Low-cost Cognitive Radios against Spectrum Scarcity

The next generation wireless networks are envisioned to deal with the expected thousand-fold increase in total mobile broadband data and the hundred-fold increase in connected devices. In order to provide higher data rates, improved end-to-end performance, low latency, and low energy consumption at a low cost per transmission, the fifth generation (5G) systems are required to overcome various handicaps of current cellular networks and wireless links. One of the key handicaps of 5G systems is the performance degradation of the communication link, due to the use of low-cost transceiver in high data rate. Motivated by this in this paper, we discuss the impact of transceiver front-end hardware imperfections on the spectrum sensing performance of cognitive radios.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure

Analytical Performance Evaluation of Beamforming Under Transceivers Hardware Imperfections

In this paper, we provide the mathematical framework to evaluate and quantify the performance of wireless systems, which employ beamforming, in the presence of hardware imperfections at both the basestation and the user equipment. In more detail, by taking a macroscopic view of the joint impact of hardware imperfections, we introduce a general model that accounts for transceiver impairments in beamforming transmissions. In order to evaluate their impact, we present novel closed form expressions for the outage probability and upper bounds for the characterization of the system's capacity. Our analysis reveals that the level of imperfection can significantly constraint the ergodic capacity. Therefore, it is important to take them into account when evaluating and designing beamforming systems.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, IEEE WCNC 201

Ergodic capacity analysis of reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted wireless systems

This paper presents the analytic framework for evaluating the ergodic capacity (EC) of the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted systems. Moreover, high-signal-to-noise-ratio and high-number of reflection units (RUs) approximations for the EC are provided. Finally, the special case in which the RIS is equipped with a single RU is investigated. Our analysis is verified through respective Monte Carlo simulations, which highlight the accuracy of the proposed framework.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, accepted in IEEE 5G world foru

Error analysis of mixed THz0RF wireless systems

In this letter, we introduce a novel mixed terahertz (THz)-radio frequency (RF) wireless system architecture, which can be used for backhaul/fronthaul applications, and we deliver the theoretical framework for its performance assessment. In more detail, after identifying the main design parameters and characteristics, we derive novel closed-form expressions for the end-to-end signal-to-noise ratio cumulative density function, the outage probability, and the symbol error rate, assuming that the system experiences the joint effect of fading and stochastic antenna misalignment. The derived analytical framework is verified through simulations and quantifies the system's effectiveness and reliability. Finally, our results contribute to the extraction of useful design guidelines.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted in IEEE Communications Letter

Outage Probability Analysis of THz Relaying Systems

This paper focuses on quantifying the outage performance of terahertz (THz) relaying systems. In this direction, novel closed-form expressions for the outage probability of a dual-hop relaying system, in which both the source-relay and relay-destination links suffer from fading and stochastic beam misalignment, are extracted. Our results reveal the importance of taking into account the impact of beam misalignment when characterizing the outage performance of the system as well as when selecting the transmission frequencies.Comment: 7 pages, 10 figures, conferenc

A cooperative localization-aided tracking algorithm for THz wireless systems

In this paper, a novel cooperation-aided localization and tracking approach, suitable for terahertz (THz) wireless systems is presented. It combines an angle of arrival (AoA) tracking algorithm with the two-way time of arrival method, in order to accurately track the user equipment (UE) position and reduce the deafness caused by the estimation errors of the tracking algorithms. This algorithm can be used by one base station (BS) to estimate the UE position, or by multiple BSs, that cooperate with each other to increase the accuracy of the estimations, as well as the probability of successful estimations and guarantee low-estimation overhead. The efficiency of the algorithm is evaluated in terms of deafness and probability of successful AoA estimation and is compared with the corresponding performance of the fast channel tracking algorithm.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, IEEE WCNC 2019 (accepted paper

I/Q-Imbalance Self-Interference Coordination

In this paper, we present a novel low-complexity scheme, which improves the performance of single-antenna multi-carrier communication systems, suffering from in-phase and quadrature (I/Q)-imbalance (IQI) at the receiver. We refer to the proposed scheme as I/Q-imbalance self-interference coordination (IQSC). IQSC does not only mitigate the detrimental effects of IQI, but, through appropriate signal processing, also coordinates the self-interference terms produced by IQI in order to achieve second-order frequency diversity. However, these benefits come at the expense of a reduction in transmission rate. More specifically, IQSC is a simple transmit diversity scheme that improves the signal quality at the receiver by elementary signal processing operations across symmetric (mirror) pairs of subcarriers. Thereby, the proposed transmission protocol has a similar complexity as Alamouti's space-time block coding scheme and does not require extra transmit power nor any feedback. To evaluate the performance of IQSC, we derive closed-form expressions for the resulting outage probability and symbol error rate. Interestingly, IQSC outperforms not only existing IQI compensation schemes but also the ideal system without IQI for the same spectral efficiency and practical target error rates, while it achieves almost the same performance as ideal (i.e., IQI-free) equal-rate repetition coding. Our findings reveal that IQSC is a promising low-complexity technique for significantly increasing the reliability of low-cost devices that suffer from high levels of IQI.Comment: Published in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication

Performance evaluation of THz wireless systems under the joint impact of misalignment fading and phase noise

In this paper, we investigate the joint impact of misalignment fading and local oscillator (LO) phase noise (PHN) in multi-carrier terahertz (THz) wireless systems. In more detail, after establishing a suitable system model that takes into account the particularities of the THz channel, as well as the transceivers characteristics, we present simulation results that quantify the joint impact of misalignment fading and PHN in terms of average signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio (SINR) and outage probability (OP).Comment: 2 pages, 4 figures, Presented in EuCNC201

Ergodic capacity evaluation of wireless THz fiber extenders

This paper focuses on delivering quantified results for the evaluation of the aggregated impact of stochastic antenna misalignment, multipath fading and hardware imperfections on the terahertz (THz) wireless fiber extenders. In this line, we present the appropriate signal model that accommodates the different technical and environmental parameters. In particular, it takes into consideration the antenna gains, the central frequency, the transmission range, the environmental conditions, i.e. temperature, humidity and pressure, the spatial jitter between the transmitter and receiver antennas, which results to antenna misalignment, the intensity of hardware imperfections, and the stochastic behavior of the wireless channel. Based on this model, we assess the joint impact of antenna misalignment and multipath fading, by providing Monte Carlo simulation results for the channels ergodic capacity.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, conference paper, Presented in WWRF, WG High Frequencies (mmWAVE and THz) Radio Communications Technologies, September 201

Analytical Performance Evaluation of THz Wireless Fiber Extenders

This paper presents the theoretical framework for the performance evaluation of terahertz (THz) wireless fiber extender in the presence of misalignment and multipath fading. In more detail, after providing the appropriate system model that incorporates the different operation, design, and environmental parameters, such as the operation frequency, transceivers antenna gains, the level of misalignment as well as the stochastic behavior of the channel, we extract novel closed-form expressions for the ergodic capacity. These expressions are expected to be used as useful tools for the analysis and design of such systems. Moreover, several insightful scenarios are simulated. Their results highlight the importance of taking into account the impact of misalignment fading when analyzing the performance of the THz wireless fiber extender.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figures, IEEE PIMRC, September 201