143 research outputs found
Filter-Bank-Based Narrowband Interference Detection and Suppression in Spread Spectrum Systems
<p/> <p>A filter-bank-based narrowband interference detection and suppression method is developed and its performance is studied in a spread spectrum system. The use of an efficient, complex, critically decimated perfect reconstruction filter bank with a highly selective subband filter prototype, in combination with a newly developed excision algorithm, offers a solution with efficient implementation and performance close to the theoretical limit derived as a function of the filter bank stopband attenuation. Also methods to cope with the transient effects in case of frequency hopping interference are developed and the resulting performance shows only minor degradation in comparison to the stationary case.</p
Frequency-Selective PAPR Reduction for OFDM
We study the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) problem in orthogonal
frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. In conventional clipping and
filtering based PAPR reduction techniques, clipping noise is allowed to spread
over the whole active passband, thus degrading the transmit signal quality
similarly at all active subcarriers. However, since modern radio networks
support frequency-multiplexing of users and services with highly different
quality-of-service expectations, clipping noise from PAPR reduction should be
distributed unequally over the corresponding physical resource blocks (PRBs).
To facilitate this, we present an efficient PAPR reduction technique, where
clipping noise can be flexibly controlled and filtered inside the transmitter
passband, allowing to control the transmitted signal quality per PRB. Numerical
results are provided in 5G New Radio (NR) mobile network context, demonstrating
the flexibility and efficiency of the proposed method.Comment: Accepted for publication as a Correspondence in the IEEE Transactions
on Vehicular Technology in March 2019. This is the revised version of
original manuscript, and it is in press at the momen
Mobile Communications Beyond 52.6 GHz: Waveforms, Numerology, and Phase Noise Challenge
In this article, the first considerations for the 5G New Radio (NR) physical
layer evolution to support beyond 52.6GHz communications are provided. In
addition, the performance of both OFDM based and DFT-s-OFDM based networks are
evaluated with special emphasis on the phase noise (PN) induced distortion. It
is shown that DFT-s-OFDM is more robust against PN under 5G NR Release 15
assumptions, namely regarding the supported phase tracking reference signal
(PTRS) designs, since it enables more effective PN mitigation directly in the
time domain. To further improve the PN compensation capabilities, the PTRS
design for DFT-s-OFDM is revised, while for the OFDM waveform a novel block
PTRS structure is introduced, providing similar link performance as DFT-s-OFDM
with enhanced PTRS design. We demonstrate that the existing 5G NR Release 15
solutions can be extended to support efficient mobile communications at 60GHz
carrier frequency with the enhanced PTRS structures. In addition, DFT-s-OFDM
based downlink for user data could be considered for beyond 52.6GHz
communications to further improve system power efficiency and performance with
higher order modulation and coding schemes. Finally, network link budget and
cell size considerations are provided, showing that at certain bands with
specific transmit power regulation, the cell size can eventually be downlink
limited.Comment: This manuscript has been submitted to IEEE Wireless Communications
Magazine (WCM). 8 pages, 4 figures, and 2 table
Generalized Fast-Convolution-based Filtered-OFDM: Techniques and Application to 5G New Radio
This paper proposes a generalized model and methods for fast-convolution
(FC)-based waveform generation and processing with specific applications to
fifth generation new radio (5G-NR). Following the progress of 5G-NR
standardization in 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP), the main focus is
on subband-filtered cyclic prefix (CP) orthogonal frequency-division
multiplexing (OFDM) processing with specific emphasis on spectrally well
localized transmitter processing. Subband filtering is able to suppress the
interference leakage between adjacent subbands, thus supporting different
numerologies for so-called bandwidth parts as well as asynchronous multiple
access. The proposed generalized FC scheme effectively combines overlapped
block processing with time- and frequency-domain windowing to provide highly
selective subband filtering with very low intrinsic interference level. Jointly
optimized multi-window designs with different allocation sizes and design
parameters are compared in terms of interference levels and implementation
complexity. The proposed methods are shown to clearly outperform the existing
state-of-the-art windowing and filtering-based methods.Comment: To appear in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processin
Positioning of High-speed Trains using 5G New Radio Synchronization Signals
We study positioning of high-speed trains in 5G new radio (NR) networks by
utilizing specific NR synchronization signals. The studies are based on
simulations with 3GPP-specified radio channel models including path loss,
shadowing and fast fading effects. The considered positioning approach exploits
measurement of Time-Of-Arrival (TOA) and Angle-Of-Departure (AOD), which are
estimated from beamformed NR synchronization signals. Based on the given
measurements and the assumed train movement model, the train position is
tracked by using an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF), which is able to handle the
non-linear relationship between the TOA and AOD measurements, and the estimated
train position parameters. It is shown that in the considered scenario the TOA
measurements are able to achieve better accuracy compared to the AOD
measurements. However, as shown by the results, the best tracking performance
is achieved, when both of the measurements are considered. In this case, a very
high, sub-meter, tracking accuracy can be achieved for most (>75%) of the
tracking time, thus achieving the positioning accuracy requirements envisioned
for the 5G NR. The pursued high-accuracy and high-availability positioning
technology is considered to be in a key role in several envisioned HST use
cases, such as mission-critical autonomous train systems.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, IEEE WCNC 2018 (Wireless Communications and
Networking Conference
Tree-structured complementary filter banks using all-pass sections
Tree-structured complementary filter banks are developed with transfer functions that are simultaneously all-pass complementary and power complementary. Using a formulation based on unitary transforms and all-pass functions, we obtain analysis and synthesis filter banks which are related through a transposition operation, such that the cascade of analysis and synthesis filter banks achieves an all-pass function. The simplest structure is obtained using a Hadamard transform, which is shown to correspond to a binary tree structure. Tree structures can be generated for a variety of other unitary transforms as well. In addition, given a tree-structured filter bank where the number of bands is a power of two, simple methods are developed to generate complementary filter banks with an arbitrary number of channels, which retain the transpose relationship between analysis and synthesis banks, and allow for any combination of bandwidths. The structural properties of the filter banks are illustrated with design examples, and multirate applications are outlined
Efficient Fast-Convolution-Based Waveform Processing for 5G Physical Layer
This paper investigates the application of fast-convolution (FC) filtering
schemes for flexible and effective waveform generation and processing in the
fifth generation (5G) systems. FC-based filtering is presented as a generic
multimode waveform processing engine while, following the progress of 5G new
radio standardization in the Third-Generation Partnership Project, the main
focus is on efficient generation and processing of subband-filtered cyclic
prefix orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (CP-OFDM) signals. First, a
matrix model for analyzing FC filter processing responses is presented and used
for designing optimized multiplexing of filtered groups of CP-OFDM physical
resource blocks (PRBs) in a spectrally well-localized manner, i.e., with narrow
guardbands. Subband filtering is able to suppress interference leakage between
adjacent subbands, thus supporting independent waveform parametrization and
different numerologies for different groups of PRBs, as well as asynchronous
multiuser operation in uplink. These are central ingredients in the 5G waveform
developments, particularly at sub-6-GHz bands. The FC filter optimization
criterion is passband error vector magnitude minimization subject to a given
subband band-limitation constraint. Optimized designs with different guardband
widths, PRB group sizes, and essential design parameters are compared in terms
of interference levels and implementation complexity. Finally, extensive coded
5G radio link simulation results are presented to compare the proposed approach
with other subband-filtered CP-OFDM schemes and time-domain windowing methods,
considering cases with different numerologies or asynchronous transmissions in
adjacent subbands. Also the feasibility of using independent transmitter and
receiver processing for CP-OFDM spectrum control is demonstrated
Low-complexity interference variance estimation methods for coded multicarrier systems: application to SFN
For single-frequency network (SFN) transmission, the echoes coming from different transmitters are superimposed at the reception, giving rise to a frequency selective channel. Although multicarrier modulations lower the dispersion, the demodulated signal is sensitive to be degraded by inter-symbol interference (ISI) and inter-carrier interference (ICI). In view of this, we use channel coding in conjunction either with filter bank multicarrier (FBMC) modulation or with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). To deal with the loss of orthogonality, we have devised an interference-aware receiver that carries out a soft detection under the assumption that the residual interference plus noise (IN) term is Gaussian-distributed. To keep the complexity low, we propose to estimate the variance of the IN term by resorting to data-aided algorithms. Experimental results show that regardless of the method, FBMC provides a slightly better performance in terms of coded bit error rate than OFDM, while the spectral efficiency is increased when FBMC is considered.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
Channel Equalization in Fast-Convolution Filter Bank based Receivers for Professional Mobile Radio
Abstract-Fast convolution processing has recently been proposed as an efficient approach for implementing filter bank multicarrier systems with good spectral containment and high flexibility in adjusting the subchannel bandwidths and center frequencies. These features make fast convolution filter banks (FC-FBs) a particularly interesting choice for multicarrier transmission in challenging radio scenarios like dynamic spectrum access, cognitive radio, and fragmented spectrum use. In this contribution, the target is to compare the performance of the time-domain equalizer with the frequency-domain equalizer implemented through subcarrier processing in LTE-like multicarrier systems. It is shown that integrating the equalization functions with the FC-FB processing leads to an efficient overall implementation in terms of performance and computational complexity
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