Performance of Cross-layer Design with Multiple Outdated Estimates in Multiuser MIMO System

By combining adaptive modulation (AM) and automatic repeat request (ARQ) protocol as well as user scheduling, the cross-layer design scheme of multiuser MIMO system with imperfect feedback is presented, and multiple outdated estimates method is proposed to improve the system performance. Based on this method and imperfect feedback information, the closed-form expressions of spectral efficiency (SE) and packet error rate (PER) of the system subject to the target PER constraint are respectively derived. With these expressions, the system performance can be effectively evaluated. To mitigate the effect of delayed feedback, the variable thresholds (VTs) are also derived by means of the maximum a posteriori method, and these VTs include the conventional fixed thresholds (FTs) as special cases. Simulation results show that the theoretical SE and PER are in good agreement with the corresponding simulation. The proposed CLD scheme with multiple estimates can obtain higher SE than the existing CLD scheme with single estimate, especially for large delay. Moreover, the CLD scheme with VTs outperforms that with conventional FTs

Performance of variable rate and variable power MQAM system based on bit error rate and channel estimates

We consider the effect of an imperfect channel estimate on a variable rate and variable power (VRVP) multilevel quadrature amplitude modulation (MQAM) system, where the transmit power and data rate are varied relative to the estimate of the received signal. Based on the VRVPMQAM system operating over a Rayleigh flat-fading channel, we derive a bit error rate (BER) estimator using a maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimation approach. We apply the BER estimator to the VRVP-MQAM system, and thereby derive and obtain system expressions which are applicable to any channel estimation technique. In addition, the resulting formulations are also useful for analyzing the effect of channel state information (CSI). Consequently, we derive and obtain an optimal solution for our proposed system and generate numerical results to compare the variations of system performance with imperfect CSI

Rate and power adaption techniques for wireless communication systems

Attaining the most spectrally efficient form of data transmission over a time- varying channel remains as fundamentally important target in wireless systems. Link adaptation (LA) is a promising approach to increase spectral efficiency. In general, the transmitter adjusts its parameter such as rate, power and coding in accordance with the channel state information (CSI) fed back from the receiver. Consequently, the accuracy of the CSI is prevalent in LA design. In this thesis, an investigation of the performance of a variable rate variable power (VRVP) multi-level quadrature amplitude modulation (MQAM) scheme is performed for a single antenna system. Then, a novel VRVP-MQAM system is proposed that employs a rate and power adaptation algorithm based on the statistical characterization of CSI imperfection. Instead of using the conventional signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimate as a CSI parameter, the proposed system is based on both an SNR estimate and a bit error rate (BER) estimate, as BER is a more direct representation for quality of service (QoS) of a communication system. The pro posed rate and power adaptation algorithm is then generalized to incorporate a pilot symbol assisted modulation (PSAM) based channel predictor. The BER and SNR estimates are then employed within a code division multiple access (CDMA) based rate and power adaptation system. Finally, the performances of the pro posed systems are shown to achieve higher spectral efficiency when compared to the alternative systems derived based on conventional approach. Another requirement in today's wireless digital communication systems is to provide services for integrated voice and data traffic. The QoS requirement for voice and data can be application specific. For example, real-time traffic is delay-constrained, whereas non-real time traffic has a relaxed requirement on delay but may be capacity-constrained. With this motivation, a rate and power adaptation technique is proposed for a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) based integrated voice and data service. On the basis of analytical and simulation results, the performance of the proposed scheme is assessed for a Rayleigh fading environment. Finally, the results demonstrated that the MIMO based system is suitable for integrate voice and data traffic with different requirements and specification

Non-coherent FSK: An attractive modulation set for millimeter-wave communications

Millimeter-wave (mm-wave) systems suffer from an assortment of propagation and hardware challenges such as extremely high pathloss/shadowing and amplifier nonlinearity/phase noise, respectively. In this paper, we demonstrate via simulations that non-coherent frequency shift keying (FSK) can utilize the vast bandwidth at mm-wave frequencies to combat significant pathloss and shadowing in this band, while being robust to amplifier non-linearity and phase noise. To support our findings, we establish a comprehensive simulation setup and set of parameters that consider the impact of pathloss, shadowing, amplifier non-linearity, and phase noise, at mm-wave frequencies. Our results indicate that non-coherent FSK outperforms other modulation schemes such as phase shift keying and quadrature amplitude modulation. This outcome combined with the low detection complexity of non-coherent FSK make it an attractive modulation for achieving multi Gbps wireless links at mm-wave frequencies. The proposed comprehensive simulation setup can also be applied to investigate and validate the performance of various mm-wave systems in practical settings.ARC Discovery Projects Grant DP14010113

Adaptive Coded Modulation Classification and Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Systems. Adaptive Coded Modulation Techniques for Cognitive Radio Using Kalman Filter and Interacting Multiple Model Methods

The current and future trends of modern wireless communication systems place heavy demands on fast data transmissions in order to satisfy end users’ requirements anytime, anywhere. Such demands are obvious in recent applications such as smart phones, long term evolution (LTE), 4 & 5 Generations (4G & 5G), and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) platforms, where robust coding and modulations are essential especially in streaming on-line video material, social media and gaming. This eventually resulted in extreme exhaustion imposed on the frequency spectrum as a rare natural resource due to stagnation in current spectrum management policies. Since its advent in the late 1990s, cognitive radio (CR) has been conceived as an enabling technology aiming at the efficient utilisation of frequency spectrum that can lead to potential direct spectrum access (DSA) management. This is mainly attributed to its internal capabilities inherited from the concept of software defined radio (SDR) to sniff its surroundings, learn and adapt its operational parameters accordingly. CR systems (CRs) may commonly comprise one or all of the following core engines that characterise their architectures; namely, adaptive coded modulation (ACM), automatic modulation classification (AMC) and spectrum sensing (SS). Motivated by the above challenges, this programme of research is primarily aimed at the design and development of new paradigms to help improve the adaptability of CRs and thereby achieve the desirable signal processing tasks at the physical layer of the above core engines. Approximate modelling of Rayleigh and finite state Markov channels (FSMC) with a new concept borrowed from econometric studies have been approached. Then insightful channel estimation by using Kalman filter (KF) augmented with interacting multiple model (IMM) has been examined for the purpose of robust adaptability, which is applied for the first time in wireless communication systems. Such new IMM-KF combination has been facilitated in the feedback channel between wireless transmitter and receiver to adjust the transmitted power, by using a water-filling (WF) technique, and constellation pattern and rate in the ACM algorithm. The AMC has also benefited from such IMM-KF integration to boost the performance against conventional parametric estimation methods such as maximum likelihood estimate (MLE) for channel interrogation and the estimated parameters of both inserted into the ML classification algorithm. Expectation-maximisation (EM) has been applied to examine unknown transmitted modulation sequences and channel parameters in tandem. Finally, the non-parametric multitaper method (MTM) has been thoroughly examined for spectrum estimation (SE) and SS, by relying on Neyman-Pearson (NP) detection principle for hypothesis test, to allow licensed primary users (PUs) to coexist with opportunistic unlicensed secondary users (SUs) in the same frequency bands of interest without harmful effects. The performance of the above newly suggested paradigms have been simulated and assessed under various transmission settings and revealed substantial improvements

Enhanced performance and efficiency schemes for generalised spatial modulation.

Doctor of Philosophy in Electronic Engineering. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2017.Abstract available in PDF file

Optimal cross layer design for CDMA-SFBC wireless systems

The demand for high speed reliable wireless services has been rapidly growing. Wireless networks have limited resources while wireless channels suffer from fading, interference and time variations. Furthermore, wireless applications have diverse end to end quality of service (QoS) requirements. The aforementioned challenges require the design of spectrally efficient transmission systems coupled with the collaboration of the different OSI layers i.e. cross layer design. To this end, we propose a code division multiple access (CDMA)-space frequency block coded (SFBC) systems for both uplink and downlink transmissions. The proposed systems exploit code, frequency and spatial diversities to improve reception. Furthermore, we derive closed form expressions for the average bit error rate of the proposed systems. In this thesis, we also propose a cross layer resource allocation algorithm for star CDMA-SFBC wireless networks. The proposed resource allocation algorithm assigns base transceiver stations (BTS), antenna arrays and frequency bands to users based on their locations such that their pair wise channel cross correlation is minimized while each user is assigned channels with maximum coherence time. The cooperation between the medium access control (MAC) and physical layers as applied by the optimized resource allocation algorithm improves the bit error rate of the users and the spectral efficiency of the network. A joint cross layer routing and resource allocation algorithm for multi radio CDMA-SFBC wireless mesh networks is also proposed in this thesis. The proposed cross layer algorithm assigns frequency bands to links to minimize the interference and channel estimation errors experienced by those links. Channel estimation errors are minimized by selecting channels with maximum coherence time. On top, the optimization algorithm routes network traffic such that the average end to end packet delay is minimized while avoiding links with high interference and short coherence time. The cooperation between physical, MAC and network layers as applied by the optimization algorithm provides noticeable improvements in average end to end packet delay and success rat