Approaching universal frequency reuse through base station cooperation

Base Station (BS) architectures are a promising cellular wireless solution to mitigate the interference issues and to avoid the high frequency reuse factors implemented in conventional systems. Combined with block transmission techniques, such as Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) for the downlink and Single-Carrier with Frequency-Domain Equalization (SC-FDE) for the uplink, these systems provide a significant performance improvement to the overall system. Block transmission techniques are suitable for broadband wireless communication systems, which have to deal with strongly frequency-selective fading channels and are able to provide high bit rates despite the channel adversities. In BS cooperation schemes users in adjacent cells share the same physical channel and the signals received by each BS are sent to a Central Processing Unit (CPU) that combines the different signals and performs the user detections and/or separation, which can be regarded as a Multi-User Detection (MUD) technique. The work presented in this thesis is focused on the study of uplink transmissions in BS cooperations systems, considering single carrier block transmission schemes and iterative receivers based on the Iterative-Block Decision Feedback Equalization (IB-DFE) concept, which combined with the employment of Cyclic Prefix (CP)-assisted block transmission techniques are appropriate to scenarios with strongly time-dispersive channels. Furthermore, the impact of the sampling and quantization applied to the received signals from each Mobile Terminal (MT) to the corresponding BS is studied, with the achievement of the spectral characterization of the quantization noise. This thesis also provides a conventional analytical model for the BER (Bit Error Rate) performance complemented with an approach to improve its results. Finally, this thesis addresses the contextualization of BS cooperation schemes in clustered C-RAN (Centralized-Radio Access Network)-type solutions.As arquitecturas BS cooperation são uma solução promissora de redes celulares sem fios para atenuar o problema da interferência e evitar os factores de reuso elevados, que se encontram implementados nos sistemas convencionais. Combinadas com técnicas de transmissão por blocos, como o OFDM para o downlink e o SC-FDE no uplink, estes sistemas fornecem uma melhoria significativa no desempenho geral do sistema. Técnicas de transmissão por blocos são adequadas para sistemas de comunicações de banda larga sem fios, que têm que lidar com canais que possuem um forte desvanescimento selectivo na frequência e são capazes de fornecer ligações com taxas de transmissão altas apesar das adversidades do canal. Em esquemas BS cooperation os terminais móveis situados em células adjacentes partilham o mesmo canal físico e os sinais recebidos em cada estação de base são enviados para uma Unidade Central de Processamento (CPU) que combina os diferentes sinais recebidos associados a um dado utilizador e realiza a detecção e/ou separação do mesmo, sendo esta considerada uma técnica de Detecção Multi-Utilizador (MUD). O trabalho apresentado nesta tese concentra o seu estudo no uplink de transmissões em sistemas BS cooperation, considerando transmissões em bloco de esquemas monoportadoras e receptores iterativos baseados no conceito B-DFE, em que quando combinados com a implementação de técnicas de transmissao por blocos assistidas por prefixos cíclicos (CP) são apropriados a cenários com canais fortemente dispersivos no tempo. Além disso, é estudado o impacto do processo de amostragem e quantização aplicados aos sinais recebidos de cada terminal móvel para a estação de base, com a obtenção da caracterização espectral do ruído de quantização. Esta tese também fornece um modelo analítico convencional para a computação do desempenho da taxa de erros de bit (BER), com um método melhorado para o mesmo. Por último, esta tese visa a contextualização dos sistemas BS cooperation em soluções do tipo C-RAN

Performance analysis of massive MIMO receivers

We face now an exponential increase in wireless devices and to allow good user experience, it is imperative that the next generation of mobile (5G) communications ensures reliable connections, high data transfer rates and low latency. One way to increase the data transfer rate is to use massive Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems, that is, systems with multiple antennas to emit and multiple antennas to receive thus allowing spatial diversity. In these systems, to increase the battery life of the devices it is preferable to use the Single-Carrier with Frequency-Domain Equalization modulation in the uplink as this modulation reduces the complexity in the emitter, transferring it to the receiver, in this case the Base Staion, where it is quite acceptable. This dissertation studies the performance of massive MIMO receiver systems, comparing it to the performance achieved with the Matched Filter Bound (MFB). The Iterative Block Decision-Feedback Equalizer (IB-DFE) receiver presents a very similar performance to the MFB, however, the algorithm requires matrix inversions, which in the systems under study, where the size of the matrix is high, implies an increase of the associated operations increases. Thus it is very important that low complexity receivers, such as the Maximal-Ratio Combining (MRC) or Equal Gain Combining are used. In this dissertation, a simple receiver is proposed combining the IB-DFE receiver with the MRC receiver, thus creating a low complexity receiver with excellent performanceAtualmente, sente-se um aumento exponencial nos dispositivos wireless. De modo a permitir uma boa experiência por parte dos utilizadores é fundamental que a próxima geração de comunicações móveis (5G) assegure fiabilidade nas ligações, uma elevada taxa de transferência de dados e baixa latência. Uma maneira de elevar a taxa de transferência de dados é utilizar sistemas massive Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO), ou seja, sistemas com múltiplas antenas a emitir e múltiplas antenas a receber permitindo assim diversidade espacial. Nestes sistemas, para aumentar a bateria dos dispositivos é preferível usar no uplink a modulação Single-Carrier with Frequency-Domain Equalization pois esta modulação reduz a complexidade no emissor transferindo-a para o recetor, neste caso na Base Station, onde isso é bastante aceitável. Esta dissertação estuda o desempenho dos recetores dos sistemas massive MIMO, comparando o desempenho alcançado com o desempenho do Matched Filter Bound (MFB). O recetor Iterative Block Decision-Feedback Equalizer (IBDFE) apresenta um desempenho muito semelhante ao do MFB no entanto, o algoritmo do receptor inverte matrizes, o que nos sistemas em estudo, onde o tamanho das matrizes é elevado, se reflecte no aumento da complexidade das operações associadas. Deste modo, é importante que sejam utilizados recetores de baixa complexidade tal como o Maximal-Ratio Combining (MRC) ou o Equal Gain Combining. Esta dissertação propõe um recetor simples que combina um recetor IB-DFE com um recetor MRC, criando desde modo um recetor de baixa complexidade e com excelente desempenho

Analytical performance evaluation of massive MIMO techniques for SC-FDE modulations

SAICT-45-2017-02 UIDB/EEA/50008/2020In the Fifth Generation of telecommunications networks (5G), it is possible to use massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems, which require efficient receivers capable of reaching good performance values. MIMO systems can also be extended to massive MIMO (mMIMO) systems, while maintaining their, sometimes exceptional, performance. However, we must be aware that this implies an increase in the receiver complexity. Therefore, the use of mMIMO in 5G and future generations of mobile receivers will only be feasible if they use very efficient algorithms, so as to maintain their excellent performance, while coping with increasing and critical user demands. Having this in mind, this paper presents and compares three types of receivers used in MIMO systems, for further use with mMIMO systems, which use Single-Carrier with Frequency-Domain Equalization (SC-FDE), Iterative Block Decision Feedback Equalization (IB-DFE) and Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC) techniques. This paper presents and compares the theoretical and simulated performance values for these receivers in terms of their Bit Error Rate (BER) and correlation factor. While one of the receivers studied in this paper achieves a BER performance nearly matching the Matched Filter Bound (MFB), the other receivers (IB-DFE and MRC) are more than 1 dB away from MFB. The results obtained in this paper can help the development of ongoing research involving hybrid analog/digital receivers for 5G and future generations of mobile communications.publishersversionpublishe

Performance evaluation of IB-DFE-based strategies for SC-FDMA systems

The aim of this paper is to propose and evaluate multi-user iterative block decision feedback equalization (IB-DFE) schemes for the uplink of single-carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA)-based systems. It is assumed that a set of single antenna users share the same physical channel to transmit its own information to the base station, which is equipped with an antenna array. Two space-frequency multi-user IB-DFE-based processing are considered: iterative successive interference cancellation and parallel interference cancellation. In the first approach, the equalizer vectors are computed by minimizing the mean square error (MSE) of each individual user, at each subcarrier. In the second one, the equalizer matrices are obtained by minimizing the overall MSE of all users at each subcarrier. For both cases, we propose a simple yet accurate analytical approach for obtaining the performance of the discussed receivers. The proposed schemes allow an efficient user separation, with a performance close to the one given by the matched filter bound for severely time-dispersive channels, with only a few iterations

IB-DFE receivers with space diversity for CP-assisted DS-CDMA and MC-CDMA systems

Multi-Carrier Code Division Multiple Access (MC-CDMA), currently regarded as a promising multiple access scheme for broadband communications, is known to combine the advantages of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)-based, Cyclic Prefix (CP)-assisted block transmission with those of CDMA systems. Recently, it was recognised that DS-CDMA (Direct Sequence) implementations can also take advantage of the benefits of the CP-assisted block transmission approach, therefore enabling an efficient use of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)-based, chip level Frequency-Domain Equalisation (FDE) techniques. When employing a linear FDE with both MC-CDMA and DS-CDMA, the FDE coefficients can be optimised under the Minimum Mean Squared Error (MMSE) criterion, so as to avoid significant noise enhancement. The residual interference levels can be very high, especially for fully loaded scenarios, since the FDE/MMSE does not perform a perfect channel inversion. This paper deals with CP-assisted DS-CDMA systems and MC-CDMA systems with frequency-domain spreading. We consider the use of Iterative Block Decision Feedback Equalisation (IB-DFE) FDE techniques as an alternative to conventional, linear FDE techniques, and derive the appropriate IB-DFE parameters in a receiver diversity context. Our performance results show that IB-DFE techniques with moderate complexity allow significant performance gains in both systems, with bit error rate (BER) that can be close to the single-code matched filter bound (MFB) (especially for the CP-assisted DS-CDMA alternative), even with full code usage. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons. Ltd

High performance faster-than-nyquist signaling

AbstractIn a wireless broadband context, multi-path dispersive channels can severely affectdata communication of Mobile Terminals (MTs) uplink.Single Carrier withFrequency-Domain Equalization (SC-FDE) has been proposed to deal with highlydispersive channels for the uplink of broadband wireless systems. However, currentsystems rely on older assumptions of the Nyquist theorem and assume that a systemneeds a minimum bandwidth 2Wper MT. Faster-Than-Nyquist (FTN) assumesthat it is possible to employ a bandwidth as low as 0.802 of the original Nyquistbandwidth with minimum loss - despite this, the current literature has only proposedcomplex receivers for a simple characterization of the wireless channel. Furthermore,the uplink of SC-FDE can be severely affected by a deep-fade and or poor channelconditions; to cope with such difficulties Diversity Combining (DC) Hybrid ARQ(H-ARQ) is a viable technique, since it combines the several packet copies sent bya MT to create reliable packet symbols at the receiver.In this thesis we consider the use of FTN signaling for the uplink of broadbandwireless systems employing SC-FDE based on the Iterative Block with DecisionFeedback Equalization (IB-DFE) receiver with a simple scheduled access HybridAutomatic Repeat reQuest (H-ARQ) specially designed taking into account thecharacteristics of FTN signals. This approach achieves a better performance thanNyquist signaling by taking advantage of the additional bandwidth employed of aroot-raised cosine pulse for additional diversity.Alongside a Packet Error Rate (PER) analytical model, simulation results show that this receiver presents a better performance when compared with a regular system,with higher system throughputs and a lower Energy per Useful Packet (EPUP)

Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer in 5G communication

Green communication technology is expected to be widely adopted in future generation networks to improve energy efficiency and reliability of wireless communication network. Among the green communication technologies,simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) is adopted for its flexible energy harvesting technology through the radio frequency (RF) signa lthati sused for information transmission. Even though existing SWIPT techniques are flexible and adoptable for the wireless communication networks, the power and time resources of the signal need to be shared between infor- mation transmission and RF energy harvesting, and this compromises the quality of the signal. Therefore,SWIP Ttechniques need to be designed to allow an efficient resource allocation for communication and energy harvesting. The goal oft his thesisis to design SWIP Ttechniques that allow efficient,reliable and secure joint communications and power transference. A problem associated to SWIPT techniques combined with multi carrier signals is that the increased power requirements inherent to energy harvesting purposes can exacerbate nonlinear distortion effects at the transmitter. Therefore, we evaluate nonlinear distortion and present feasible solutions to mitigate the impact of nonlinear distortion effects on the performance.Another goal of the thesisis to take advantage of the energy harvesting signals in SWIP Ttechniques for channel estimation and security purposes.Theperformance of these SWIPT techniques is evaluated analytically, and those results are validated by simulations. It is shownthatthe proposed SWIPT schemes can have excellent performance, out performing conventional SWIPT schemes.Espera-se que aschamadas tecnologiasde green communications sejam amplamente ado- tadas em futuras redes de comunicação sem fios para melhorar a sua eficiência energética a fiabilidade.Entre estas,encontram-se as tecnologias SWIPT (Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transference), nas quais um sinal radio é usado para transferir simultaneamente potência e informações.Embora as técnicas SWIPT existentes sejam fle- xíveis e adequadas para as redes de comunicações sem fios, os recursos de energia e tempo do sinal precisam ser compartilhados entre a transmissão de informações e de energia, o que pode comprometer a qualidade do sinal. Deste modo,as técnicas SWIPT precisam ser projetadas para permitir uma alocação eficiente de recursos para comunicação e recolha de energia. O objetivo desta tese é desenvolver técnicas SWIPT que permitam transferência de energia e comunicações eficientes,fiáveis e seguras.Um problema associado às técnicas SWIPT combinadas com sinais multi-portadora são as dificuldades de amplificação ine- rentes à combinação de sinais de transmissão de energia com sinais de transferência de dados, que podem exacerbar os efeitos de distorção não-linear nos sinais transmitidos. Deste modo, um dos objectivos desta tese é avaliar o impacto da distorção não-linear em sinais SWIPT, e apresentar soluções viáveis para mitigar os efeitos da distorção não-linear no desempenho da transmissão de dados.Outro objetivo da tese é aproveitar as vantagens dos sinais de transferência de energia em técnicas SWIPT para efeitos de estimação de canal e segurança na comunicação.Os desempenhos dessas técnicas SWIPT são avaliados analiticamente,sendo os respectivos resultados validados por simulações.É mostrado que os esquemas SWIPT propostos podem ter excelente desempenho, superando esquemas SWIPT convencionais

Frequency-domain receiver design for doubly-selective channels

This work is devoted to the broadband wireless transmission techniques, which are serious candidates to be implemented in future broadband wireless and cellular systems, aiming at providing high and reliable data transmission and concomitantly high mobility. In order to cope with doubly-selective channels, receiver structures based on OFDM and SC-FDE block transmission techniques, are proposed, which allow cost-effective implementations, using FFT-based signal processing. The first subject to be addressed is the impact of the number of multipath components, and the diversity order, on the asymptotic performance of OFDM and SC-FDE, in uncoded and for different channel coding schemes. The obtained results show that the number of relevant separable multipath components is a key element that influences the performance of OFDM and SC-FDE schemes. Then, the improved estimation and detection performance of OFDM-based broadcasting systems, is introduced employing SFN (Single Frequency Network) operation. An initial coarse channel is obtained with resort to low-power training sequences estimation, and an iterative receiver with joint detection and channel estimation is presented. The achieved results have shown very good performance, close to that with perfect channel estimation. The next topic is related to SFN systems, devoting special attention to time-distortion effects inherent to these networks. Typically, the SFN broadcast wireless systems employ OFDM schemes to cope with severely time-dispersive channels. However, frequency errors, due to CFO, compromises the orthogonality between subcarriers. As an alternative approach, the possibility of using SC-FDE schemes (characterized by reduced envelope fluctuations and higher robustness to carrier frequency errors) is evaluated, and a technique, employing joint CFO estimation and compensation over the severe time-distortion effects, is proposed. Finally, broadband mobile wireless systems, in which the relative motion between the transmitter and receiver induces Doppler shift which is different or each propagation path, is considered, depending on the angle of incidence of that path in relation to the direction of travel. This represents a severe impairment in wireless digital communications systems, since that multipath propagation combined with the Doppler effects, lead to drastic and unpredictable fluctuations of the envelope of the received signal, severely affecting the detection performance. The channel variations due this effect are very difficult to estimate and compensate. In this work we propose a set of SC-FDE iterative receivers implementing efficient estimation and tracking techniques. The performance results show that the proposed receivers have very good performance, even in the presence of significant Doppler spread between the different groups of multipath components

Analytical BER Performance Evaluation in SISO and MIMO Environments with SC-FDE Modulations and IB-DFE Receivers

This paper preseThis paper presents the analysis of the obtainment of the theoretical bit error rate (BER) performance in single-input-single-output and multiple-input-multiple-output systems with single-carrier with frequency-domain equalization modulations and iterative receivers based on the iterative block decision feedback equalization concept. Through the consideration of a Gaussian-based approach to obtain the BER performance, we present a simple and accurate model to improve such method by compensating the difference between the theoretical performance results and the ones obtained by simulation.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Low complexity detection for SC-FDE massive MIMO systems

Nowadays we continue to observe a big and fast growth of wireless com-munication usage due to the increasing number of access points, and fields of application of this technology. Furthermore, these new usages can require higher speed and better quality of service in order to create market. As example we can have: live 4K video transmission, M2M (Machine to Machine communication), IoT (Internet of Things), Tactile Internet, between many others. As a consequence of all these factors, the spectrum is getting overloaded with communications, increasing the interference and affecting the system's per-formance. Therefore a different path of ideas has been followed and the commu-nication process has been taken to the next level in 5G by the usage of big arrays of antennas and multi-stream communication (MIMO systems) which in a greater scale are called massive MIMO schemes. These systems can be combined with an SC-FDE (Single-Carrier Frequency Domain Equalization) scheme to im-prove the power efficiency due to the low envelope fluctuations. This thesis focused on the equalization in massive MIMO systems, more specifically in the FDE (Frequency Domain Equalization), studying the perfor-mance of different approaches, namely ZF (Zero Forcing), EGD (Equal Gain De-tector), MRD (Maximum Ratio Detector), IB-DFE (Iterative Block Decision Feed-back Equalizer) and a proposed receiver combining MRD (or EGD) and IB-DFE.With this approach we want to minimize the ICI (Inter Carrier Interference) in order to have almost independent data streams and to produce a low complexity code, so that the receiver's performance doesn't affect the total system's perfor-mance, with a final objective of increasing the data throughput in a great scale