9 research outputs found
Low-cost Cognitive Radios against Spectrum Scarcity
The next generation wireless networks are envisioned to deal with the
expected thousand-fold increase in total mobile broadband data and the
hundred-fold increase in connected devices. In order to provide higher data
rates, improved end-to-end performance, low latency, and low energy consumption
at a low cost per transmission, the fifth generation (5G) systems are required
to overcome various handicaps of current cellular networks and wireless links.
One of the key handicaps of 5G systems is the performance degradation of the
communication link, due to the use of low-cost transceiver in high data rate.
Motivated by this in this paper, we discuss the impact of transceiver front-end
hardware imperfections on the spectrum sensing performance of cognitive radios.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Ergodic capacity evaluation of wireless THz fiber extenders
This paper focuses on delivering quantified results for the evaluation of the
aggregated impact of stochastic antenna misalignment, multipath fading and
hardware imperfections on the terahertz (THz) wireless fiber extenders. In this
line, we present the appropriate signal model that accommodates the different
technical and environmental parameters. In particular, it takes into
consideration the antenna gains, the central frequency, the transmission range,
the environmental conditions, i.e. temperature, humidity and pressure, the
spatial jitter between the transmitter and receiver antennas, which results to
antenna misalignment, the intensity of hardware imperfections, and the
stochastic behavior of the wireless channel. Based on this model, we assess the
joint impact of antenna misalignment and multipath fading, by providing Monte
Carlo simulation results for the channels ergodic capacity.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, conference paper, Presented in WWRF, WG High
Frequencies (mmWAVE and THz) Radio Communications Technologies, September
201
Relay-Based Blockage and Antenna Misalignment Mitigation in THz Wireless Communications
The proliferation of wireless devices in recent years has caused a spectrum
shortage, which led the scientific community to explore the potential of using
terahertz (THz) communications. However, THz systems suffer from severe path
attenuation, blockage, and antenna misalignment. In this paper, we present a
relay-based blockage and antenna misalignment mitigation approach. In more
detail, two relay selection policies are employed, namely best and random relay
selection. The system performance under both policies is evaluated and compared
in terms of average throughput and the probability that throughput of a link is
below the quality of service (QoS) threshold, using Monte Carlo simulations. It
was observed that the effect of both blockage and misalignment can be mitigated
using relays. Moreover, the gain of using relaying to mitigate blockage is much
more significant.Comment: 4 page, 4 figures, 6G summi
Ergodic capacity analysis of reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted wireless systems
This paper presents the analytic framework for evaluating the ergodic
capacity (EC) of the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted systems.
Moreover, high-signal-to-noise-ratio and high-number of reflection units (RUs)
approximations for the EC are provided. Finally, the special case in which the
RIS is equipped with a single RU is investigated. Our analysis is verified
through respective Monte Carlo simulations, which highlight the accuracy of the
proposed framework.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, accepted in IEEE 5G world foru
Performance Evaluation of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted D-band Wireless Communication
In the recent years, the proliferation of wireless data traffic has led the
scientific community to explore the use of higher unallocated frequency bands,
such as the millimeter wave and terahertz (0.1-10 THz) bands. However, they are
prone to blockages from obstacles laid in the transceiver path. To address
this, in this work, the use of a reconfigurable-intelligent-surface (RIS) to
restore the link between a transmitter (TX) and a receiver (RX), operating in
the D-band (110-170 GHz) is investigated. The system performance is evaluated
in terms of pathgain and capacity considering the RIS design parameters, the
TX/RX-RIS distance and the elevation angles from the center of the RIS to the
transceivers.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, accepted for presentation in IEEE 5G World Forum
202
Analytical Performance Evaluation of Beamforming Under Transceivers Hardware Imperfections
In this paper, we provide the mathematical framework to evaluate and quantify
the performance of wireless systems, which employ beamforming, in the presence
of hardware imperfections at both the basestation and the user equipment. In
more detail, by taking a macroscopic view of the joint impact of hardware
imperfections, we introduce a general model that accounts for transceiver
impairments in beamforming transmissions. In order to evaluate their impact, we
present novel closed form expressions for the outage probability and upper
bounds for the characterization of the system's capacity. Our analysis reveals
that the level of imperfection can significantly constraint the ergodic
capacity. Therefore, it is important to take them into account when evaluating
and designing beamforming systems.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, IEEE WCNC 201
Outage Probability Analysis of THz Relaying Systems
This paper focuses on quantifying the outage performance of terahertz (THz)
relaying systems. In this direction, novel closed-form expressions for the
outage probability of a dual-hop relaying system, in which both the
source-relay and relay-destination links suffer from fading and stochastic beam
misalignment, are extracted. Our results reveal the importance of taking into
account the impact of beam misalignment when characterizing the outage
performance of the system as well as when selecting the transmission
frequencies.Comment: 7 pages, 10 figures, conferenc
A cooperative localization-aided tracking algorithm for THz wireless systems
In this paper, a novel cooperation-aided localization and tracking approach,
suitable for terahertz (THz) wireless systems is presented. It combines an
angle of arrival (AoA) tracking algorithm with the two-way time of arrival
method, in order to accurately track the user equipment (UE) position and
reduce the deafness caused by the estimation errors of the tracking algorithms.
This algorithm can be used by one base station (BS) to estimate the UE
position, or by multiple BSs, that cooperate with each other to increase the
accuracy of the estimations, as well as the probability of successful
estimations and guarantee low-estimation overhead. The efficiency of the
algorithm is evaluated in terms of deafness and probability of successful AoA
estimation and is compared with the corresponding performance of the fast
channel tracking algorithm.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, IEEE WCNC 2019 (accepted paper
Wireless Terahertz System Architectures for Networks Beyond 5G
The present white paper focuses on the system requirements of TERRANOVA.
Initially details the key use cases for the TERRANOVA technology and presents
the description of the network architecture. In more detail, the use cases are
classified into two categories, namely backhaul & fronthaul and access and
small cell backhaul. The first category refers to fibre extender,
point-to-point and redundancy applications, whereas the latter is designed to
support backup connection for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),
internet of things (IoT) dense environments, data centres, indoor wireless
access, ad hoc networks, and last mile access. Then, it provides the networks
architecture for the TERRANOVA system as well as the network elements that need
to be deployed. The use cases are matched to specific technical scenarios,
namely outdoor fixed point-to-point (P2P), outdoor/indoor individual
point-to-multipoint (P2MP), and outdoor/indoor "quasi"-omnidirection, and the
key performance requirements of each scenario are identified. Likewise, we
present the breakthrough novel technology concepts, including the joint design
of baseband signal processing for the complete optical and wireless link, the
development of broadband and spectrally efficient RF-frontends for frequencies
>275 GHz, as well as channel modelling, waveforms, antenna array and
multiple-access schemes design, which we are going to use in order to satisfy
the presented requirements. Next, an overview of the required new
functionalities in both physical (PHY) layer and medium access control (MAC)
layers in the TERRANOVA system architecture will be given. Finally, the
individual enablers of the TERRANOVA system are combined to develop particular
candidate architectures for each of the three technical scenarios.Comment: 73 pages, 31 figures, 7 tables. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1503.00697 by other author