An Enhanced Partial Transmit Sequence Based on Combining Hadamard Matrix and Partitioning Schemes in OFDM Systems

The partial transmit sequence (PTS) considered as one of the efficient approaches to restrain the high peak to average-power ratio (PAPR) in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frameworks. PTS relied on partitioning the input data block and rotate them with a set of the phase vectors. In this study, a novel technique is suggested to improve the PAPR reduction performance in the PTS technique by combining Hadamard matrix and the popular kinds of the partitioning schemes interleaving scheme (IL-PTS), adjacent scheme (Ad-PTS), and pseudo-random scheme (PR-PTS). The new approach employed Hadamard matrix to change some of the subcarrier phases of the partitioning scheme in the frequency-domain. The simulation results demonstrated that the new method improved the PAPR diminishment performance better than that of the PR-PTS and Ad-PTS. However, the proposed method achieved the same PAPR performance compared with the IL-PTS scheme

Power Budgets for CubeSat Radios to Support Ground Communications and Inter-Satellite Links

CubeSats are a class of pico-satellites that have emerged over the past decade as a cost-effective alternative to the traditional large satellites to provide space experimentation capabilities to universities and other types of small enterprises, which otherwise would be unable to carry them out due to cost constraints. An important consideration when planning CubeSat missions is the power budget required by the radio communication subsystem, which enables a CubeSat to exchange information with ground stations and/or other CubeSats in orbit. The power that a CubeSat can dedicate to the communication subsystem is limited by the hard constraints on the total power available, which are due to its small size and light weight that limit the dimensions of the CubeSat power supply elements (batteries and solar panels). To date, no formal studies of the communications power budget for CubeSats are available in the literature, and this paper presents a detailed power budget analysis that includes communications with ground stations as well as with other CubeSats. For ground station communications we outline how the orbital parameters of the CubeSat trajectory determine the distance of the ground station link and present power budgets for both uplink and downlink that include achievable data rates and link margins. For inter-satellite communications we study how the slant range determines power requirements and affects the achievable data rates and link margins

Routage optique dans les réseaux WDM multifibres avec conversion partielle

National audienceNous considérons le problème du routage optique d'un ensemble donné de requêtes de communications dans un réseau WDM multifibres avec conversion partielle. Étant donné un tel réseau disposant de w longueurs d'onde par fibre, k fibres par lien et c conversions possibles par nœud du réseau, le problème revient à décider s'il est possible de trouver un chemin w-coloré pour chaque requête, de sorte qu'au plus k chemins utilisent une même longueur d'onde sur un même lien du réseau et qu'aucun nœud n'opère plus de c conversions. Notre résultat principal réside dans l'écriture de ce problème sous la forme d'une instance particulière de multiflot entier, intégrant dans un même modèle le routage et l'affectation de longueurs d'onde. Nous fournissons ensuite trois heuristiques basées sur l'arrondi aléatoire de multi- flots fractionnaires, qui sont trois réponses différentes au compromis efficacité/précision des approximations. Nous les validons en comparant leur performances sur des instances théoriques ou issue du monde réel

Physical-Layer Cooperation in Coded OFDM Relaying Systems

Mobile communication systems nowadays require ever-increasing data rate and coverage of wide areas. One promising approach to achieve this goal is the application of cooperative communications enabled by introducing intermediate nodes known as relays to support the transmission between terminals. By processing and forwarding the receive message at the relays, the path-loss effect between the source and the destination is mitigated. One major limit factor for relay assisted communications is that a relay cannot transmit and receive using the same physical resources. Therefore, a half-duplex constraint is commonly assumed resulting in halved spectral efficiency. To combat this drawback, two-way relaying is introduced, where two sources exchange information with each. On the other hand, due to the physical limitation of the relays, e.g., wireless sensor nodes, it's not possible to implement multiple antennas at one relay, which prohibits the application of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques. However, when treating multiple relays as a cluster, a virtual antenna array is formed to perform MIMO techniques in a distributed manner. %This thesis aims at designing efficient one-way and two-way relaying schemes. Specifically, existing schemes from the literature are improved and new schemes are developed with the emphasis on coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmissions. Of special interest is the application of physical-layer network coding (PLNC) for two-phase two-way relaying. In this case, a network coded message is estimated from the superimposed receive signal at the relay using PLNC schemes. The schemes are investigated based on a mutual information analysis and their performance are improved by a newly proposed phase control strategy. Furthermore, performance degradation due to system asynchrony is mitigated depending on different PLNC schemes. When multiple relays are available, novel cooperation schemes allowing information exchange within the relay cluster are proposed that facilitate distributed MIMO reception and transmission. Additionally, smart signaling approaches are presented to enable the cooperation at different levels with the cooperation overhead taken into account adequately in system performance evaluation

Reconfigurations of Logical Topologies for WDM Mesh Networks

In static lightpath allocation, the logical topology of a WDM mesh network is determined, based on the long-term traffic demands. These traffic demands change with time. When a logical topology is incapable of supporting the current traffic demands, the logical topology has to be changed. The change is made by adding a minimum number of edges to the logical topology. The objective of this research is to find an optimal new Logical Topology which can support the current traffic demands with as little change to the existing topology as possible. We have proposed a Hill-Climbing algorithm to solve the reconfiguration problem of logical topologies in WDM networks. Our problem can be divided into two sub-problems. The first is to find an optimal logical topology and the second is to route the traffic optimally on the logical topology. Keywords: Optical Networks, Mesh Networks, WDM Networks, Optimization, Logical Topology, Reconfiguration, Heuristic

Performance of IEEE 802.11a wireless LAN standard over frequency-selective, slowly fading Nakagami channels in a pulsed jamming environment

Wireless local area networks (WLAN) are increasingly important in meeting the needs of the next generation broadband wireless communication systems for both commercial and military applications. In 1999, the Institute of the Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11a working group approved a standard for a 5 GHz band WLAN that supports a variable bit rate from 6 to 54 Mbps, and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) was chosen because of its well-known ability to avoid multipath effects while achieving high data rates by combining a high order sub-carrier modulation with a high rate convolutional code. This thesis investigates the performance of the OFDM based IEEE.802.11a WLAN standard in frequency-selective, slowly fading Nakagami channels in a pulsed-noise jamming environment. Contrary to expectations, the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) required to achieve a specific does not monotonically decrease when the bit rate decreases. Furthermore, the results show that the performance is improved significantly by adding convolutional coding with Viterbi decoding, and thus highlights the importance of forward error correction (FEC) coding to the performance of wireless communications systems.http://archive.org/details/performanceofiee109453638Lieutenant Junior Grade, Turkish NavyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited