Feasibility of In-band Full-Duplex Radio Transceivers with Imperfect RF Components: Analysis and Enhanced Cancellation Algorithms

In this paper we provide an overview regarding the feasibility of in-band full-duplex transceivers under imperfect RF components. We utilize results and findings from the recent research on full-duplex communications, while introducing also transmitter-induced thermal noise into the analysis. This means that the model of the RF impairments used in this paper is the most comprehensive thus far. By assuming realistic parameter values for the different transceiver components, it is shown that IQ imaging and transmitter-induced nonlinearities are the most significant sources of distortion in in-band full-duplex transceivers, in addition to linear self-interference. Motivated by this, we propose a novel augmented nonlinear digital self-interference canceller that is able to model and hence suppress all the essential transmitter imperfections jointly. This is also verified and demonstrated by extensive waveform simulations.Comment: 7 pages, presented in the CROWNCOM 2014 conferenc

Reference Receiver Based Digital Self-Interference Cancellation in MIMO Full-Duplex Transceivers

In this paper we propose and analyze a novel self-interference cancellation structure for in-band MIMO full-duplex transceivers. The proposed structure utilizes reference receiver chains to obtain reference signals for digital self-interference cancellation, which means that all the transmitter-induced nonidealities will be included in the digital cancellation signal. To the best of our knowledge, this type of a structure has not been discussed before in the context of full-duplex transceivers. First, we will analyze the overall achievable performance of the proposed cancellation scheme, while also providing some insight into the possible bottlenecks. We also provide a detailed formulation of the actual cancellation procedure, and perform an analysis into the effect of the received signal of interest on self-interference coupling channel estimation. The achieved performance of the proposed reference receiver based digital cancellation procedure is then assessed and verified with full waveform simulations. The analysis and waveform simulation results show that under practical transmitter RF/analog impairment levels, the proposed reference receiver based cancellation architecture can provide substantially better self-interference suppression than any existing solution, despite deploying only low-complexity linear digital processing.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures. To be presented in the 2014 IEEE Broadband Wireless Access Worksho

Wideband Self-Adaptive RF Cancellation Circuit for Full-Duplex Radio: Operating Principle and Measurements

This paper presents a novel RF circuit architecture for self-interference cancellation in inband full-duplex radio transceivers. The developed canceller is able to provide wideband cancellation with waveform bandwidths in the order of 100 MHz or beyond and contains also self-adaptive or self-healing features enabling automatic tracking of time-varying self-interference channel characteristics. In addition to architecture and operating principle descriptions, we also provide actual RF measurements at 2.4 GHz ISM band demonstrating the achievable cancellation levels with different bandwidths and when operating in different antenna configurations and under low-cost highly nonlinear power amplifier. In a very challenging example with a 100 MHz waveform bandwidth, around 41 dB total cancellation is obtained while the corresponding cancellation figure is close to 60 dB with the more conventional 20 MHz carrier bandwidth. Also, efficient tracking in time-varying reflection scenarios is demonstrated.Comment: 7 pages, to be presented in 2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conferenc

Cancellation of Power Amplifier Induced Nonlinear Self-Interference in Full-Duplex Transceivers

Recently, full-duplex (FD) communications with simultaneous transmission and reception on the same channel has been proposed. The FD receiver, however, suffers from inevitable self-interference (SI) from the much more powerful transmit signal. Analogue radio-frequency (RF) and baseband, as well as digital baseband, cancellation techniques have been proposed for suppressing the SI, but so far most of the studies have failed to take into account the inherent nonlinearities of the transmitter and receiver front-ends. To fill this gap, this article proposes a novel digital nonlinear interference cancellation technique to mitigate the power amplifier (PA) induced nonlinear SI in a FD transceiver. The technique is based on modeling the nonlinear SI channel, which is comprised of the nonlinear PA, the linear multipath SI channel, and the RF SI canceller, with a parallel Hammerstein nonlinearity. Stemming from the modeling, and appropriate parameter estimation, the known transmit data is then processed with the developed nonlinear parallel Hammerstein structure and suppressed from the receiver path at digital baseband. The results illustrate that with a given IIP3 figure for the PA, the proposed technique enables higher transmit power to be used compared to existing linear SI cancellation methods. Alternatively, for a given maximum transmit power level, a lower-quality PA (i.e., lower IIP3) can be used.Comment: To appear in proceedings of the 2013 Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems & Computer

Secrecy Energy Efficiency of MIMOME Wiretap Channels with Full-Duplex Jamming

Full-duplex (FD) jamming transceivers are recently shown to enhance the information security of wireless communication systems by simultaneously transmitting artificial noise (AN) while receiving information. In this work, we investigate if FD jamming can also improve the systems secrecy energy efficiency (SEE) in terms of securely communicated bits-per- Joule, when considering the additional power used for jamming and self-interference (SI) cancellation. Moreover, the degrading effect of the residual SI is also taken into account. In this regard, we formulate a set of SEE maximization problems for a FD multiple-input-multiple-output multiple-antenna eavesdropper (MIMOME) wiretap channel, considering both cases where exact or statistical channel state information (CSI) is available. Due to the intractable problem structure, we propose iterative solutions in each case with a proven convergence to a stationary point. Numerical simulations indicate only a marginal SEE gain, through the utilization of FD jamming, for a wide range of system conditions. However, when SI can efficiently be mitigated, the observed gain is considerable for scenarios with a small distance between the FD node and the eavesdropper, a high Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or for a bidirectional FD communication setup.Comment: IEEE Transactions on Communication

Analog Imperfections in Wireless Full-Duplex Transceivers

Käytössä olevien taajuusalueiden ruuhkautumisen vuoksi langattoman tiedonsiirron spektritehokkuuden lisääminen on tullut yhä tärkeämmäksi. Vastauksena tähän, useat viimeaikaiset tutkimukset osoittavat, että on itse asiassa mahdollista lähettää ja vastaanottaa radiosignaaleja langattomasti käyttäen vain yhtä keskitaajuutta. Nämä niinkutsutut full-duplex lähetin/vastaanottimet voivat teoriassa jopa kaksinkertaistaa spektritehokkuuden, koska ne eivät tarvitse erillisiä taajuuskaistoja lähetetyille ja vastaanotetuille signaaleille. Haasteena tällaisessa tiedonsiirrossa on kuitenkin se, että lähetetty signaali on vastaanottimen näkökulmasta voimakas häiriölähde, sillä se kytkeytyy lähettimestä suoraan vastaanottimeen. Tämä itse-interferenssi on suurin käytännön este full-duplex lähetin/vastaanottimen toteutukselle, joten on erittäin tärkeää pystyä jollakin keinolla vaimentamaan sitä. Tässä työssä tutkitaan itse-interferenssin vaikutusta tyypilliseen full-duplex lähetin/vastaanottimeen, kun itse-interferenssiä vaimennetaan sekä analogisesti että digitaalisesti. Lisäksi työssä esitetään analogiselle vaimennukselle kaksi vaihtoehtoista toteutustapaa. Kaiken kaikkiaan, työn tuloksena saadaan tietoa full-duplex lähetin/ vastaanottimessa esiintyvien eri epäideaalisuuksien voimakkuuksista. Varsinainen analyysi perustuu yksinkertaistettuihin malleihin, joilla pyritään mallintamaan yksittäisten komponenttien synnyttämiä analogisia häiriöitä. Näiden mallien avulla johdetaan lausekkeet eri signaalikomponenttien tehoille, joilla saadaan laskettua lopullinen signaali-kohina-interferenssi suhde. Tämän lisäksi johdetuilla lausekkeilla lasketaan lukuisia esimerkkituloksia käyttäen todenmukaisia parametreja. Saadut tulokset osoittavat, että analogia-digitaalimuunnoksessa vaaditaan runsaasti bittejä, tai vaihtoehtoisesti, että itse-interferenssiä täytyy vaimentaa analogisesti huomattava määrä. Lisäksi havaittiin, että tietyt analogiset häiriöt, etenkin tehovahvistimen aiheuttama epälineaarinen vääristymä, sekä mahdollisesti myös vastaanottimen epälineaarisuus, täytyy ottaa huomioon vaimennettaessa itse-interferenssiä digitaalisesti. Saadut tulokset ovat yhtäpitäviä aaltomuotosimulaatioilla saatujen tulosten kanssa, mikä vahvistaa niiden luotettavuuden