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A NOVEL CONSTRUCTION OF VECTOR COMBINATORIAL (VC) CODE FAMILIES AND DETECTION SCHEME FOR SAC OCDMA SYSTEMS
There has been growing interests in using optical code division multiple access
(OCDMA) systems for the next generation high-speed optical fiber networks. The
advantage of spectral amplitude coding (SAC-OCDMA) over conventional OCDMA
systems is that, when using appropriate detection technique, the multiple access
interference (MAI) can totally be canceled. The motivation of this research is to
develop new code families to enhance the overall performance of optical OCDMA
systems. Four aspects are tackled in this research. Firstly, a comprehensive discussion
takes place on all important aspects of existing codes from advantages and
disadvantages point of view. Two algorithms are proposed to construct several code
families namely Vector Combinatorial (VC). Secondly, a new detection technique
based on exclusive-OR (XOR) logic is developed and compared to the reported
detection techniques. Thirdly, a software simulation for SAC OCDMA system with
the VC families using a commercial optical system, Virtual Photonic Instrument,
“VPITM TransmissionMaker 7.1” is conducted. Finally, an extensive investigation to
study and characterize the VC-OCDMA in local area network (LAN) is conducted.
For the performance analysis, the effects of phase-induced intensity noise (PIIN), shot
noise, and thermal noise are considered simultaneously. The performances of the
system compared to reported systems were characterized by referring to the signal to
noise ratio (SNR), the bit error rate (BER) and the effective power (Psr). Numerical
results show that, an acceptable BER of 10−9 was achieved by the VC codes with 120
active users while a much better performance can be achieved when the effective
received power Psr > -26 dBm. In particular, the BER can be significantly improved
when the VC optimal channel spacing width is carefully selected; best performance
occurs at a spacing bandwidth between 0.8 and 1 nm. The simulation results indicate
that VC code has a superior performance compared to other reported codes for the
same transmission quality. It is also found that for a transmitted power at 0 dBm, the
BER specified by eye diagrams patterns are 10-14 and 10-5 for VC and Modified
Quadratic Congruence (MQC) codes respectively
Massive MIMO for Internet of Things (IoT) Connectivity
Massive MIMO is considered to be one of the key technologies in the emerging
5G systems, but also a concept applicable to other wireless systems. Exploiting
the large number of degrees of freedom (DoFs) of massive MIMO essential for
achieving high spectral efficiency, high data rates and extreme spatial
multiplexing of densely distributed users. On the one hand, the benefits of
applying massive MIMO for broadband communication are well known and there has
been a large body of research on designing communication schemes to support
high rates. On the other hand, using massive MIMO for Internet-of-Things (IoT)
is still a developing topic, as IoT connectivity has requirements and
constraints that are significantly different from the broadband connections. In
this paper we investigate the applicability of massive MIMO to IoT
connectivity. Specifically, we treat the two generic types of IoT connections
envisioned in 5G: massive machine-type communication (mMTC) and ultra-reliable
low-latency communication (URLLC). This paper fills this important gap by
identifying the opportunities and challenges in exploiting massive MIMO for IoT
connectivity. We provide insights into the trade-offs that emerge when massive
MIMO is applied to mMTC or URLLC and present a number of suitable communication
schemes. The discussion continues to the questions of network slicing of the
wireless resources and the use of massive MIMO to simultaneously support IoT
connections with very heterogeneous requirements. The main conclusion is that
massive MIMO can bring benefits to the scenarios with IoT connectivity, but it
requires tight integration of the physical-layer techniques with the protocol
design.Comment: Submitted for publicatio
Interference-Mitigating Waveform Design for Next-Generation Wireless Systems
A brief historical perspective of the evolution of waveform designs employed in consecutive generations of wireless communications systems is provided, highlighting the range of often conflicting demands on the various waveform characteristics. As the culmination of recent advances in the field the underlying benefits of various Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) schemes are highlighted and exemplified. As an integral part of the appropriate waveform design, cognizance is given to the particular choice of the duplexing scheme used for supporting full-duplex communications and it is demonstrated that Time Division Duplexing (TDD) is substantially outperformed by Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD), unless the TDD scheme is combined with further sophisticated scheduling, MIMOs and/or adaptive modulation/coding. It is also argued that the specific choice of the Direct-Sequence (DS) spreading codes invoked in DS-CDMA predetermines the properties of the system. It is demonstrated that a specifically designed family of spreading codes exhibits a so-called interference-free window (IFW) and hence the resultant system is capable of outperforming its standardised counterpart employing classic Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor (OVSF) codes under realistic dispersive channel conditions, provided that the interfering multi-user and multipath components arrive within this IFW. This condition may be ensured with the aid of quasisynchronous adaptive timing advance control. However, a limitation of the system is that the number of spreading codes exhibiting a certain IFW is limited, although this problem may be mitigated with the aid of novel code design principles, employing a combination of several spreading sequences in the time-frequency and spatial-domain. The paper is concluded by quantifying the achievable user load of a UTRA-like TDD Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system employing Loosely Synchronized (LS) spreading codes exhibiting an IFW in comparison to that of its counterpart using OVSF codes. Both system's performance is enhanced using beamforming MIMOs
Chaotic Phase-Coded Waveforms with Space-Time Complementary Coding for MIMO Radar Applications
A framework for designing orthogonal chaotic phase-coded waveforms with space-time complementary coding (STCC) is proposed for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar applications. The phase-coded waveform set to be transmitted is generated with an arbitrary family size and an arbitrary code length by using chaotic sequences. Due to the properties of chaos, this chaotic waveform set has many advantages in performance, such as anti-interference and low probability of intercept. However, it cannot be directly exploited due to the high range sidelobes, mutual interferences, and Doppler intolerance. In order to widely implement it in practice, we optimize the chaotic phase-coded waveform set from two aspects. Firstly, the autocorrelation property of the waveform is improved by transmitting complementary chaotic phase-coded waveforms, and an adaptive clonal selection algorithm is utilized to optimize a pair of complementary chaotic phase-coded pulses. Secondly, the crosscorrelation among different waveforms is eliminated by implementing space-time coding into the complementary pulses. Moreover, to enhance the detection ability for moving targets in MIMO radars, a method of weighting different pulses by a null space vector is utilized at the receiver to compensate the interpulse Doppler phase shift and accumulate different pulses coherently. Simulation results demonstrate the efficiency of our proposed method
OFDM over IEEE 802.11b hardware for telemedical applications
Using a wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) to transmit live high-quality video suitable for a telemedical application presents many challenges, including ensuring sufficient Quality of Service (QoS) for the end-user to be able to make an accurate diagnosis. One of the many problems that exist when developing such a system is the multipath effect caused by the reflections of the transmitted signals on various surfaces including walls, floors, furniture and people. This degrades the signal quality and reduces the amount of available bandwidth and, thus, the quality of the image. Presently, most of Europe is using the IEEE 802.11b hardware for such applications. As an alternative to the existing modulation of 802.11b, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is investigated, especially for use inside hospitals. The advantages of using this modulation over IEEE 802.11b hardware for a telemedicine application are examined by means of simulation using three different simulation packages
Development And Implementation of a Novel Code Family for Optical Code Division Multiple Access Systems
Future telecommunication systems and networks are expected to provide a variety of
integrated broadband services to the customers. There has been a tremendous interest in
applying Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) techniques to fiber optic
communication systems. This technique is one of the multiple access schemes that is
becoming popular because of the flexibility in the allocation of channels, ability to
operate asynchronously, enhanced privacy and increased capacity in bursty networks.
The performance of any Optical CDMA (OCDMA) system strongly depends on the
codes properties. In this study we introduce a new code for Optical CDMA namely
Double Weight Code family (DW). Double Weight Code (DW) has a basic fixed weight
of 2 and exists for every natural number. The DW codes possess ideal cross correlation
properties, which have important characteristics in OCDMA systems since these can
eliminate multiple access interference (MAI) and reduce noise. Also proposed in this study, a Modified Double-Weight (MDW) code, which is a variation of DW code family
that can have a variable weight greater than two. The MDW code possesses ideal crosscorrelation
properties and exists for every natural number too. It is shown through
simulations, theoretical analysis and partially by the experiments that the transmission
performance of DW code family is significantly better than that of existing codes such
as Modified Frequency Hopping code (MFH) and Hadarnard code.
The performance of DW code family, MFH and Hadamard codes were simulated using
commercial simulation software, OptiSystem Version 3.0. The performance of the
systems was characterized by referring to the bit error rate (BER) and the eye patterns.
DW code family has shown superior performance compared to other OCDMA codes.
The simulated eye pattern of one of the four MDW coded carriers running at lOGbps
over a cornrnunication-standard fiber shows a good quality transmission at the BER of
10 -12 as opposed to only 1o ' ~an d 1o 4 for Hadamard and MFH codes.
In optical CDMA systems, the detection process affects the design of transmitters and
receivers. Cross-correlation functions are generated which creates Multiple Access
Interference (MAI) and this will degrade the system performance. MA1 can be reduced
by using subtraction techniques. The most common subtraction technique is the
complementary subtraction technique and also known as balanced detection technique.
In this thesis, we also introduce a new approach called AND subtraction technique. This
method rejects unwanted signals that interfere with the original signals. Furthermore, the
purpose of this new subtraction technique is to reduce the receiver complexity and
increase system performance. It has been shown through theoretical analysis, simulation and experimental work, the performance of the system with AND subtraction technique
can be improved significantly. Based on the theoretical analysis, BER as good as 10-l2is
achieved at the bit rate of 622 Mbps over 70 km distance
Goodbye, ALOHA!
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Performance measurements of Bluetooth 5 technique under interference
Abstract. This thesis focuses on experimental performance of the Bluetooth 5 technology and compares results with the previous version. Bluetooth technology, institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE) Std. 802.15.4, and other techniques share the same unlicensed 2.4 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) spectrum. Various technologies are operating in the same frequency band, and if the channel utilized by these technologies overlap, end in cross-technology interference (CTI).
Measurements have been performed in indoor scenario and ZigBee nodes were used as an interference. Performance output of the Bluetooth 5 is compared to a previous release Bluetooth low energy (BLE) 4 which is currently one of the popular technologies in commercial wireless devices and expected to be even more widespread in the future. This new Bluetooth technology has featured increased data rate, low power consumption, longer range, higher broadcasting capacity, and improved coexistence with other wireless technologies operating in the same frequency band. The main goal of this work was to evaluate the experimental communication range and throughput of the BLE 5 coded version under interference. Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 chipset has been used for measurements and result shows the practical communication range and throughput of BLE 5 coded version under interference. In this work, with error correction coding, one-third BLE link gain was achieved when considering packet error rate (PER) less than 10%. In addition, ZigBee interference was found to be very harmful for the Bluetooth communication when operating in the same frequency band
Applications of satellite technology to broadband ISDN networks
Two satellite architectures for delivering broadband integrated services digital network (B-ISDN) service are evaluated. The first is assumed integral to an existing terrestrial network, and provides complementary services such as interconnects to remote nodes as well as high-rate multicast and broadcast service. The interconnects are at a 155 Mbs rate and are shown as being met with a nonregenerative multibeam satellite having 10-1.5 degree spots. The second satellite architecture focuses on providing private B-ISDN networks as well as acting as a gateway to the public network. This is conceived as being provided by a regenerative multibeam satellite with on-board ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) processing payload. With up to 800 Mbs offered, higher satellite EIRP is required. This is accomplished with 12-0.4 degree hopping beams, covering a total of 110 dwell positions. It is estimated the space segment capital cost for architecture one would be about 250M. The net user cost is given for a variety of scenarios, but the cost for 155 Mbs services is shown to be about $15-22/minute for 25 percent system utilization
Complexity-Aware Scheduling for an LDPC Encoded C-RAN Uplink
Centralized Radio Access Network (C-RAN) is a new paradigm for wireless
networks that centralizes the signal processing in a computing cloud, allowing
commodity computational resources to be pooled. While C-RAN improves
utilization and efficiency, the computational load occasionally exceeds the
available resources, creating a computational outage. This paper provides a
mathematical characterization of the computational outage probability for
low-density parity check (LDPC) codes, a common class of error-correcting
codes. For tractability, a binary erasures channel is assumed. Using the
concept of density evolution, the computational demand is determined for a
given ensemble of codes as a function of the erasure probability. The analysis
reveals a trade-off: aggressively signaling at a high rate stresses the
computing pool, while conservatively backing-off the rate can avoid
computational outages. Motivated by this trade-off, an effective
computationally aware scheduling algorithm is developed that balances demands
for high throughput and low outage rates.Comment: Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS) 2017, to appea
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