133 research outputs found
CROSSTALK-RESILIANT CODING FOR HIGH DENSITY DIGITAL RECORDING
Increasing the track density in magnetic systems is very difficult due to inter-track interference
(ITI) caused by the magnetic field of adjacent tracks. This work presents a
two-track partial response class 4 magnetic channel with linear and symmetrical ITI; and
explores modulation codes, signal processing methods and error correction codes in order
to mitigate the effects of ITI.
Recording codes were investigated, and a new class of two-dimensional run-length
limited recording codes is described. The new class of codes controls the type of ITI
and has been found to be about 10% more resilient to ITI compared to conventional
run-length limited codes. A new adaptive trellis has also been described that adaptively
solves for the effect of ITI. This has been found to give gains up to 5dB in signal to noise
ratio (SNR) at 40% ITI. It was also found that the new class of codes were about 10%
more resilient to ITI compared to conventional recording codes when decoded with the
new trellis.
Error correction coding methods were applied, and the use of Low Density Parity
Check (LDPC) codes was investigated. It was found that at high SNR, conventional
codes could perform as well as the new modulation codes in a combined modulation and
error correction coding scheme. Results suggest that high rate LDPC codes can mitigate
the effect of ITI, however the decoders have convergence problems beyond 30% ITI
Advanced Modulation and Coding Technology Conference
The objectives, approach, and status of all current LeRC-sponsored industry contracts and university grants are presented. The following topics are covered: (1) the LeRC Space Communications Program, and Advanced Modulation and Coding Projects; (2) the status of four contracts for development of proof-of-concept modems; (3) modulation and coding work done under three university grants, two small business innovation research contracts, and two demonstration model hardware development contracts; and (4) technology needs and opportunities for future missions
Factor Graph Based Detection Schemes for Mobile Terrestrial DVB Systems with Long OFDM Blocks
This PhD dissertation analyzes the performance of second generation digital video broadcasting (DVB) systems in mobile terrestrial environments and proposes an iterative detection algorithm based on factor graphs (FG) to reduce the distortion caused by the time variation of the channel, providing error-free communication in very severe mobile conditions. The research work focuses on mobile scenarios where the intercarrier interference (ICI) is very high: high vehicular speeds when long orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) blocks are used.
As a starting point, we provide the theoretical background on the main topics behind the transmission and reception of terrestrial digital television signals in mobile environments, along with a general overview of the main signal processing techniques included in last generation terrestrial DVB systems. The proposed FG-based detector design is then assessed over a simpli ed bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM)-OFDM communication scheme for a wide variety of mobile environments. Extensive simulation results show the e ectiveness of the proposed belief propagation (BP) algorithm over the channels of interest in this research work. Moreover, assuming that low density parity-check (LDPC) codes are decoded by means of FG-based algorithms, a high-order FG is de ned in order to accomplish joint signal detection and decoding into the same FG framework, o ering a fully parallel structure very suitable when long OFDM blocks are employed.
Finally, the proposed algorithms are analyzed over the physical layer of DVB-T2 speci cation. Two reception schemes are proposed which exploit the frequency and time-diversity inherent in time-varying channels with the aim of achieving a reasonable trade-o among performance, complexity and latency.Doktoretza tesi honek bigarren belaunaldiko telebista digitalaren eraginkortasuna aztertzen du eskenatoki mugikorrean, eta faktoreen grafoetan oinarritzen den hartzaile iteratibo bat proposatzen du denboran aldakorra den kanalak sortzen duen distortsioa leundu eta seinalea errorerik gabe hartzea ahalbidetzen duena. Proposatutako detektorea BICM-OFDM komunikazio eskema orokor baten gainean ebaluatu da lurreko broadcasting kanalaren baldintzak kontutan hartuz. Simulazio emaitzek algoritmo honen eraginkortasuna frogatzen dute Doppler frekuentzia handietan. Ikerketa lanaren bigarren zatian, faktoreen grafoetan oinarritutako detektorea eskema turbo zabalago baten baitan txertatu da LDPC dekodi katzaile batekin batera. Hartzaile diseinu honen abantaila nagusia da OFDM simbolo luzeetara ondo egokitzen dela. Azkenik, proposatutako algoritmoa DVB-T2 katearen baitan inplementatu da, bi hartzaile eskema proposatu direlarik seinaleak duen dibertsitate tenporal eta frekuentziala probesteko, beti ere eraginkortasunaren, konplexutasunaren eta latentziaren arteko konpromisoa mantenduz.Este trabajo de tesis analiza el rendimiento de la segunda generación de la televisión digital terreste en escenarios móviles y propone un algoritmo iterativo basado en grafos de factores para la detección de la señal y la reducción de la distorsión causada por la variación temporal del canal, permitiendo así recibir la señal libre de errores. El detector basado en grafos de factores propuesto es evaluado sobre un esquema de comunicaciones general BICM-OFDM en condiciones de transmisión propios de canales de difusión terrestres. Los resultados de simulación presentados muestran la e ciencia del algoritmo de detección propuesto en presencia de frecuencias Doppler muy altas. En una segunda parte del trabajo de investigación, el detector propuesto es incorporado a un esquema turbo junto con un decodi cador LDPC, dando lugar a un receptor iterativo que presenta características especialmente apropiadas para su implementación en sistemas OFDM con longitudes de símbolo elevadas. Por último, se analiza la implementación del algoritmo propuesto sobre la cadena de recepción de DVB-T2. Se presentan dos esquemas de recepción que explotan la diversidad temporal y frecuencial presentes en la señal afectada por canales variantes en el tiempo, consiguiendo un compromiso razonable entre rendimiento, complejidad y latencia
ON TURBO CODES AND OTHER CONCATENATED SCHEMES IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
The advent of turbo codes in 1993 represented a significant step towards realising
the ultimate capacity limit of a communication channel, breaking the link that was
binding very good performance with exponential decoder complexity. Turbo codes
are parallel concatenated convolutional codes, decoded with a suboptimal iterative
algorithm. The complexity of the iterative algorithm increases only linearly with block
length, bringing previously unprecedented performance within practical limits..
This work is a further investigation of turbo codes and other concatenated schemes
such as the multiple parallel concatenation and the serial concatenation. The analysis
of these schemes has two important aspects, their performance under optimal decoding
and the convergence of their iterative, suboptimal decoding algorithm.
The connection between iterative decoding performance and the optimal decoding
performance is analysed with the help of computer simulation by studying the iterative
decoding error events. Methods for good performance interleaver design and code
design are presented and analysed in the same way.
The optimal decoding performance is further investigated by using a novel method
to determine the weight spectra of turbo codes by using the turbo code tree representation,
and the results are compared with the results of the iterative decoder. The
method can also be used for the analysis of multiple parallel concatenated codes, but
is impractical for the serial concatenated codes. Non-optimal, non-iterative decoding
algorithms are presented and compared with the iterative algorithm.
The convergence of the iterative algorithm is investigated by using the Cauchy
criterion. Some insight into the performance of the concatenated schemes under iterative
decoding is found by separating error events into convergent and non-convergent
components. The sensitivity of convergence to the Eb/Ng operating point has been
explored.SateUite Research Centre
Department of Communication and Electronic Engineerin
Iterative decoding for error resilient wireless data transmission
Both turbo codes and LDPC codes form two new classes of codes that offer energy
efficiencies close to theoretical limit predicted by Claude Shannon. The features of turbo
codes include parallel code catenation, recursive convolutional encoders, punctured
convolutional codes and an associated decoding algorithm. The features of LDPC codes
include code construction, encoding algorithm, and an associated decoding algorithm.
This dissertation specifically describes the process of encoding and decoding for both turbo
and LDPC codes and demonstrates the performance comparison between theses two codes
in terms of some performance factors. In addition, a more general discussion of iterative
decoding is presented.
One significant contribution of this dissertation is a study of some major performance
factors that intensely contribute in the performance of both turbo codes and LDPC codes.
These include Bit Error Rate, latency, code rate and computational resources. Simulation
results show the performance of turbo codes and LDPC codes under different performance
factors
WIMAX 802.16 PHYSICAL LAYER IMPLEMENTATION AND WIMAX COVERAGE AND PLANNING.
Over the last decade, the impact of wireless communication on the way we live and carry out business has been surpassed only by impact of the internet. But wireless communications is still in its infancy and the next stage of its development will be supplementing or replacing network infrastructure that was traditionally wired. The advent and adoption of the computer and the myriad software packages available for it offered the ability to generate a new wave of communication combining art, pictures, music and words into a targeted multimedia presentation. These presentations are large so that is requires higher bandwidth transmission facilities. Coupling this with the need for mobility, the solution would be wireless data delivery putting in consideration the bandwidth request. WiMAX technology is based on the IEEE 802.16 standard, it was only recently when the first IEEE 802.16 based equipment broadband began to enter the market. The additional spectrum, bandwidth and throughout capabilities of 802.16 will remarkably improve wireless data delivery and should allows even more wireless data service areas to be deployed economically. In this Final Year Project, a study about the IEEE 802.16 standard and mainly concentrate on the 802.16 PHY Layer behaviors was performed. A Simulink based model for the 802.16 PHY Layer was built for simulation and performance evaluation of WiMAX. MATLA
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