18 research outputs found

    Timing Synchronisation for IR-UWB Communication Systems

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    Technology Implications of UWB on Wireless Sensor Network-A detailed Survey

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    In today’s high tech “SMART” world sensor based networks are widely used. The main challenge with wireless-based sensor networks is the underneath physical layer. In this survey, we have identified core obstacles of wireless sensor network when UWB is used at PHY layer. This research was done using a systematic approach to assess UWB’s effectiveness (for WSN) based on information taken from various research papers, books, technical surveys and articles. Our aim is to measure the UWB’s effectiveness for WSN and analyze the different obstacles allied with its implementation. Starting from existing solutions to proposed theories. Here we have focused only on the core concerns, e.g. spectrum, interference, synchronization etc.Our research concludes that despite all the bottlenecks and challenges, UWB’s efficient capabilities makes it an attractive PHY layer scheme for the WSN, provided we can control interference and energy problems. This survey gives a fresh start to the researchers and prototype designers to understand the technological concerns associated with UWB’s implementatio

    Data-aided timing synchronization for FM-DCSK UWB communication systems

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    Frequency-modulated differential chaos shift keying (FM-DCSK) ultrawideband (UWB) communication systems convey information by transmitting ultrashort chaotic pulses (in the nanosecond scale). Since such pulses are ultrashort, timing offset may severely degrade the bit error rate (BER) performance. In this paper, a fast data-aided timing synchronization algorithm with low complexity is proposed for FM-DCSK UWB systems, which capitalizes on the excellent correlation characteristic of chaotic signals. Simulation results show that the BER performance of such systems is fairly close to that of perfect timing thanks to the proposed new algorithm. Moreover, the new algorithm requires less synchronization searching time and lower computa-tional complexity than the conventional one for transmitted reference (TR) UWB systems existing in the current literature

    Systemanalyse und Optimierung der Ultrabreitband-Übertragung

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    Die Arbeit untersucht Funk-Übertragung bei extrem großer Bandbreite. Zur Übertragung werden Komponenten benötigt, die ĂŒber der gesamten Bandbreite konstante Eigenschaften aufweisen. Dies ist in der RealitĂ€t nicht realisierbar und fĂŒhrt zu Signalstörungen. Die Arbeit modelliert solche Nicht-IdealitĂ€ten, bindet sie in ein messdatenbasiertes Systemmodell ein, untersucht das Systemverhalten und optimiert die Performance durch Methoden der Kompensation und optimaler Signalisierung

    Contribution Ă  la conception d'un systĂšme de radio impulsionnelle ultra large bande intelligent

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    Faced with an ever increasing demand of high data-rates and improved adaptability among existing systems, which inturn is resulting in spectrum scarcity, the development of new radio solutions becomes mandatory in order to answer the requirements of these emergent applications. Among the recent innovations in the field of wireless communications,ultra wideband (UWB) has generated significant interest. Impulse based UWB (IR-UWB) is one attractive way of realizing UWB systems, which is characterized by the transmission of sub nanoseconds UWB pulses, occupying a band width up to 7.5 GHz with extremely low power density. This large band width results in several captivating features such as low-complexity low-cost transceiver, ability to overlay existing narrowband systems, ample multipath diversity, and precise ranging at centimeter level due to extremely fine temporal resolution.In this PhD dissertation, we investigate some of the key elements in the realization of an intelligent time-hopping based IR-UWB system. Due to striking resemblance of IR-UWB inherent features with cognitive radio (CR) requirements, acognitive UWB based system is first studied. A CR in its simplest form can be described as a radio, which is aware ofits surroundings and adapts intelligently. As sensing the environment for the availability of resources and then consequently adapting radio’s internal parameters to exploit them opportunistically constitute the major blocks of any CR, we first focus on robust spectrum sensing algorithms and the design of adaptive UWB waveforms for realizing a cognitive UWB radio. The spectrum sensing module needs to function with minimum a-priori knowledge available about the operating characteristics and detect the primary users as quickly as possible. Keeping this in mind, we develop several spectrum sensing algorithms invoking recent results on the random matrix theory, which can provide efficient performance with a few number of samples. Next, we design the UWB waveform using a linear combination of Bsp lines with weight coefficients being optimized by genetic algorithms. This results in a UWB waveform that is spectrally efficient and at the same time adaptable to incorporate the cognitive radio requirements. In the 2nd part of this thesis, some research challenges related to signal processing in UWB systems, namely synchronization and dense multipath channel estimation are addressed. Several low-complexity non-data-aided (NDA) synchronization algorithms are proposed for BPSK and PSM modulations, exploiting either the orthogonality of UWB waveforms or theinherent cyclostationarity of IR-UWB signaling. Finally, we look into the channel estimation problem in UWB, whichis very demanding due to particular nature of UWB channels and at the same time very critical for the coherent Rake receivers. A method based on a joint maximum-likelihood (ML) and orthogonal subspace (OS) approaches is proposed which exhibits improved performance than both of these methods individually.Face Ă  une demande sans cesse croissante de haut dĂ©bit et d’adaptabilitĂ© des systĂšmes existants, qui Ă  son tour se traduit par l’encombrement du spectre, le dĂ©veloppement de nouvelles solutions dans le domaine des communications sans fil devient nĂ©cessaire afin de rĂ©pondre aux exigences des applications Ă©mergentes. Parmi les innovations rĂ©centes dans ce domaine, l’ultra large bande (UWB) a suscitĂ© un vif intĂ©rĂȘt. La radio impulsionnelle UWB (IR-UWB), qui est une solution intĂ©ressante pour rĂ©aliser des systĂšmes UWB, est caractĂ©risĂ©e par la transmission des impulsions de trĂšs courte durĂ©e, occupant une largeur de bande allant jusqu’à 7,5 GHz, avec une densitĂ© spectrale de puissance extrĂȘmement faible. Cette largeur de bande importante permet de rĂ©aliser plusieurs fonctionnalitĂ©s intĂ©ressantes, telles que l’implĂ©mentation Ă  faible complexitĂ© et Ă  coĂ»t rĂ©duit, la possibilitĂ© de se superposer aux systĂšmes Ă  bande Ă©troite, la diversitĂ© spatiale et la localisation trĂšs prĂ©cise de l’ordre centimĂ©trique, en raison de la rĂ©solution temporelle trĂšs fine.Dans cette thĂšse, nous examinons certains Ă©lĂ©ments clĂ©s dans la rĂ©alisation d'un systĂšme IR-UWB intelligent. Nous avons tout d’abord proposĂ© le concept de radio UWB cognitive Ă  partir des similaritĂ©s existantes entre l'IR-UWB et la radio cognitive. Dans sa dĂ©finition la plus simple, un tel systĂšme est conscient de son environnement et s'y adapte intelligemment. Ainsi, nous avons tout d’abord focalisĂ© notre recherchĂ© sur l’analyse de la disponibilitĂ© des ressources spectrales (spectrum sensing) et la conception d’une forme d’onde UWB adaptative, considĂ©rĂ©es comme deux Ă©tapes importantes dans la rĂ©alisation d'une radio cognitive UWB. Les algorithmes de spectrum sensing devraient fonctionner avec un minimum de connaissances a priori et dĂ©tecter rapidement les utilisateurs primaires. Nous avons donc dĂ©veloppĂ© de tels algorithmes utilisant des rĂ©sultats rĂ©cents sur la thĂ©orie des matrices alĂ©atoires, qui sont capables de fournir de bonnes performances, avec un petit nombre d'Ă©chantillons. Ensuite, nous avons proposĂ© une mĂ©thode de conception de la forme d'onde UWB, vue comme une superposition de fonctions B-splines, dont les coefficients de pondĂ©ration sont optimisĂ©s par des algorithmes gĂ©nĂ©tiques. Il en rĂ©sulte une forme d'onde UWB qui est spectralement efficace et peut s’adapter pour intĂ©grer les contraintes liĂ©es Ă  la radio cognitive. Dans la 2Ăšme partie de cette thĂšse, nous nous sommes attaquĂ©s Ă  deux autres problĂ©matiques importantes pour le fonctionnement des systĂšmes UWB, Ă  savoir la synchronisation et l’estimation du canal UWB, qui est trĂšs dense en trajets multiples. Ainsi, nous avons proposĂ© plusieurs algorithmes de synchronisation, de faible complexitĂ© et sans sĂ©quence d’apprentissage, pour les modulations BPSK et PSM, en exploitant l'orthogonalitĂ© des formes d'onde UWB ou la cyclostationnaritĂ© inhĂ©rente Ă  la signalisation IR-UWB. Enfin, nous avons travaillĂ© sur l'estimation du canal UWB, qui est un Ă©lĂ©ment critique pour les rĂ©cepteurs Rake cohĂ©rents. Ainsi, nous avons proposĂ© une mĂ©thode d’estimation du canal basĂ©e sur une combinaison de deux approches complĂ©mentaires, le maximum de vraisemblance et la dĂ©composition en sous-espaces orthogonaux,d’amĂ©liorer globalement les performances
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