18 research outputs found
Modeling Interference Between OFDM/OQAM and CP-OFDM: Limitations of the PSD-Based Model
To answer the challenges put out by the next generation of wireless networks
(5G), important research efforts have been undertaken during the last few years
to find new waveforms that are better spectrally localized and less sensitive
to asynchronism effects than the widely deployed Cyclic Prefix Orthogonal
Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM). One of the most studied schemes is
OFDM-Offset Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (OFDM/OQAM) based on the PHYDYAS
filter pulse. In the recent literature, spectrum coexistence between OFDM/OQAM
and CP-OFDM is commonly studied based on the Power Spectral Density (PSD)
model. In this paper, we show that this approach is flawed and we show that the
actual interference injected by OFDM/OQAM systems onto CP-OFDM is much higher
than what is classically expected with the PSD based model in the literature.
We show that though using OFDM/OQAM in secondary systems is still advantageous,
it brings limited gain in the context of coexistence with incumbent CP-OFDM
systems.Comment: 7 pages, 9 figures, ICT 201
On Spectral Coexistence of CP-OFDM and FB-MC Waveforms in 5G Networks
Future 5G networks will serve a variety of applications that will coexist on
the same spectral band and geographical area, in an uncoordinated and
asynchronous manner. It is widely accepted that using CP-OFDM, the waveform
used by most current communication systems, will make it difficult to achieve
this paradigm. Especially, CP-OFDM is not adapted for spectral coexistence
because of its poor spectral localization. Therefore, it has been widely
suggested to use filter bank based multi carrier (FB-MC) waveforms with
enhanced spectral localization to replace CP-OFDM. Especially, FB-MC waveforms
are expected to facilitate coexistence with legacy CP-OFDM based systems.
However, this idea is based on the observation of the PSD of FB-MC waveforms
only. In this paper, we demonstrate that this approach is flawed and show what
metric should be used to rate interference between FB-MC and CP-OFDM systems.
Finally, our results show that using FB-MC waveforms does not facilitate
coexistence with CP-OFDM based systems to a high extent.Comment: Manuscript submitted for review to IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communication
Coexistence of OFDM and FBMC for Underlay D2D Communication in 5G Networks
Device-to-device (D2D) communication is being heralded as an important part
of the solution to the capacity problem in future networks, and is expected to
be natively supported in 5G. Given the high network complexity and required
signalling overhead associated with achieving synchronization in D2D networks,
it is necessary to study asynchronous D2D communications. In this paper, we
consider a scenario whereby asynchronous D2D communication underlays an OFDMA
macro-cell in the uplink. Motivated by the superior performance of new
waveforms with increased spectral localization in the presence of frequency and
time misalignments, we compare the system-level performance of a set-up for
when D2D pairs use either OFDM or FBMC/OQAM. We first demonstrate that
inter-D2D interference, resulting from misaligned communications, plays a
significant role in clustered D2D topologies. We then demonstrate that the
resource allocation procedure can be simplified when D2D pairs use FBMC/OQAM,
since the high spectral localization of FBMC/OQAM results in negligible
inter-D2D interference. Specifically, we identify that FBMC/OQAM is best suited
to scenarios consisting of small, densely populated D2D clusters located near
the encompassing cell's edge.Comment: 7 pages, 9 figures, Accepted at IEEE Globecom 2016 Workshop
5G Waveforms for Overlay D2D Communications: Effects of Time-Frequency Misalignment
This paper analyses a scenario where a Device-To-Device (D2D) pair coexists
with an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) based incumbent
network. D2D transmitter communicates in parts of spectrum left free by
cellular users, while respecting a given spectral mask. The D2D pair is
misaligned in time and frequency with the cellular users. Furthermore, the D2D
pair utilizes alternative waveforms to OFDM proposed for 5G. In this study, we
show that it is not worth synchronising the D2D pair in time with respect to
the cellular users. Indeed, the interference injected into the incumbent
network has small variations with respect to time misalignment. We provide
interference tables that encompass both time and frequency misalignment. We use
them to analyse the maximum rate achievable by the D2D pair when it uses
different waveforms. Then, we present numerical results showing what waveform
should be utilized by the D2D pair according to the time-frequency resources
that are not used by the incumbent network. Our results show that the delay
induced by linearly convolved waveforms make them hardly applicable to short
time windows, but that they dominate OFDM for long transmissions, mainly in the
case where cellular users are very sensitive to interference.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures, Accepted at IEEE ICC 201
D13.3 Overall assessment of selected techniques on energy- and bandwidth-efficient communications
Deliverable D13.3 del projecte europeu NEWCOM#The report presents the outcome of the Joint Research Activities (JRA) of WP1.3 in the last year of the Newcom# project. The activities focus on the investigation of bandwidth and energy efficient techniques for current and emerging wireless systems. The JRAs are categorized in three Tasks: (i) the first deals with techniques for power efficiency and minimization at the transceiver and network level; (ii) the second deals with the handling of interference by appropriate low interference transmission techniques; (iii) the third is concentrated on Radio Resource Management (RRM) and Interference Management (IM) in selected scenarios, including HetNets and multi-tier networks.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
Coexistence de systèmes de communication basés sur des formes d'ondes multi-porteuses avancées avec des réseaux OFDM préexistant
Future wireless networks are envisioned to accommodate the heterogeneous needs of entirely different systems. New services obeying various constraints will coexist with legacy cellular users in the same frequency band. This coexistence is hardly achievable with OFDM, the physical layer used by current systems, because of its poor spectral containment. Thus, a myriad of multi-carrier waveforms with enhanced spectral localization have been proposed for future wireless devices. In this thesis, we investigate the coexistence of new systems based on these waveforms with legacy OFDM users. We provide the first theoretical and experimental analysis of the inter-system interference that arises in those scenarii. Then, we apply this analysis to evaluate the merits of different enhanced waveforms and we finally investigate the performance achievable by a network composed of legacy OFDM cellular users and D2D pairs using one of the studied enhanced waveforms.Les futurs réseaux sans fil devront être conçus pour répondre aux besoins hétérogènes de systèmes entièrement différents. De nouveaux services soumis à des contraintes variées coexisteront avec les utilisateurs actuels sur la même bande de fréquences. L'OFDM, la couche physique utilisée par les systèmes actuels, souffre d’un mauvais confinement spectral et ne permet pas cette coexistence. De nombreuses nouvelles formes d'onde avec une localisation spectrale améliorée ont donc été proposées. Nous étudions la coexistence de nouveaux systèmes basés sur ces formes d'onde avec des utilisateurs OFDM préexistant. Nous fournissons la première analyse théorique et expérimentale de l'interférence inter-système qui se produit dans ces scenarios. Nous appliquons ensuite cette analyse pour évaluer les performances de différentes formes d'ondes avancées et nous étudions finalement les performances d'un réseau où des utilisateurs cellulaires OFDM coexistent avec des paires D2D utilisant l'une des formes d'ondes améliorées étudiées
Coexistence of filter banks and CP-OFDM: What are the real gains?
International audienceA coexistence scenario between filter bank (FB) based waveforms and legacy Cyclic Prefix-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM) is studied. It is shown that studies available on that matter use a wrong metric to rate the interference between the coexisting systems. Specifically, it is shown that even well spectrally localized FB waveforms interfere at a high level with incumbent CP-OFDM receivers. The presented results invalidate a number of studies in the literature, which stated that FB based waveforms could be very efficiently used to insert communications in parts of spectrum left free by incumbent legacy CP-OFDM users
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Coexistence in 5G: Analysis of Cross-Interference between OFDM/OQAM and Legacy Users
International audienceTo optimize the use of the spectrum, it is expected that the next generation of wireless networks (5G) will enable coexistence of newly introduced services with legacy cellular networks. These new services, like Device-To-Device (D2D) communication , should require limited synchronization with the legacy cell to limit the amount of signaling overhead in the network. However, it is known that Cyclic Prefix-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM) used in Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) is not fit for asynchronous environments. This has motivated the search for a new waveform, able to enhance coexistence with CP-OFDM. Namely, it has been widely suggested that new devices could use OFDM/Offset-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (OFDM/OQAM) to reduce the interference they inject to legacy cellular users. However, values of interference are usually measured at the input antenna of the receiver, based on the PSD of the interfering signal. We showed in previous works that this measurement is not representative of the actual interference that is seen after the demodulation operations. Building on this finding, we provide in this paper the first exact closed forms of cross-interference between OFDM/OQAM and CP-OFDM users. Our results prove that using OFDM/OQAM only marginally reduces interference to legacy users, in contradiction with many results in the literature
WiFi-Based Platform for Energy Saving in Wireless Networks
Abstract de deux pages, démo présentée sous forme de vidéo (conférence en ligne)International audienceReducing the energy consumption in wireless networks has attracted increasing attention in the last few years. Several research teams around the world are now proposing various solutions for the so-called green wireless networks, i.e. energy-efficient wireless networks. Although the increase of this research activity is rather recent, a large number of research papers and collaborative projects on this topic already exist nowadays. However, evaluating the energy-saving techniques and algorithms remains challenging due to the difficult in accessing licensed frequency and expensive equipments. In this demonstration, we propose a WiFi-based approach for testing energy saving algorithms for WLAN and cellular networks in real radio environment. We show that this platform can be used for testing or rapid prototyping of energy-efficient cellular networks