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Frequency domain equalization for single-carrier broadband wireless systems

TL;DR: This article surveys frequency domain equalization (FDE) applied to single-carrier (SC) modulation solutions and discusses similarities and differences of SC and OFDM systems and coexistence possibilities, and presents examples of SC-FDE performance capabilities.
Abstract: Broadband wireless access systems deployed in residential and business environments are likely to face hostile radio propagation environments, with multipath delay spread extending over tens or hundreds of bit intervals. Orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) is a recognized multicarrier solution to combat the effects of such multipath conditions. This article surveys frequency domain equalization (FDE) applied to single-carrier (SC) modulation solutions. SC radio modems with frequency domain equalization have similar performance, efficiency, and low signal processing complexity advantages as OFDM, and in addition are less sensitive than OFDM to RF impairments such as power amplifier nonlinearities. We discuss similarities and differences of SC and OFDM systems and coexistence possibilities, and present examples of SC-FDE performance capabilities.

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01 May 2013
TL;DR: Performance results show performance results close to the MFB (Matched Filter Bound), where the proposed receivers allow enhancement in macro-diversity gains as well as an efficient user separation, making these techniques an excellent choice for the uplink transmission in future broadband wireless systems employing BS cooperation schemes.
Abstract: This paper considers the uplink transmission in BS (Base Station) cooperation schemes where users in adjacent cells share the same physical channel and the signals received by each BS are sent to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that combines the different received signals associated to a given user and/or performs the user separation. The signals are modulated through SC (Single-Carrier) schemes combined with FDE (FrequencyDomain Equalization) techniques and with iterative frequency-domain receivers based on the IB-DFE concept (Iterative Block Decision Feedback Equalization). Our performance results show performance results close to the MFB (Matched Filter Bound), where the proposed receivers allow enhancement in macro-diversity gains as well as an efficient user separation, making these techniques an excellent choice for the uplink transmission in future broadband wireless systems employing BS cooperation schemes1.

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  • ...If we take also into account that the envelope fluctuations of single-carrier signals are much lower than the envelope fluctuations of OFDM signals with the same constellations, SC-FDE is clearly preferable for the uplink transmission while OFDM is interesting mainly for the downlink transmission [5], [6]....

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Proceedings ArticleDOI
19 May 2008
TL;DR: Results show that the benefits of a reduced CP to those of a reducing PMEPR can be added through the use of the proposed iterative receiver techniques, thereby providing a highly power/bandwidth efficient block transmission, with both clipped-OFDM and SC/FDE schemes.
Abstract: In this paper, we consider two reduced-PMEPR (peak to mean envelope power ratio), reduced-CP (cyclic prefix) block transmission alternatives, having in mind an application to the uplink of future mobile broadband systems: clipped (and filtered) OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) and SC/FDE (single carrier/frequency-domain equalization). In both cases, we adopt advanced receivers with space diversity and a similar structure, where an iterative cancellation of unavoidable interferences is carried out: interference due to a CP length below the channel memory order, in both cases; deliberate nonlinear interference, in the clipped-OFDM case; residual linear ISI, in the SC/FDE case. Performance results, when a 16-QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) constellation is adopted in both cases, are reported and discussed, with the help of selected performance bounds. These results show that we can add the benefits of a reduced CP to those of a reduced PMEPR, through the use of the proposed iterative receiver techniques, thereby providing a highly power/bandwidth efficient block transmission, with both clipped-OFDM and SC/FDE schemes. The proposed OFDM receiver technique is shown to ensure the feasibility of a clipping effort strong enough to reduce the OFDM PMEPR to a level below that of the corresponding SC/FDE scheme; however, it is not able to prevent an overall advantage for the SC/FDE side, namely under a strongly reduced CP overhead.

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Cites methods from "Frequency domain equalization for s..."

  • ...A CP-assisted block transmission is widely accepted as a good choice for future mobile systems, taking advantage of current low-cost, flexible, FFT-based (Fast Fourier Transform) signal processing technology with both OFDM and SC/FDE alternatives [1], [2], [3]....

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TL;DR: A modified single-carrier frequency domain domain equalization scheme implemented in directly detected wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical networks (WDM-PONs) is proposed and it is observed that the time-clipping scheme can bring roughly 1-dB power penalty improvement over conventional equalization schemes.
Abstract: We propose a modified single-carrier frequency domain equalization (SC-FDE) scheme implemented in directly detected wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical networks (WDM-PONs). A time-clipping technique is used in FDE to perform noise filtering. In the simulation, where the channel is modeled with chromatic dispersion and direct detection, performance improvement is achieved by exploring the clipping position and retained gradient vector length. In the experiment, we investigate the time-clipping SC-FDE implemented in 10-Gb/s direct-detected WDM-PON using an uncooled free-running 1550-nm vertical cavity surface emitting laser. After 30-km transmission, it is observed that the time-clipping scheme can bring roughly 1-dB power penalty improvement over conventional equalization schemes.

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  • ...The similarity of performance and complexity to orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems is pointed out in [2] and [3]....

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08 Dec 2012
TL;DR: A partial response BP (PRBP) symbol detector with nearoptimal performance for channels which have long spanning durations but sparse multipath structure is presented and an iterative detector based on the belief propagation (BP) algorithm is designed and implemented.
Abstract: In modern wireless communication systems, intersymbol interference (ISI) introduced by frequency selective fading is one of the major impairments to reliable data communication. In ISI channels, the receiver observes the superposition of multiple delayed reflections of the transmitted signal, which will result errors in the decision device. As the data rate increases, the effect of ISI becomes severe. To combat ISI, equalization is usually required for symbol detectors. The optimal maximumlikelihood sequence estimation (MLSE) based on the Viterbi algorithm (VA) may be used to estimate the transmitted sequence in the presence of the ISI. However, the computational complexity of the MLSE increases exponentially with the length of the channel impulse response (CIR). Even in channels which do not exhibit significant time dispersion, the length of the CIR will effectively increase as the sampling rate goes higher. Thus the optimal MLSE is impractical to implement in the majority of practical wireless applications. This dissertation is devoted to exploring practically implementable symbol detectors with near-optimal performance in wireless ISI channels. Particularly, we focus on the design and implementation of an iterative detector based on the belief propagation (BP) algorithm. The advantage of the BP detector is that its complexity is solely dependent on the number of nonzero coefficients in the CIR, instead of the length of the CIR. We also extend the work of BP detector design for various wireless applications. Firstly, we present a partial response BP (PRBP) symbol detector with nearoptimal performance for channels which have long spanning durations but sparse multipath structure. We implement the architecture by cascading an adaptive linear

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"Frequency domain equalization for s..." refers methods in this paper

  • ...Adaptation can be done with LMS (least mean square), RLS, or least squares minimization (LS) techniques, analogous to adaptation of time domain equalizers [Hay96], [Cla98]....

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  • ...Overlap-save or overlap-add signal processing techniques could also be used to avoid the extra overhead of the cyclic prefix [Fer85], [Hay96]....

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Jr. L.J. Cimini1
TL;DR: The analysis and simulation of a technique for combating the effects of multipath propagation and cochannel interference on a narrow-band digital mobile channel using the discrete Fourier transform to orthogonally frequency multiplex many narrow subchannels, each signaling at a very low rate, into one high-rate channel is discussed.
Abstract: This paper discusses the analysis and simulation of a technique for combating the effects of multipath propagation and cochannel interference on a narrow-band digital mobile channel. This system uses the discrete Fourier transform to orthogonally frequency multiplex many narrow subchannels, each signaling at a very low rate, into one high-rate channel. When this technique is used with pilot-based correction, the effects of flat Rayleigh fading can be reduced significantly. An improvement in signal-to-interference ratio of 6 dB can be obtained over the bursty Rayleigh channel. In addition, with each subchannel signaling at a low rate, this technique can provide added protection against delay spread. To enhance the behavior of the technique in a heavily frequency-selective environment, interpolated pilots are used. A frequency offset reference scheme is employed for the pilots to improve protection against cochannel interference.

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  • ...OFDM transmits multiple modulated subcarriers in parallel [ 1 ]....

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  • ...Several variations of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) have been proposed as effective anti-multipath techniques, primarily because of the favorable trade-off they offer between performance in severe multipath and signal processing complexity [ 1 ]....

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TL;DR: In this contribution the transmission of M-PSK and M-QAM modulated orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signals over an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel is considered and the degradation of the bit error rate is evaluated.
Abstract: In this contribution the transmission of M-PSK and M-QAM modulated orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signals over an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel is considered. The degradation of the bit error rate (BER), caused by the presence of carrier frequency offset and carrier phase noise is analytically evaluated. It is shown that for a given BER degradation, the values of the frequency offset and the linewidth of the carrier generator that are allowed for OFDM are orders of magnitude smaller than for single carrier systems carrying the same bit rate. >

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TL;DR: This correspondence describes the construction of complex codes of the form exp i \alpha_k whose discrete circular autocorrelations are zero for all nonzero lags.
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