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A polynomial rooting approach for synchronization in multipath channels using antenna arrays
The estimation of the delay of a known training signal received
by an antenna array in a multipath channel is addressed.
The effect of the co-channel interference is taken
into account by including a term with unknown spatial correlation.
The channel is modeled as an unstructured FIR
filter. The exact maximum likelihood (ML) solution for
this problem is derived, but it does not have a simple dependence
on the delay. An approximate estimator that is
asymptotically equivalent to the exact one is presented. Using
an appropriate reparameterization, it is shown that the
delay estimate is obtained by rooting a low-order polynomial,
which may be of interest in applications where fast
feedforward synchronization is needed.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
A reduced-complexity and asymptotically efficient time-delay estimator
This paper considers the problem of estimating the time delays of multiple replicas of a known signal received by an array of antennas. Under the assumptions that the noise and co-channel interference (CCI) are spatially colored Gaussian processes and that the spatial signatures are arbitrary, the maximum likelihood (ML) solution to the general time delay estimation problem is derived. The resulting criterion for the delays yields consistent and asymptotically efficient estimates. However, the criterion is highly non-linear, and not conducive to simple minimization procedures. We propose a new cost function that is shown to provide asymptotically efficient delay estimates. We also outline a heuristic way of deriving this cost function. The form of this new estimator lends itself to minimization by the computationally attractive iterative quadratic maximum likelihood (IQML) algorithm. The existence of simple yet accurate initialization schemes based on ESPRIT and identity weightings makes the approach viable for practical implementation.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
Channel Estimation and Uplink Achievable Rates in One-Bit Massive MIMO Systems
This paper considers channel estimation and achievable rates for the uplink
of a massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system where the base
station is equipped with one-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). By
rewriting the nonlinear one-bit quantization using a linear expression, we
first derive a simple and insightful expression for the linear minimum
mean-square-error (LMMSE) channel estimator. Then employing this channel
estimator, we derive a closed-form expression for the lower bound of the
achievable rate for the maximum ratio combiner (MRC) receiver. Numerical
results are presented to verify our analysis and show that our proposed LMMSE
channel estimator outperforms the near maximum likelihood (nML) estimator
proposed previously.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, the Ninth IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel
Signal Processing Worksho
Performance Bounds for Finite Moving Average Change Detection: Application to Global Navigation Satellite Systems
Due to the widespread deployment of Global Navigation Satellite Systems
(GNSSs) for critical road or urban applications, one of the major challenges to
be solved is the provision of integrity to terrestrial environments, so that
GNSS may be safety used in these applications. To do so, the integrity of the
received GNSS signal must be analyzed in order to detect some local effect
disturbing the received signal. This is desirable because the presence of some
local effect may cause large position errors, and hence compromise the signal
integrity. Moreover, the detection of such disturbing effects must be done
before some pre-established delay. This kind of detection lies within the field
of transient change detection. In this work, a finite moving average stopping
time is proposed in order to approach the signal integrity problem with a
transient change detection framework. The statistical performance of this
stopping time is investigated and compared, in the context of multipath
detection, to other different methods available in the literature. Numerical
results are presented in order to assess their performance.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figures, transaction paper, IEEE Transaction on Signal
Processing, 201
No Entire Inner Functions
We study generalized inner functions on a large family of ReproducingKernel Hilbert Spaces. We show that the only inner functions whichare entire are the normalized monomials
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Detection of enteric parasite DNA in household and bed dust samples: potential for infection transmission.
BACKGROUND: Enteric parasites are transmitted in households but few studies have sampled inside households for parasites and none have used sensitive molecular methods. METHODS: We collected bed and living room dust samples from households of children participating in a clinical trial of anthelmintic treatment in rural coastal Ecuador. Dust was examined for presence of DNA specific for 11 enteric parasites (Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus, Strongyloides stercoralis, Toxocara canis and T. cati, Giardia lamblia, Blastocystis hominis, Cryptosporidium spp., and Entamoeba histolytica) by quantitative PCR (qPCR). RESULTS: Of the 38 households sampled, 37 had positive dust for at least one parasite and up to 8 parasites were detected in single samples. Positivity was greatest for B. hominis (79% of household samples) indicating a high level of environmental fecal contamination. Dust positivity rates for individual pathogens were: S. stercoralis (52%), A. lumbricoides (39%), G. lamblia (39%), Toxocara spp. (42%), hookworm (18%) and T. trichiura (8%). DNA for Cryptosporidium spp. and E. histolytica was not detected. Bed dust was more frequently positive than floor samples for all parasites detected. Positivity for A. lumbricoides DNA in bed (adjusted OR: 10.0, 95% CI: 2.0-50.1) but not floor dust (adjusted OR: 3.6, 95% CI: 0.3-37.9) was significantly associated with active infections in children. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this is the first use of qPCR on environmental samples to detect a wide range of enteric pathogen DNA. Our results indicate widespread contamination of households with parasite DNA and raise the possibility that beds, under conditions of overcrowding in a humid tropical setting, may be a source of transmission
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