Erasure Insertion in RS-Coded SFH MFSK Subjected to Tone Jamming and Rayleigh Fading

The achievable performance of Reed Solomon (RS) coded slow frequency hopping (SFH) assisted M-ary frequency shift keying (MFSK) using various erasure insertion (EI) schemes is investigated, when communicating over uncorrelated Rayleigh fading channels in the presence of multitone jamming. Three different EI schemes are considered, which are based on the output threshold test (OTT), on the ratio threshold test (RTT) and on the joint maximum output-ratio threshold test (MORTT). The relevant statistics of these EI schemes are investigated mathematically and based on these statistics, their performance is evaluated in the context of error-and-erasure RS decoding. It is demonstrated that the system performance can be significantly improved by using error-and-erasure decoding invoking the EI schemes considered. Index Terms—Tone jamming, OTT, RTT, MO-RTT, SFH, error-and-erasure decoding (EED)

SECOND ORDER STATISTICS OF DUAL SELECTION DIVERSITY OVER CORRELATED WEIBULL FADING CHANNELS IN THE PRESENCE OF INTERFERENCE

In this paper, second order statistics of dual selection combining (SC) system applying desired signal decision algorithm are obtained for the case when that diversity system operates in Weibull interference-limited environment. Namely, a novel closed-form expression for outage probability (OP), necessary for an analysis of average fade duration (AFD), in the term of Meijer’s G-function is derived for general case in which desired signal and cochannel interference (CCI) are exposed to fading with different severities. Depending on fading environment, semi-analytical and analytical expressions for average lever crossing rate (LCR) are obtained, too. Numerical results are presented to accomplish proposed mathematical analysis and to examine the effects of system and channel parameters on concerned quantities

Contributions to the modeling, analysis, and simulation of fading channels

Orientador: Michel Daoud YacoubTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de ComputaçãoResumo: Este trabalho provê as seguintes contribuições ao estudo de canais de desvanecimento: (i) aproximações em forma fechada para a função densidade de probabilidade e a função distribuição acumulada de somas de envoltórias independentes sob desvanecimento Nakagami, Rice, Hoyt, Weibull ou lognormal; (ii) expressões gerais para a taxa e duração médias de desvanecimento do combinador de diversidade por seleção pura em canais de desvanecimento arbitrários; (iii) expressões gerais para a taxa e duração médias de desvanecimento dos combinadores de diversidade por seleção pura, ganho igual e razão máxima em canais Ricianos correlacionados e (iv) simulador de envoltória para canais de desvanecimento Nakagami, aplicável a valores arbitrários do parâmetro de desvanecimento e cenários anisotrópicos de propagaçãoAbstract: This work provides the following contributions to the study of fading channels: (i) closed-form approximations to the probability density function and the cumulative distribution function of sums of independent envelopes under Nakagami, Rice, Hoyt, Weibull, or lognormal fading; (ii) general expressions for the average fade rate and the average fade duration of pure selection combining over arbitrary fading channels; (iii) general expressions for the average fade rate and the average fade duration of pure selection, equal-gain, and maximal-ratio combining over correlated Ricean channels, and (iv) envelope simulator for Nakagami fading channels, applicable to arbitrary values of fading parameter and nonisotropic propagation scenariosDoutoradoTelecomunicações e TelemáticaDoutor em Engenharia Elétric

Performance of Cognitive Radio Systems with Imperfect Radio Environment Map Information

In this paper we describe the effect of imperfections in the radio environment map (REM) information on the performance of cognitive radio (CR) systems. Via simulations we explore the relationship between the required precision of the REM and various channel/system properties. For example, the degree of spatial correlation in the shadow fading is a key factor as is the interference constraint employed by the primary user. Based on the CR interferers obtained from the simulations, we characterize the temporal behavior of such systems by computing the level crossing rates (LCRs) of the cumulative interference represented by these CRs. This evaluates the effect of short term fluctuations above acceptable interference levels due to the fast fading. We derive analytical formulae for the LCRs in Rayleigh and Rician fast fading conditions. The analytical results are verified by Monte Carlo simulations.Comment: presented at IEEE AusCTW 2009. Journal versions are under preparation. This posting is the same as the original one. Only author's list is updated that was unfortunately not correctly mentioned in the first versio

Modelling and and measurement analysis of the satellite MIMO radio channel

The increasing demand for terrestrial and satellite delivered digital multimedia services has precipitated the problem of spectrum scarcity in recent years. This has resulted in deployment of spectral efficient technologies such as MIMO for terrestrial systems. However, MIMO cannot be easily deployed for the satellite channel using conventional spatial multiplexing as the channel conditions here are very different from the terrestrial case, and it is often dominated by line of sight fading. Orthogonal circular polarization, which has long been used for increasing both frequency reuse and the power spectral density available to earth-bound satellite terminals, has recently been recommended for directly increasing the throughput available to such devices. Following that theme, this thesis proposes a novel dual circular polarisation multiplexing (DCPM) technique, which is aimed at the burgeoning area of throughput-hungry digital video broadcasting via satellite to handheld devices (DVB-SH) and digital video broadcast to the next generation of hand held (DVB-NGH) systems. In determining the working limits of DCPM, a series of measurement campaigns have been performed, from which extensive dual circular polarised land mobile satellite (LMS) channel data has been derived. Using the newly available channel data and with the aid of statistical channel modelling tools found in literature, a new dual circular polarised LMS MIMO channel model has been developed. This model, in contrast with previously available LMS MIMO channel models, is simpler to implement since it uses a distinct state-based empirical-stochastic approach. The model has been found to be robust and it easily lends itself to rapid implementation for system level MIMO and DCPM analysis. Finally, by way of bit error rate (BER) analysis in different channel fading conditions, it has been determined when best to implement polarisation multiplexing or conventional . MIMO techniques for DVB-type land mobile receivers. It is recommended that DCPM be used when the channel in predominantly Ricean, with eo-polar channel Rice factors and sub-channel cross correlation values greater than 1dB and 0.40 respectively. The recommendations provided by this research are valuable contributions, which may help shape the evolving DVB-NGH standardisation process.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

Theoretical contributions for generalized scenarios of wireless channels

Orientador: Michel Daoud YacoubTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de ComputaçãoResumo: Recentemente, três novos modelos probabilísticos de canal, modelos a-u, ?-u e ?-u, foram propostos com o intuito de prover uma análise mais realística do sinal propagante. Por apresentarem um grau de liberdade a mais que os demais já existentes na literatura, um melhor ajuste a medidas de campo verificou-se com a utilização dos mesmos. Esta tese provê uma caracterização estatística para estes modelos de desvanecimento generalizados. Tal caracterização engloba tanto estatísticas de primeira como de segunda ordem. Aproximações simples e precisas para a soma de variáveis e processos aleatórios são propostas. Inúmeras métricas de desempenho em ambientes com e sem diversidade na recepção são investigadas de forma exata e aproximada. Dentre estas, podemos citar: probabilidade de outage, taxa de erro de bit, capacidade de canal, taxa de cruzamento de nível, duração média de desvanecimento, dentre outras. Além disso, mostra-se também qual das distribuições generalizadas melhor aproxima a soma de variáveis e processos Nakagami-m, uma vez que todas incluem Nakagami-m como caso especial. Finalmente, expressões exatas e aproximadas para a taxa de cruzamento de nível de canaisWeibull correlacionados e não idênticos em receptores multirramos são apresentadasAbstract: Recently, three new channel models, a-u, ?-u and ?-u, were proposed with the aim to provide a more realistic analysis of the propagate signal. Due to they have one degree of freedom more than those already existing in the literature, a better adjust to field measurement data was attested with their use. This thesis deals with the statistical characterization of these generalized fading models. Such a characterization includes both first and second order statistics. Simple and precise approximations to the sum of random variables and processes are proposed. Several performance metrics in scenarios with and without diversity are investigated in an exact and approximate manner. Among them, we may cite: outage probability, bit error probability, channel capacity, level crossing rate, average fade duration, such others. Furthermore, it is shown what is the generalized distribution that better approximate the sum of Nakagami-m variates and processes, once that all of them include Nakagami-m as special case. Finally, exact and approximate expressions for the crossing rates of non-identical correlated Weibull channels in multibranch receivers are presented.DoutoradoTelecomunicações e TelemáticaDoutor em Engenharia Elétric

Laboratory and field trials evaluation of transmit delay Diversity applied to DVB-T/H networks

This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.The requirements for future DVB-T/H networks demand that broadcasters design and deploy networks that provide ubiquitous reception in challenging indoors and other obstructed situations. It is essential that such networks are designed cost-effectively and with minimized environmental impact. The use of transmit diversity techniques with multiple antennas have long been proposed to improve the performance and capacity of wireless systems. Transmit diversity exploits the scattering effect inherent in the channel by means of transmitting multiple signals in a controlled manner from spatially separated antennas, allowing independently faded signals to arrive at the receiver and improves the chances of decoding a signal of acceptable quality. Transmit diversity can complement receive diversity by adding an additional diversity gain and in situations where receiver diversity is not practical, transmit diversity alone delivers a comparable amount of diversity gain. Transmit Delay Diversity (DD) can be applied to systems employing the DVB standard without receiver equipment modifications. Although transmit DD can provide a gain in NLOS situations, it can introduce degradation in LOS situation. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the effectiveness in real-word applications of novel diversity techniques for broadcast transmitter networks. Tests involved laboratory experiments using a wireless MIMO channel emulator and the deployment of a field measurement campaign dedicated to driving, indoor and rooftop reception. The relationship between the diversity gain, the propagation environment and several parameters such as the transmit antenna separation, the receiver speed and the Forward Error Correction Codes (FEC) configuration are investigated. Results includes the effect of real-word parameter usually not modeled in the software simulation analysis, such as antenna radiation patterns and mutual coupling, scattering vegetation impact, non-Gaussian noise sources and receiver implementation. Moreover, a practical analysis of the effectiveness of experimental techniques to mitigate the loss due to transmit DD loss in rooftop reception is presented. The results of this thesis confirmed, completed and extended the existing predictions with real word measurement results