A Fast Decodable Full-Rate STBC with High Coding Gain for 4x2 MIMO Systems

In this work, a new fast-decodable space-time block code (STBC) is proposed. The code is full-rate and full-diversity for 4x2 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission. Due to the unique structure of the codeword, the proposed code requires a much lower computational complexity to provide maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding performance. It is shown that the ML decoding complexity is only O(M^{4.5}) when M-ary square QAM constellation is used. Finally, the proposed code has highest minimum determinant among the fast-decodable STBCs known in the literature. Simulation results prove that the proposed code provides the best bit error rate (BER) performance among the state-of-the-art STBCs.Comment: 2013 IEEE 24th International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), London : United Kingdom (2013

Distributed MIMO coding scheme with low decoding complexity for future mobile TV broadcasting

A novel distributed space-time block code (STBC) for the next generation mobile TV broadcasting is proposed. The new code provides efficient performance within a wide range of power imbalance showing strong adaptivity to the single frequency network (SFN) broadcasting deployments. The new code outperforms existing STBCs with equivalent decoding complexity and approaches those with much higher complexities

Reduced-complexity maximum-likelihood decoding for 3D MIMO code

The 3D MIMO code is a robust and efficient space-time coding scheme for the distributed MIMO broadcasting. However, it suffers from the high computational complexity if the optimal maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding is used. In this paper we first investigate the unique properties of the 3D MIMO code and consequently propose a simplified decoding algorithm without sacrificing the ML optimality. Analysis shows that the decoding complexity is reduced from O(M^8) to O(M^{4.5}) in quasi-static channels when M-ary square QAM constellation is used. Moreover, we propose an efficient implementation of the simplified ML decoder which achieves a much lower decoding time delay compared to the classical sphere decoder with Schnorr-Euchner enumeration.Comment: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2013), Shanghai : China (2013

Achieving Low-Complexity Maximum-Likelihood Detection for the 3D MIMO Code

The 3D MIMO code is a robust and efficient space-time block code (STBC) for the distributed MIMO broadcasting but suffers from high maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding complexity. In this paper, we first analyze some properties of the 3D MIMO code to show that the 3D MIMO code is fast-decodable. It is proved that the ML decoding performance can be achieved with a complexity of O(M^{4.5}) instead of O(M^8) in quasi static channel with M-ary square QAM modulations. Consequently, we propose a simplified ML decoder exploiting the unique properties of 3D MIMO code. Simulation results show that the proposed simplified ML decoder can achieve much lower processing time latency compared to the classical sphere decoder with Schnorr-Euchner enumeration

Fast Power and Energy Efficiency Analysis of FPGA-based Wireless Base-band Processing

Nowadays, demands for high performance keep on increasing in the wireless communication domain. This leads to a consistent rise of the complexity and designing such systems has become a challenging task. In this context, energy efficiency is considered as a key topic, especially for embedded systems in which design space is often very constrained. In this paper, a fast and accurate power estimation approach for FPGA-based hardware systems is applied to a typical wireless communication system. It aims at providing power estimates of complete systems prior to their implementations. This is made possible by using a dedicated library of high-level models that are representative of hardware IPs. Based on high-level simulations, design space exploration is made a lot faster and easier. The definition of a scenario and the monitoring of IP's time-activities facilitate the comparison of several domain-specific systems. The proposed approach and its benefits are demonstrated through a typical use case in the wireless communication domain.Comment: Presented at HIP3ES, 201

Channel Estimation methods with low complexity for 3GPP/LTE

reference arima211International audienceOFDM based pilots channel estimation methods with processing into the transform domain appear attractive owing to their capacity to highly reduce the noise component effect. However, in current OFDM systems, null subcarriers are placed at the edge of the spectrum in order to assure isolation from interfering signals in neighboring frequency bands; and the presence of these null carriers may lead, if not taken into account, to serious degradation of the estimated channel responses due to the “border effect” phenomenon. In this paper an improved algorithm based on truncated SVD is proposed in order to correctly support the case of null carriers at border spectrum. A method for optimizing the truncation threshold whatever the system parameters is also proposed. To make the truncated SVD channel estimation method applicable to any SISO or MIMO OFDM system and whatever the system parameters, a complexity reduction algorithm based on the distribution of the power in the transfer matrix (based on DFT or DCT) is proposed.Les techniques d’estimation de canal, basée sur des symboles pilotes, par passage dansun domaine de tranfert sont très attractives pour les systèmes de télécommunications utilisant l’OFDM.Cependant, elles montrent des limites pour les systèmes de télécommunications, où un ensemble desous-porteuses de garde, est inséré sur les bords du spectre dans le but d’éviter tout recouvrementspectral avec d’autres applications utilisant des bandes voisines. Ces sous-porteuses de gardeont selon leur nombre tendance à dégrader fortement les performances de ces estimateurs. Nousproposons, dans un premier temps, une optimisation qui permet d’améliorer considérablement lesperformances de ces estimateurs quels que soit le nombre de porteuses de garde. Dans un secondtemps, pour de rendre l’estimateur proposé attractif pour les constructeurs, nous avons proposé unetechnique permettant de réduire leur complexité de réalisation de manière notable

Distributed MIMO Schemes for the Future Digital Video Broadcasting

International audienceThis paper studies the application of distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), i.e. MIMO transmission over several geographically separated but cooperated transmitters, for future TV broadcasting systems. It is first shown that distributed MIMO is promising for the future broadcasting systems from a channel capacity perspective. Several STBCs that can be applied in the distributed MIMO broadcasting scenarios are then discussed. Through performance comparison and complexity analyses with realistic system settings and channel model, it can be concluded that simple STBCs are efficient for low data rate applications, while the sophisticated ones are more suitable to deliver high data rate services

On Bit-loading for Discrete Multi-tone Transmission over Short Range POF Systems

International audienceA novel bit-loading approach is proposed for the discrete multi-tone (DMT) transmission over short range polymer optical fiber (POF) systems. First of all, from the extract signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) table of quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) for different desired bit error rates (BER), a new linear approximation (LA) expression is introduced to implement bit-loading for DMT systems. Then, based on water-filling concept, the performance bounds and optimal power allocations for the classical and the proposed bit-loading algorithms in Gaussian low-pass channel models are derived. Consequently, introducing the measured channel parameters of step-index (SI)-POF channels with different transmission distances, the theoretical performance bounds are computed and the practical transmission rates are simulated. Simulation results show that the proposed LA expression based bit-loading achieves higher transmission rate than classical modulation gap based bit-loading. Both algorithms use sub-optimal Chow algorithm with constant power allocation and iterative process. Finally, real DMT transmissions over SI-POFs are implemented in order to verify the proposed method. The LA expression based bit-loading outperforms the modulation gap based bit-loading in DMT transmission systems over different transmission distances. Moreover, experimental results show that the longer fiber length, the higher performance gain with LA expression based bit-loading. In the comparisons, for a 50 m SI-POF transmission, the transmission rate in DMT system with LA expression based bit-loading is improved by 5 % with the same experimental setups for a given BER at 1e-3 and by 10% for a 100 m length

Time Reversal in a MISO OFDM system: Guard Interval design, dimensioning and synchronisation aspects

International audienceThis article presents the way to combine TR and OFDM, either in the time domain or in the frequency domain by adding a filter at the transmitter side. The equivalent channel being the autocorrelation of the impulse response of the channel, the channel coefficient affecting each subcarrier is thus purely real, allowing a simple receiver as well as a simple transmitter. Moreover, the shape of the channel and its double length must be taken into account when designing the guard interval, in order to keep the circularity of the channel matrix at the receiver side. Finally, some simulation results show that the guard interval may not be twice as long as the initial channel, allowing to take advantage from all the benefits of time reversal while keeping the same spectral efficiency as a classical OFDM system

Optimum Configuration for Discrete Multi-tone Transmission over Polymer Optical Fiber

High bit rate transmission over polymer optical fiber (POF) attracts great interests recently. This paper investigates the discrete multi-tone (DMT) transmission over 50-meter step-index POF (SI-POF) based on an experimental system. The system adopts a digital storage oscilloscope (DSO) and processes the data off-line, which is the most common solution in the POF researches. We first study the problem of effective number of bits (ENOB) in the DSO's analog-to-digital converter (ADC). Then we investigate the optimum configuration of the DMT transmission in terms of subcarrier number selection, clipping and ADC quantization effect mitigation. The proposed method of selecting optimum configuration can be easily applied to any other DMT over POF systems