Some fundamental issues in receiver design and performance analysis for wireless communication

Ph.DDOCTOR OF PHILOSOPH

Design and analysis of wireless diversity system

Ph.DDOCTOR OF PHILOSOPH

Wireless multiuser communication systems: diversity receiver performance analysis, GSMuD design, and fading channel simulator

Multipath fading phenomenon is central to the design and analysis of wireless communication systems including multiuser systems. If untreated, the fading will corrupt the transmitted signal and often cause performance degradations such as increased communication error and decreased data rate, as compared to wireline channels with little or no multipath fading. On the other hand, this multipath fading phenomenon, if fully utilized, can actually lead to system designs that provide additional gains in system performance as compared to systems that experience non-fading channels.;The central question this thesis tries to answer is how to design and analyze a wireless multiuser system that takes advantage of the benefits the diversity multipath fading channel provides. Two particular techniques are discussed and analyzed in the first part of the thesis: quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) and diversity receivers, including maximal ratio combining (MRC) and generalized selection combining (GSC). We consider the practical case of imperfect channel estimation (ICE) and develop a new decision variable (DV) of MRC receiver output for M-QAM. By deriving its moment generating function (MGF), we obtain the exact bit error rate (BER) performance under arbitrary correlated Rayleigh and Rician channels, with ICE. GSC provides a tradeoff between receiver complexity and performance. We study the effect of ICE on the GSC output effective SNR under generalized fading channels and obtain the exact BER results for M-QAM systems. The significance of this part lies in that these results provide system designers means to evaluate how different practical channel estimators and their parameters can affect the system\u27s performance and help them distribute system resources that can most effectively improve performance.;In the second part of the thesis, we look at a new diversity technique unique to multiuser systems under multipath fading channels: the multiuser diversity. We devise a generalized selection multiuser diversity (GSMuD) scheme for the practical CDMA downlink systems, where users are selected for transmission based on their respective channel qualities. We include the effect of ICE in the design and analysis of GSMuD. Based on the marginal distribution of the ranked user signal-noise ratios (SNRs), we develop a practical adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) scheme and equal power allocation scheme and statistical optimal 1-D and 2-D power allocation schemes, to fully exploit the available multiuser diversity. We use the convex optimization procedures to obtain the 1-D and 2-D power allocation algorithms, which distribute the total system power in the waterfilling fashion alone the user (1-D) or both user and time (2-D) for the power-limited and energy-limited system respectively. We also propose a normalized SNR based GSMuD scheme where user access fairness issues are explicitly addressed. We address various fairness-related performance metrics such as the user\u27s average access probability (AAP), average access time (AAT), and average wait time (AWT) in the absolute- and normalized-SNR based GSMuD. These metrics are useful for system designers to determine parameters such as optimal packet size and delay constraints.;We observe that Nakakagami-m fading channel model is widely applied to model the real world multipath fading channels of different severity. In the last part of the thesis, we propose a Nakagami-m channel simulator that can generate accurate channel coefficients that follow the Nakagami-m model, with independent quadrature parts, accurate phase distribution and arbitrary auto-correlation property. We demonstrate that the proposed simulator can be extremely useful in simulations involving Nakagami-m fading channel models, evident from the numerous simulation results obtained in earlier parts of the thesis where the fading channel coefficients are generated using this proposed simulator

The performance analysis of differential orthogonal space- time block codes

Ph.DDOCTOR OF PHILOSOPH

Performance evaluation for communication systems with receive diversity and interference

Optimum combining (OC) is a well-known coherent detection technique used to combat fading and suppress cochannel interference. In this dissertation, expressions are developed to evaluate the error probability of OC for systems with multiple interferers and multiple receiving branches. Three approaches are taken to derive the expressions. The first one starts from the decision metrics of OC. It facilitates obtaining closed-form expressions for binary phase-shift keying modulation. The second approach utilizes the moment generating function of the output signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) and results in expressions for symbol and bit error probability for multiple phaseshift keying modulation. The third method uses the probability density function of the output SINR and arrives at expressions of symbol error probability for systems where the interferers may have unequal power levels. Throughout the derivation, it is assumed that the channels are independent Rayleigh fading channels. With these expressions, evaluating the error probability of OC is fast, easy and accurate. Two noncoherent detection schemes based on the multiple symbol differential detection (MSDD) technique are also developed for systems with multiple interferers and multiple receiving branches. The first MSDD scheme is developed for systems where the channel gain of the desired signal is unknown to the receiver, but the covariance matrix of the interference plus noise is known. The maximum-likelihood decision statistic is derived for the detector. The performance of MSDD is demonstrated by analysis and simulation. A sub-optimum decision feedback algorithm is presented to reduce the computation complexity of the MSDD decision statistic. This suboptimum algorithm achieves performance that is very close to that of the optimum algorithm. It can be shown that with an increasing observation interval, the performance of this kind of MSDD approaches that of OC with differential encoding. The second MSDD scheme is developed for the case in which the only required channel information is the channel gain of the interference. It is shown that when the interference power level is high, this MSDD technique can achieve good performance

Differential Modulation and Non-Coherent Detection in Wireless Relay Networks

The technique of cooperative communications is finding its way in the next generations of many wireless communication applications. Due to the distributed nature of cooperative networks, acquiring fading channels information for coherent detection is more challenging than in the traditional point-to-point communications. To bypass the requirement of channel information, differential modulation together with non-coherent detection can be deployed. This thesis is concerned with various issues related to differential modulation and non-coherent detection in cooperative networks. Specifically, the thesis examines the behaviour and robustness of non-coherent detection in mobile environments (i.e., time-varying channels). The amount of channel variation is related to the normalized Doppler shift which is a function of user's mobility. The Doppler shift is used to distinguish between slow time-varying (slow-fading) and rapid time-varying (fast-fading) channels. The performance of several important relay topologies, including single-branch and multi-branch dual-hop relaying with/without a direct link that employ amplify-and-forward relaying and two-symbol non-coherent detection, is analyzed. For this purpose, a time-series model is developed for characterizing the time-varying nature of the cascaded channel encountered in amplify-and-forward relaying.Comment: PhD Dissertatio

Performanse kooperativnih bežičnih telekomunikacionih sistema i mogućnosti povećanja kapaciteta kanala u prisustvu fedinga i međukanalne interferencije

In order to improve the performance of the wireless signal transmission system in the presence of various types of interference, new methods of combining diversion techniques in the relay and on the receiving side have been proposed. When using diversi, the combining technique has shown a significant improvement in the performance of wireless relay signal transmission, and thus a lower probability of system failure. Increasing the capacity of wireless telecommunications systems is feasible in terms of fixed bandwidth and specified modulation format by using the cooperative concept to increase the signal strength to noise and interference ratio. By using mobile stations as a relay, performance improvement can be achieved in M2M communication, which can be rationally used to increase channel information capacity and transmission reliability. A more detailed analysis has been conducted and can answer questions about quantitative measures of improvement in the conditions of fading and inter-channel interference. The cases of relay transmission are discussed, as well as the possibility of applying a diversion technique to improve performance in conditions of simultaneous reception of a signal through a direct connection and through a relay. For the above cases, standard performance measures will be determined using statistical telecommunications theory

Application of diverse techniques to reduce the impact of α-k-μ-g and k-μ-g feding on wireless performance

U ovoj tezi izvršena je analiza performansi bežičnog prenosa_signala_u_prisustvu α-k-μ-g i k-μ-g fedinga_u_kanalu. Izvedeni_su_izrazi u zatvorenom obliku za funkcije_gustine verovatnoće_raspodele i kumulativnu_funkciju_raspodele odnosa signal-šum (SNR) na prijemu kada se bežični prenos vrši kroz kanale sa fedingom. Primenjene_su_standardne_mere_kvaliteta odnosno_performansi_primljenog_signala, kao što su verovatnoća otkaza (OP - Outage probability) i srednji broj osnih preseka (LCR- Level Crossing Rate), koje su_dobijene za_slučajeve_prenosa u funkciji različitih vrednosti parametara sistema. Poboljšanje ovih mera performansi analizirano je za slučaj kada su kada su na prijemnoj_strani_korišćene_prostorne diverziti tehnike_kombinovanja. U tezi je razmatrano nekoliko tehnika_kombinovanja_signala na prijemu. Korišćene_su_tehnika selektivnog_kombinovanja_signala (SC-Selection Combining) i tehnika_kombinacija_signala_sa_maksimalnim_odnosom (MRC-Maximal Ratio Combining), u cilju_procene_mogućnosti_slabljenja_uticaja fedinga pri prenosu signala u kanalu. Izvršena je i analiza_istovremenog_uticaja pojavljive_fedinga i efekta_senke pri bežičnom_prenosu_signala, a razmatrane su mogućnosti_istovremene_primene tehnika makro-diverziti_kombinovanja gore navedenih prostornih diverziti tehnika, kako_bi_se_smanjili ovi štetni efekti uticaja smetnji i poboljšao_kvalitet_signala_na_prijemnoj_strani. Rezultati_dobijeni u_ovoj_tezi, pokazuju da se primenom_pristupa_predloženih u disertaciji_može postići smanjenje štetnih efekata α-k-μ-g i k-μ-g fedinga u kanalu pri_različitim_scenarijima_bežičnog prenosa

Study of continuous-phase four-state modulation for cordless telecommunications. Assessment by simulation of CP-QFSK as an alternative modulation scheme for TDMA digital cordless telecommunications systems operating in indoor applications

One of the major driving elements behind the explosive boom in wireless revolution is the advances in the field of modulation which plays a fundamental role in any communication system, and especially in cellular radio systems. Hence, the elaborate choice of an efficient modulation scheme is of paramount importance in the design and employment of any communications system. Work presented in this thesis is an investigation (study) of the feasibility of whether multilevel FSK modulation scheme would provide a viable alternative modem that can be employed in TDMA cordless communications systems. In the thesis the design and performance analysis of a non-coherent multi-level modem that offers a great deal of bandwidth efficiency and hardware simplicity is studied in detail. Simulation results demonstrate that 2RC pre-modulation filter pulse shaping with a modulation index of 0.3, and pre-detection filter normalized equivalent noise bandwidth of 1.5 are optimum system parameter values. Results reported in chapter 5 signify that an adjacent channel rejection factor of around 40 dB has been achieved at channel spacing of 1.5 times the symbol rate while the DECT system standards stipulated a much lower rejection limit criterion (25-30dB), implying that CP-QFSK modulation out-performs the conventional GMSK as it causes significantly less ACI, thus it is more spectrally efficient in a multi-channel system. However, measured system performance in terms of BER indicates that this system does not coexist well with other interferers as at delay spreads between 100ns to 200ns, which are commonly encountered in such indoor environment, a severe degradation in system performance apparently caused by multi-path fading has been noticed, and there exists a noise floor of about 40 dB, i.e. high irreducible error rate of less than 5.10-3. Implementing MRC diversity combiner and BCH codec has brought in a good gain.Higher Education Ministr