318 research outputs found
Turbo equalization with cancellation of nonlinear distortion effects for CP-Assisted and Zero-Padded MC-CDMA signals
We consider MC-CDMA schemes, with reduced envelope fluctuations. Both CP-assisted (cyclic prefix) and ZP (zero-padded) MC-CDMA schemes are addressed. We develop turbo FDE (frequency-domain equalization) schemes, combined with cancelation of nonlinear distortion effects. The proposed turbo receivers allow significant performance improvements at low and moderate SNR, even when the transmitted signals have reduced envelope fluctuations
Turbo equalization with cancelation of nonlinear distortion for CP-assisted and zero-padded MC-CDM schemes
In this paper, we consider MC-CDM schemes (MultiCarrier Code Division Multiplexing) where clipping techniques are employed to reduce the envelope fluctuations of the transmitted signals. Both CP-assisted (Cyclic Prefix) and ZP (Zero- Padded) MC-CDM schemes are studied. We develop frequencydomain turbo equalizers combined with an iterative estimation and cancelation of nonlinear distortion effects, with relatively low complexity since they allow FFT-based (Fast Fourier Transform), frequency-domain implementations. Our performance results show that the proposed receivers allow significant performance improvements at low and moderate SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio), even when strongly nonlinear transmitters are employed. The receiver for ZP MC-CDM is of special interest for systems where the duration of the channel impulse response is not a small fraction of the duration of the MC-CDM blocks, being suitable to MC-CDM systems with very large blocks (hundreds or even thousands of subcarriers), since they do not require the inversion nor the multiplication of large matrixes
Channel identifiability of OFDM-CDMA system based on subspace method
Subspace method is well-known in CDMA channel estimation. But a basic problem, channel identifiability by subspace method, is still not well-solved. In this paper, two subspace based blind methods for estimating the channel responses of a OFDM-CDMA system in downlink and uplink are discussed respectively. Under some reasonable assumptions, it is mathematically proved that subspace method for downlink can estimate the channel subject to a scalar ambiguity, and the method for uplink can give the channel responses subject to a diagonal matrix ambiguity. The methods do not need precise channel order information (only an upper bound for the orders is required). Simulations show that the methods are effective and robust.published_or_final_versio
Implementation of a Combined OFDM-Demodulation and WCDMA-Equalization Module
For a dual-mode baseband receiver for the OFDMWireless LAN andWCDMA standards, integration of the demodulation and equalization tasks on a dedicated hardware module has been investigated. For OFDM demodulation, an FFT algorithm based on cascaded twiddle factor decomposition has been selected. This type of algorithm combines high spatial and temporal regularity in the FFT data-flow graphs with a minimal number of computations. A frequency-domain algorithm based on a circulant channel approximation has been selected for WCDMA equalization. It has good performance, low hardware complexity and a low number of computations. Its main advantage is the reuse of the FFT kernel, which contributes to the integration of both tasks. The demodulation and equalization module has been described at the register transfer level with the in-house developed Arx language. The core of the module is a pipelined radix-23 butterfly combined with a complex multiplier and complex divider. The module has an area of 0.447 mm2 in 0.18 ¿m technology and a power consumption of 10.6 mW. The proposed module compares favorably with solutions reported in literature
Estimation of Sparse MIMO Channels with Common Support
We consider the problem of estimating sparse communication channels in the
MIMO context. In small to medium bandwidth communications, as in the current
standards for OFDM and CDMA communication systems (with bandwidth up to 20
MHz), such channels are individually sparse and at the same time share a common
support set. Since the underlying physical channels are inherently
continuous-time, we propose a parametric sparse estimation technique based on
finite rate of innovation (FRI) principles. Parametric estimation is especially
relevant to MIMO communications as it allows for a robust estimation and
concise description of the channels. The core of the algorithm is a
generalization of conventional spectral estimation methods to multiple input
signals with common support. We show the application of our technique for
channel estimation in OFDM (uniformly/contiguous DFT pilots) and CDMA downlink
(Walsh-Hadamard coded schemes). In the presence of additive white Gaussian
noise, theoretical lower bounds on the estimation of SCS channel parameters in
Rayleigh fading conditions are derived. Finally, an analytical spatial channel
model is derived, and simulations on this model in the OFDM setting show the
symbol error rate (SER) is reduced by a factor 2 (0 dB of SNR) to 5 (high SNR)
compared to standard non-parametric methods - e.g. lowpass interpolation.Comment: 12 pages / 7 figures. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Communicatio
Design of Block Transceivers with Decision Feedback Detection
This paper presents a method for jointly designing the transmitter-receiver
pair in a block-by-block communication system that employs (intra-block)
decision feedback detection. We provide closed-form expressions for
transmitter-receiver pairs that simultaneously minimize the arithmetic mean
squared error (MSE) at the decision point (assuming perfect feedback), the
geometric MSE, and the bit error rate of a uniformly bit-loaded system at
moderate-to-high signal-to-noise ratios. Separate expressions apply for the
``zero-forcing'' and ``minimum MSE'' (MMSE) decision feedback structures. In
the MMSE case, the proposed design also maximizes the Gaussian mutual
information and suggests that one can approach the capacity of the block
transmission system using (independent instances of) the same (Gaussian) code
for each element of the block. Our simulation studies indicate that the
proposed transceivers perform significantly better than standard transceivers,
and that they retain their performance advantages in the presence of error
propagation.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figures, to appear in the IEEE Transactions on Signal
Processin
A comparison of digital transmission techniques under multichannel conditions at 2.4 GHz in the ISM BAND
In order to meet the observation quality criteria of micro-UAVs, and particularly in the context of the « Trophée Micro-Drones », ISAE/SUPAERO is studying technical solutions to transmit a high data rate from a video payload onboard a micro-UAV. The laboratory has to consider the impact of multipath and shadowing effects on the emitted signal. Therefore fading resistant transmission techniques are considered. This techniques paper have to reveal an optimum trade-off between three parameters, namely: the characteristics of the video stream, the complexity of the modulation and coding scheme, and the efficiency of the transmission, in term of BER
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