAT satellite at the laboratory of experimental satellites at the department of radio electronics.

    Contribution to Efficient Use of Narrowband Radio Channel

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    PƙedklĂĄdanĂĄ prĂĄce se soustƙedĂ­ na problematiku vyuĆŸĂ­vĂĄnĂ­ ĂșzkopĂĄsmovĂ©ho rĂĄdiovĂ©ho kanĂĄlu rĂĄdiovĂœmi modemy, kterĂ© jsou určenĂ© pro prĆŻmyslovĂ© aplikace pozemnĂ­ pohyblivĂ© rĂĄdiovĂ© sluĆŸby, specifikovanĂ© v dominantnĂ­ míƙe EvropskĂœm standardem ETSI EN 300 113. Tato rĂĄdiovĂĄ zaƙízenĂ­ se pouĆŸĂ­vajĂ­ v kmitočtovĂœch pĂĄsmech od 30 MHz do 1 GHz s nejčastěji pƙidělovanou ơíƙkou pĂĄsma 25 kHz a ve větĆĄině svĂœch instalacĂ­ jsou vyuĆŸĂ­vĂĄna ve fixnĂ­ch nebo mobilnĂ­ch bezdrĂĄtovĂœch sĂ­tĂ­ch. Mezi typickĂ© oblasti pouĆŸitĂ­ patƙí zejmĂ©na datovĂĄ telemetrie, aplikace typu SCADA, nebo monitorovĂĄnĂ­ transportu strategickĂœch surovin. Za hlavnĂ­ znaky popisovanĂ©ho systĂ©mu lze označit komunikačnĂ­ pokrytĂ­ značnĂœch vzdĂĄlenostĂ­, danĂ© pƙedevĆĄĂ­m vysokou vĂœkonovou Ășčinnosti datovĂ©ho pƙenosu a vyuĆŸĂ­vanĂ­ efektivnĂ­ch pƙístupovĂœch technik na rĂĄdiovĂœ kanĂĄl se semiduplexnĂ­m komunikačnĂ­m reĆŸimem. StriktnĂ­ poĆŸadavky na elektromagnetickou kompatibilitu umoĆŸĆˆujĂ­ těmto zaƙízenĂ­m vyuĆŸĂ­vat spektrum i v oblastech kmitočtově blĂ­zkĂœm jinĂœm komunikačnĂ­m systĂ©mĆŻm bez nutnosti vklĂĄdĂĄnĂ­ dodatečnĂœch ochrannĂœch frekvenčnĂ­ch pĂĄsem. ÚzkopĂĄsmovĂ© rĂĄdiovĂ© komunikačnĂ­ systĂ©my, v současnosti pouĆŸĂ­vajĂ­ pƙevĂĄĆŸně exponenciĂĄlnĂ­ digitĂĄlnĂ­ modulace s konstantnĂ­ modulačnĂ­ obĂĄlkou zejmĂ©na z dĆŻvodĆŻ velice striktnĂ­ch omezenĂ­ pro velikost vĂœkonu vyzáƙenĂ©ho do sousednĂ­ho kanĂĄlu. DosahujĂ­ tak pouze kompromisnĂ­ch hodnot komunikačnĂ­ Ășčinnosti. Úpravy limitĆŻ pƙísluĆĄnĂœch rĂĄdiovĂœch parametrĆŻ a rychlĂœ rozvoj prostƙedkĆŻ číslicovĂ©ho zpracovĂĄnĂ­ signĂĄlu v nedĂĄvnĂ© době, dnes umoĆŸĆˆujĂ­ ekonomicky pƙijatelnĂ© vyuĆŸitĂ­ spektrĂĄlně efektivnějĆĄĂ­ch modulačnĂ­ch technik i v těch oblastech, kde je prioritnĂ­ vyuĆŸĂ­vĂĄnĂ­ ĂșzkĂœch rĂĄdiovĂœch kanĂĄlĆŻ. CĂ­lem pƙedklĂĄdanĂ© disertačnĂ­ prĂĄce je proto vĂœzkum postupĆŻ směƙujĂ­cĂ­ ke sjednocenĂ­ vĂœhodnĂœch vlastnostĂ­ lineĂĄrnĂ­ch a nelineĂĄrnĂ­ch modulacĂ­ v modernĂ­ konstrukci ĂșzkopĂĄsmovĂ©ho rĂĄdiovĂ©ho modemu. Účelem tohoto vĂœzkumu je efektivnĂ­ a „ekologickĂ©â€œ vyuĆŸĂ­vĂĄnĂ­ pƙidělenĂ© části frekvenčnĂ­ho spektra. Mezi hlavnĂ­ dĂ­lčí problĂ©my, jimiĆŸ se pƙedklĂĄdanĂĄ prĂĄce zabĂœvĂĄ, lze zaƙadit zejmĂ©na tyto: Nyquistova modulačnĂ­ filtrace, navrhovanĂĄ s ohledem na minimalizaci neĆŸĂĄdoucĂ­ch elektromagnetickĂœch interferencĂ­, efektivnĂ­ číslicovĂ© algoritmy frekvenčnĂ­ demodulace a rychlĂ© rĂĄmcovĂ© a symbolovĂ© synchronizace. SoučástĂ­ prĂĄce je dĂĄle analĂœza navrhovanĂ©ho ƙeĆĄenĂ­ z pohledu celkovĂ© konstrukce programově definovanĂ©ho rĂĄdiovĂ©ho modemu v rovině simulacĂ­ pƙi vyĆĄetƙovĂĄnĂ­ robustnosti datovĂ©ho pƙenosu rĂĄdiovĂœm kanĂĄlem s bĂ­lĂœm GaussovskĂœm ĆĄumem nebo kanĂĄlem s Ășnikem v dĆŻsledku mnohacestnĂ©ho ơíƙenĂ­ signĂĄlu. ZĂĄvěr prĂĄce je pak zaměƙen na prezentovĂĄnĂ­ vĂœsledkĆŻ praktickĂ© části projektu, v nĂ­ĆŸ byly testovĂĄny, měƙeny a analyzovĂĄny dvě prototypovĂ© konstrukce rĂĄdiovĂ©ho zaƙízenĂ­. Tato finĂĄlnĂ­ část prĂĄce obsahuje i praktickĂĄ doporučenĂ­, vedoucĂ­ k vyĆĄĆĄĂ­mu stupni vyuĆŸitelnosti spektrĂĄlně efektivnějĆĄĂ­ch komunikačnĂ­ch reĆŸimĆŻ v oblasti budoucĂ­ generace ĂșzkopĂĄsmovĂœch zaƙízenĂ­ pozemnĂ­ pohyblivĂ© rĂĄdiovĂ© sluĆŸby.he industrial narrowband land mobile radio (LMR) devices, as considered in this dissertation project, has been subject to European standard ETSI EN 300 113. The system operates on frequencies between 30 MHz and 1 GHz, with channel separations of up to 25 kHz, and is intended for private, fixed, or mobile, radio packet switching networks. Data telemetry, SCADA, maritime and police radio services; traffic monitoring; gas, water, and electricity producing factories are the typical system applications. Long distance coverage, high power efficiency, and efficient channel access techniques in half duplex operation are the primary advantages the system relays on. Very low level of adjacent channel power emissions and robust radio receiver architectures, with high dynamic range, enable for a system’s coexistence with various communication standards, without the additional guard band frequency intervals. On the other hand, the strict limitations of the referenced standard as well as the state of the technology, has hindered the increase in communication efficiency, with which the system has used its occupied bandwidth. New modifications and improvements are needed to the standard itself and to the up-to-date architectures of narrowband LMR devices, to make the utilization of more efficient modes of system operation practically realizable. The main objective of this dissertation thesis is therefore to find a practical way how to combine the favorable properties of the advanced nonlinear and linear digital modulation techniques in a single digital modem solution, in order to increase the efficiency of the narrowband radio channel usage allocated to the new generation of the industrial LMR devices. The main attention is given to the particular areas of digital modem design such as proposal of the new family of the Nyquist filters minimizing the adjacent channel interference, design and analysis of the efficient algorithms for frequency discrimination, fast frame and symbol

    Low-Complexity Sub-band Digital Predistortion for Spurious Emission Suppression in Noncontiguous Spectrum Access

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    Noncontiguous transmission schemes combined with high power-efficiency requirements pose big challenges for radio transmitter and power amplifier (PA) design and implementation. Due to the nonlinear nature of the PA, severe unwanted emissions can occur, which can potentially interfere with neighboring channel signals or even desensitize the own receiver in frequency division duplexing (FDD) transceivers. In this article, to suppress such unwanted emissions, a low-complexity sub-band DPD solution, specifically tailored for spectrally noncontiguous transmission schemes in low-cost devices, is proposed. The proposed technique aims at mitigating only the selected spurious intermodulation distortion components at the PA output, hence allowing for substantially reduced processing complexity compared to classical linearization solutions. Furthermore, novel decorrelation based parameter learning solutions are also proposed and formulated, which offer reduced computing complexity in parameter estimation as well as the ability to track time-varying features adaptively. Comprehensive simulation and RF measurement results are provided, using a commercial LTE-Advanced mobile PA, to evaluate and validate the effectiveness of the proposed solution in real world scenarios. The obtained results demonstrate that highly efficient spurious component suppression can be obtained using the proposed solutions

    Reconstruction of the gravitational wave signal h(t)h(t) during the Virgo science runs and independent validation with a photon calibrator

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    The Virgo detector is a kilometer-scale interferometer for gravitational wave detection located near Pisa (Italy). About 13 months of data were accumulated during four science runs (VSR1, VSR2, VSR3 and VSR4) between May 2007 and September 2011, with increasing sensitivity. In this paper, the method used to reconstruct, in the range 10 Hz-10 kHz, the gravitational wave strain time series h(t)h(t) from the detector signals is described. The standard consistency checks of the reconstruction are discussed and used to estimate the systematic uncertainties of the h(t)h(t) signal as a function of frequency. Finally, an independent setup, the photon calibrator, is described and used to validate the reconstructed h(t)h(t) signal and the associated uncertainties. The uncertainties of the h(t)h(t) time series are estimated to be 8% in amplitude. The uncertainty of the phase of h(t)h(t) is 50 mrad at 10 Hz with a frequency dependence following a delay of 8 ÎŒ\mus at high frequency. A bias lower than 4 Όs4\,\mathrm{\mu s} and depending on the sky direction of the GW is also present.Comment: 35 pages, 16 figures. Accepted by CQ
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