569 research outputs found
Exploring the Physical Layer Frontiers of Cellular Uplink - The Vienna LTE-A Simulator
Communication systems in practice are subject to many technical/technological
constraints and restrictions. MIMO processing in current wireless
communications, as an example, mostly employs codebook based pre-coding to save
computational complexity at the transmitters and receivers. In such cases,
closed form expressions for capacity or bit-error probability are often
unattainable; effects of realistic signal processing algorithms on the
performance of practical communication systems rather have to be studied in
simulation environments. The Vienna {LTE-A} Uplink Simulator is a 3GPP {LTE-A}
standard compliant link level simulator that is publicly available under an
academic use license, facilitating reproducible evaluations of signal
processing algorithms and transceiver designs in wireless communications. This
paper reviews research results that have been obtained by means of the Vienna
LTE-A Uplink Simulator, highlights the effects of Single Carrier Frequency
Division Multiplexing (as the distinguishing feature to LTE-A downlink),
extends known link adaptation concepts to uplink transmission, shows the
implications of the uplink pilot pattern for gathering Channel State
Information at the receiver and completes with possible future research
directions.Comment: submitted to Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and
Networking on 07-Sep-2015, Manuscript ID: JWCN-D-15-0036
Link Performance Abstraction for Interference-Aware Communications (IAC)
Advanced co-channel interference aware signal detection has drawn research
attention during the recent development of Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A)
systems and the interference-aware communications (IAC) is currently being
studied by 3GPP. This paper investigates link performance abstraction for the
IAC systems employing maximum-likelihood detector (MLD). The link performance
of MLD can be estimated by combining two performance bounds, namely, linear
receiver and genie-aided maximum-likelihood (ML) receiver. It is shown that the
conventional static approach based on static parameterization, while working
well under moderate and weak interference conditions, fails to generate a
well-behaved solution in the strong interference case. Inspired by this
observation, we propose a new adaptive approach where the combining parameter
is adaptively adjusted according to instantaneous interference-to-signal ratio
(ISR). The basic idea is to exploit the probabilistic behavior of the optimal
combining ratio over the ISR. The link-level simulation results are provided to
verify the prediction accuracy of the proposed link abstraction method.
Moreover, we use the proposed link abstraction model as a link-to-system
interface mapping in system-level simulations to demonstrate the performance of
the IAC receiver in interference-limited LTE system
Phase Noise Compensation Using Limited Reference Symbols in 3GPP LTE Downlink
It is known that phase noise (PN) can cause link performance to degrade
severely in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems, such as
IEEE 802.11, 3GPP LTE and 5G. As opposed to prior PN mitigation schemes that
assume perfect channel information and/or abundant reference symbols (e.g., in
802.11), the proposed PN compensation technique applies to LTE and 5G downlink
with a limited number of reference symbols. Specifically, in this work, we
propose an efficient PN mitigation algorithm where the PN statistics are used
to obtain more accurate channel estimates. Based on LTE downlink subframe
structure, numerical results corroborate the effectiveness of the proposed
algorithm.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, lette
A Survey on MIMO Transmission with Discrete Input Signals: Technical Challenges, Advances, and Future Trends
Multiple antennas have been exploited for spatial multiplexing and diversity
transmission in a wide range of communication applications. However, most of
the advances in the design of high speed wireless multiple-input multiple
output (MIMO) systems are based on information-theoretic principles that
demonstrate how to efficiently transmit signals conforming to Gaussian
distribution. Although the Gaussian signal is capacity-achieving, signals
conforming to discrete constellations are transmitted in practical
communication systems. As a result, this paper is motivated to provide a
comprehensive overview on MIMO transmission design with discrete input signals.
We first summarize the existing fundamental results for MIMO systems with
discrete input signals. Then, focusing on the basic point-to-point MIMO
systems, we examine transmission schemes based on three most important criteria
for communication systems: the mutual information driven designs, the mean
square error driven designs, and the diversity driven designs. Particularly, a
unified framework which designs low complexity transmission schemes applicable
to massive MIMO systems in upcoming 5G wireless networks is provided in the
first time. Moreover, adaptive transmission designs which switch among these
criteria based on the channel conditions to formulate the best transmission
strategy are discussed. Then, we provide a survey of the transmission designs
with discrete input signals for multiuser MIMO scenarios, including MIMO uplink
transmission, MIMO downlink transmission, MIMO interference channel, and MIMO
wiretap channel. Additionally, we discuss the transmission designs with
discrete input signals for other systems using MIMO technology. Finally,
technical challenges which remain unresolved at the time of writing are
summarized and the future trends of transmission designs with discrete input
signals are addressed.Comment: 110 pages, 512 references, submit to Proceedings of the IEE
Timing and Carrier Synchronization in Wireless Communication Systems: A Survey and Classification of Research in the Last Five Years
Timing and carrier synchronization is a fundamental requirement for any
wireless communication system to work properly. Timing synchronization is the
process by which a receiver node determines the correct instants of time at
which to sample the incoming signal. Carrier synchronization is the process by
which a receiver adapts the frequency and phase of its local carrier oscillator
with those of the received signal. In this paper, we survey the literature over
the last five years (2010-2014) and present a comprehensive literature review
and classification of the recent research progress in achieving timing and
carrier synchronization in single-input-single-output (SISO),
multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO), cooperative relaying, and
multiuser/multicell interference networks. Considering both single-carrier and
multi-carrier communication systems, we survey and categorise the timing and
carrier synchronization techniques proposed for the different communication
systems focusing on the system model assumptions for synchronization, the
synchronization challenges, and the state-of-the-art synchronization solutions
and their limitations. Finally, we envision some future research directions.Comment: submitted for journal publicatio
Joint Receiver Design for Internet of Things
Internet of things (IoT) is an ever-growing network of objects that connect,
collect and exchange data. To achieve the mission of connecting everything,
physical layer communication is of indispensable importance. In this work, we
propose a new receiver tailored for the characteristics of IoT communications.
Specifically, our design is suitable for sporadic transmissions of
small-to-medium sized packets in IoT applications. With joint design in the new
receiver, strong reliability is guaranteed and power saving is expected.Comment: 9 pages, scholarly articl
A Distributed Processing Architecture for Modular and Scalable Massive MIMO Base Stations
In this work, a scalable and modular architecture for massive MIMO base
stations with distributed processing is proposed. New antennas can readily be
added by adding a new node as each node handles all the additional involved
processing. The architecture supports conjugate beamforming, zero-forcing, and
MMSE, where for the two latter cases a central matrix inversion is required.
The impact of the time required for this matrix inversion is carefully analyzed
along with a generic frame format. As part of the contribution, careful
computational, memory, and communication analyses are presented. It is shown
that all computations can be mapped to a single computational structure and
that a processing node consisting of a single such processing element can
handle a broad range of bandwidths and number of terminals
A Tractable Model for Non-Coherent Joint-Transmission Base Station Cooperation
This paper presents a tractable model for analyzing non-coherent joint
transmission base station (BS) cooperation, taking into account the irregular
BS deployment typically encountered in practice. Besides cellular-network
specific aspects such as BS density, channel fading, average path loss and
interference, the model also captures relevant cooperation mechanisms including
user-centric BS clustering and channel-dependent cooperation activation. The
locations of all BSs are modeled by a Poisson point process. Using tools from
stochastic geometry, the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio
() distribution with cooperation is precisely characterized in a
generality-preserving form. The result is then applied to practical design
problems of recent interest. We find that increasing the network-wide BS
density improves the , while the gains increase with the path
loss exponent. For pilot-based channel estimation, the average spectral
efficiency saturates at cluster sizes of around BSs for typical values,
irrespective of backhaul quality. Finally, it is shown that intra-cluster
frequency reuse is favorable in moderately loaded cells with generous
cooperation activation, while intra-cluster coordinated scheduling may be
better in lightly loaded cells with conservative cooperation activation.Comment: To appear in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication
Utility Fair Optimisation of Antenna Tilt Angles in LTE Networks
We formulate adaptation of antenna tilt angle as a utility fair optimisation
task. This optimisation problem is non-convex, but in this paper we show that
under reasonable conditions it can be reformulated as a convex optimisation.
Using this insight, we develop a lightweight method for finding the optimal
antenna tilt angles, making use of measurements which are already available at
base stations, and suited to distributed implementation.Comment: 11 pages, submitted to IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networkin
Modulation-Specific Multiuser Transmit Precoding and User Selection for BPSK Signalling
Motivated by challenges to existing multiuser transmission methods in a low
signal to noise ratio (SNR) regime, and emergence of massive numbers of low
data rate ehealth and internet of things (IoT) devices, in this paper we show
that it is beneficial to incorporate knowledge of modulation type into
multiuser transmit precoder design. Particularly, we propose a transmit
precoding (beamforming) specific to BPSK modulation, which has maximum power
efficiency and capacity in poor channel conditions. To be more specific, in a
multiuser scenario, an objective function is formulated based on the weighted
sum of error probabilities of BPSK modulated users. Convex optimization is used
to transform and solve this ill-behaved non-convex minimum probability of error
(MPE) precoding problem. Numerical results confirm significant performance
improvement. We then develop a low-complexity user selection algorithm for MPE
precoding. Based on line packing principles in Grassmannian manifolds, the
number of supported users is able to exceed the number of transmit antennas,
and hence the proposed approach is able to support more simultaneous users
compared with existing multiuser transmit precoding methods
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