Showing papers on "Phase-shift keying published in 2002"

Bit-interleaved coded modulation with iterative decoding and 8 PSK signaling

Abstract: We have suggested bit-interleaved coded modulation with soft decision iterative decoding (BICM-ID) for bandwidth-efficient transmission over Gaussian and fading channels. Unlike trellis coded modulation, BICM-ID has a small free Euclidean distance but large diversity order due to bit interleaving. With iterative decoding, soft bit decisions can be employed to significantly improve the conditional intersignal Euclidean distance. This leads to a large coding gain, comparable to that of turbo TCM, over both Gaussian and Rayleigh fading channels with much less system complexity. We address critical design issues to enhance the decoding performance and provide the analytical bounds on the performance with an ideal feedback assumption. We investigate the performance characteristics of BICM-ID through extensive simulations and show that at high signal to noise ratios, the performance of BICM-ID converges to the performance assuming error-free feedback.

Performance analysis of maximum likelihood detection in a MIMO antenna system

Abstract: We provide an analysis of the performance of maximum likelihood detection (MLD) over flat fading channels in a wireless multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) antenna system. A tight union bound with an asymptotic form on the probability of symbol error rate (SER) for MIMO MLD systems with two-dimensional signal constellations (such as QAM and PSK) is introduced. Using this analytic bound, the performance of the MIMO antenna system is demonstrated quantitatively with respect to channel estimation, constellation size, and antenna configuration.

A study of channel estimation in OFDM systems

Abstract: The channel estimation techniques for OFDM systems based on pilot arrangement are investigated. The channel estimation based on comb type pilot arrangement is studied through different algorithms for both estimating channel at pilot frequencies and interpolating the channel. The estimation of channel at pilot frequencies is based on LS and LMS while the channel interpolation is done using linear interpolation, second order interpolation, low-pass interpolation, spline cubic interpolation, and time domain interpolation. Furthermore, the channel estimation based on block type pilot arrangement is performed by sending pilots at every sub-channel and using this estimation for a specific number of following symbols. We have also implemented a decision feedback equalizer for all sub-channels followed by periodic block-type pilots. We have compared the performances of all schemes by measuring bit error rate with 16QAM, QPSK and DQPSK as modulation schemes, and multipath Rayleigh fading and AR based fading channels as channel models.

10 Gb/s optical differential quadrature phase shift key (DQPSK) transmission using GaAs/AlGaAs integration

Abstract: We demonstrate the first integrated realization of a new modulation format-optical DQPSK. Transmission experiments using an integrated encoder demonstrate tolerance to chromatic dispersion, polarization mode dispersion, self phase modulation and low OSNR.

Turbo-equalization for multilevel modulation: an efficient low-complexity scheme

Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of iterative equalization and decoding (turbo-equalization) when bit-interleaved multilevel modulations are considered. The goal is to propose an efficient low-complexity solution in this context, where optimal turbo-equalization is totally untractable. Therefore, we generalize reduced-complexity soft-in/soft-out (SISO) equalizers based on the minimum mean square error (MMSE) criterion (originally proposed in a BPSK context) to this particular scheme. Performances are illustrated through simulations. We show the influence of the mapping on the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) threshold and on asymptotic performances, and link the obtained results to iterative demodulation and decoding on an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel.

Spectrally efficient noncoherent communication

Abstract: This paper considers noncoherent communication over a frequency-nonselective channel in which the time-varying channel gain is unknown a priori, but is approximately constant over a coherence interval. Unless the coherence interval is large, coherent communication, which requires explicit channel estimation and tracking prior to detection, incurs training overhead which may be excessive, especially for multiple-antenna communication. In contrast, noncoherent detection may be viewed as a generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT) which jointly estimates the channel and the data, and hence does not require separate training. The main results in this paper are as follows. (1) We develop a "signal space" criterion for signal and code design for noncoherent communication, in terms of the distances of signal points from the decision boundaries. (2) The noncoherent metric thus obtained is used to guide the design of signals for noncoherent communication that are based on amplitude/phase constellations. These are significantly more efficient than conventional differential phase-shift keying (PSK), especially at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Also, known results on the high-SNR performance of multiple-symbol demodulation of differential PSK are easily inferred from the noncoherent metric. (3) The GLRT interpretation is used to obtain near-optimal low-complexity implementations of noncoherent block demodulation. In particular, this gives an implementation of multiple symbol demodulation of differential PSK, which is of linear complexity (in the block length) and whose degradation from the exact, exponential complexity, implementation can be made as small as desired.

Cyclic-prefix CDMA: an improved transmission method for broadband DS-CDMA cellular systems

Abstract: This paper describes a novel type of single-carrier DS-CDMA system that combines the use of OFDM-style cyclic prefixes with frequency-domain equalization, for use on the forward link of broadband CDMA cellular systems. The proposed method is referred to as CP-CDMA. The combination of cyclic prefixes and MMSE frequency-domain equalization solves many of the performance and complexity problems that arise in CDMA receivers when techniques such as multi-level modulation and full code usage are employed. Simulation results are presented for a 20 MHz system with multi-level modulation and these results are compared to the performance of a conventional CDMA system with either a RAKE receiver or a time-domain equalizer. Results indicate that CP-CDMA provides significantly improved performance, yet has lower complexity than the time-domain equalized system.

Analysis of hybrid selection/maximal-ratio combining in correlated Nakagami fading

Abstract: We present an analysis of a hybrid selection/maximal-ratio combining diversity system over an evenly correlated slow frequency-nonselective Nakagami fading channel, where the correlation coefficient between any pair of the diversity branch gain amplitudes is the same, and all average branch signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) are equal. In this system, the L branches with the largest instantaneous SNR out of N available branches are selected and combined using maximal-ratio combining. From the joint characteristic function (cf) of the instantaneous branch SNRs, we obtain an expression for the cf of the combiner output SNR as a series of elementary cfs. The expression can be conveniently used to obtain the symbol error probability of coherent detection of different M-ary modulation schemes. We illustrate our methodology using M-ary phase-shift keying as an example.

Postnonlinearity compensation with data-driven phase modulators in phase-shift keying transmission.

Abstract: A novel scheme for postnonlinearity compensation is proposed to reduce the phase jitter in phase-shift keying transmission. A phase modulator is used to modulate the phase of the data pulses in front of the receiver. The magnitude of the phase modulation is proportional to the detected pulse intensity, and the sign is opposite to that of the nonlinear phase shift caused by self-phase modulation. Thus, the nonlinear phase noise induced by amplitude fluctuation and self-phase modulation is partially compensated for. We show by numerical simulations that a differential phase-shift keying dispersion-managed soliton system at 10 Gbits/s with such postnonlinearity compensation can provide greater than 3 dB of improvement in ultralong-haul dense wavelength-division multiplexing transmissions.

Random phase updating algorithm for OFDM transmission with low PAPR

Abstract: A novel random phase updating algorithm for reducing the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of OFDM signals is addressed. The phase of each subcarrier is updated by a random increment until the PAPR goes below a certain threshold level. We investigate the influence of different distributions for the phase increments and the variance of distributions on the mean and variance of PAPR as well as the number of iterations to reach the threshold. Further, the random phase updating algorithm has been extended by dynamically reducing the threshold level. After successful updating of the phase shifts, the threshold level is reduced and the variance of the phase increments is changed. Simulation results of the algorithm are provided. It is shown that the random phase updating algorithm with dynamic threshold gives the best results and can reduce the mean power variance of an 8-carrier OFDM signal with BPSK modulation by a factor of 7 dB. In order to reduce the complexity, the random phase updating algorithm is investigated with quantization and grouping of the phase shifts. Results show that for a 16-carrier OFDM system, 2-level quantization of phase shifts in 8 groups of 2 carriers give no significant increase in the power variance while reducing complexity. Further, the impact of phasing on the bit error rate performance of the OFDM system is studied.

Existence and construction of noncoherent unitary space-time codes

Abstract: We consider transmission using N transmit and reception using M receive antennas in a wireless environment assuming that neither the transmitter nor the receiver knows the channel coefficients. For the scenario that the transmission employs noncoherent T /spl times/ N unitary space-time codes and for a block-fading channel model where the channel is static during T channel uses and varies from T channel uses to the other, we establish the bound r /spl les/ min(T-N, N) on the diversity advantage rM provided by the code. In order to show that the requirement r /spl les/ min(T-N, N) cannot be relaxed, for any given R, N, T, and r /spl les/ min(T-N, N), we then construct unitary T /spl times/ N space-time codes of rate R that guarantee diversity advantage rM. Two constructions are given that are also amenable to simple encoding and noncoherent maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding algorithms.

Non-data-aided signal-to-noise-ratio estimation

Abstract: Non-data-aided (NDA) signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) estimation is considered for binary phase shift keying systems where the data samples are governed by a normal mixture distribution. Inherent estimation accuracy limitations are examined via a simple, closed-form approximation to the associated Cramer-Rao bound which eliminates the need for numerical integration. The expectation-maximization algorithm is proposed to iteratively maximize the NDA likelihood function. Simulation results show that the resulting estimator offers statistical efficiency over a wider range of scenarios than previously published methods.

Performance analysis of equalized OFDM systems in Rayleigh fading

Abstract: Channel estimation is usually needed to compensate for the amplitude and phase distortions associated with a received orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform. This paper presents a systematic approach for analyzing the bit-error probability (BEP) of equalized OFDM signals in Rayleigh fading. Closed-form expressions for BEP performance of various signal constellations [phase-shift keying (PSK), differential phase-shift keying (DPSK), quaternary phase-shift keying (QPSK)] are provided for receivers that use a linear pilot-assisted channel estimate. We also derive the optimal linear channel estimates that yield the minimum BEP and show that some previous known results are special cases of our general formulae. The results obtained here can be applied to evaluate the performance of equalized single-carrier narrowband systems as well.

A novel smart antenna system implementation for broad-band wireless communications

Abstract: A novel design of smart antenna system with adaptive beamforming capability is introduced for broad-band wireless communication. To achieve high data throughput of the multi-antenna system, a parallel analog-digital (A/D) signal processing scheme is proposed. The essential idea is to realize the real-time beamforming using heterodyne RF and IF circuitry. The bottleneck of digital signal processor (DSP) I/O and processing speed is thus relieved, while the advanced signal processing capability of the DSP chip is utilized. Based on this idea, a 5.8 GHz smart antenna receiver is implemented. Various experiments are carried out to examine the direction of arrival (DOA) estimation, beam synthesis, and bit error rate (BER) performances of the system. A 20-Mb/s data throughput using binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation is demonstrated for this eight-element adaptive array.

Communication quality estimation method, communication quality estimation apparatus, and communication system

Abstract: An average signal point amplitude detection section 15A determines an average position of I and Q components when a received QPSK modulated signal is demodulated and a threshold calculation section 15B determines threshold ths on an IQ plane based on the average signal point position of the received QPSK modulated signal and a theoretical distribution position on the IQ plane of signal points of a 16-value QAM signal. Then, a threshold decision section 14A makes a threshold-decision on the I and Q components of sequentially received QPSK modulated signals using this threshold ths and thereby calculates a simulated bit error rate of the 16-value QAM signal.

Power control by interference prediction for broadband wireless packet networks

Abstract: A Kalman-filter method for power control is proposed for broadband, packet-switched time division multiple access wireless networks. By exploiting the temporal correlation of co-channel interference, a Kalman filter is used to predict future interference power. Based on the predicted interference and estimated path gain between the transmitter and receiver, the transmission power is determined to achieve a desired signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR). A condition to ensure power stability in the packet-switched environment is established and proven for a special case of the Kalman-filter method. The condition generalizes the existing one for a fixed path-gain matrix, as for circuit-switched networks. Performance results reveal that the Kalman-filter method for power control provides a significant performance improvement. Specifically, when messages consist of ten packets on average, the 90th and 95th percentile of the SINR by the new method are 3.79 dB and 5.46 dB above those when no power control is in use, and lie just 0.96 dB and 1.14 dB below the upper-bound performance of the optimal power control, respectively, in a system with four-sector cells and an interleaved frequency assignment of a reuse factor of 2/8. In addition, the new method performs noticeably better than the delta-modulation method and a simple scheme that uses the last measurement as predicted interference power. In an example of 8-PSK modulation and average message length of 20 packets, the SINR performance gain by the new method improves the network throughput by about 150% and 70%, relative to no power control and the simple scheme, respectively.

A sequential Monte Carlo blind receiver for OFDM systems in frequency-selective fading channels

Abstract: We consider the application of the sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) methodology to the problem of blind symbol detection in a wireless orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system over a frequency-selective fading channel. Bayesian inference of the unknown data symbols in the presence of an unknown multipath fading channel is made only from the observations over one OFDM symbol duration. A novel blind SMC detector built on the techniques of importance sampling and resampling is developed for differentially encoded OFDM systems. The performance of different schemes of delayed-weight estimation methods is studied. Furthermore, being soft-input and soft-output in nature, the proposed SMC detector is employed as the first-stage demodulator in a turbo receiver for a coded OFDM system. Such a turbo receiver successively improves the receiver performance by iteratively exchanging the so-called extrinsic information with the maximum a posteriori (MAP) outer channel decoder. Finally, the performance of the proposed sequential Monte Carlo receiver is demonstrated through computer simulations.

Increasing spectral efficiency by data multiplexing using antenna arrays

Abstract: A novel data multiplexing scheme is presented. This technique uses an antenna array with K transmit antennas. In. total K information bits are multiplexed in an orthogonal fashion. The special property of the multiplexing technique is that, for each symbol duration, only one out of K antennas is transmitting using BPSK modulation. Furthermore, the symbol duration is equivalent to the bit-duration due to the parallelism introduced by the K antennas. The receiver is able to detect the transmitting antenna and by using this information the demultiplexing is carried out. It is demonstrated that the proposed method achieves about the same spectral efficiency as 8PSK, but with a relaxed bit-energy-to-noise ratio of about 2.5 dB. Furthermore, the linear channel capacity gain (error-free transmitted bits) over the single antenna BPSK transmission scheme is found to be in the range of 2.5-3.

Blind frequency-offset estimator for OFDM systems transmitting constant-modulus symbols

Abstract: We address the problem of carrier frequency offset (CFO) synchronization in OFDM communications systems in the context of frequency-selective fading channels. We consider the case where the transmitted symbols have constant modulus, i.e., PSK constellations. A novel blind CFO estimation algorithm is developed. The new algorithm is shown to greatly outperform a previously published blind technique that exploits the fact that practical OFDM systems are not fully loaded. Further, the proposed algorithm is consistent even when the system is fully loaded. Finally, the proposed CFO estimator is obtained via a one-dimensional search, the same as with the existing virtual subcarrier-based estimator, but achieves a substantial gain in performance (10-dB SNR or one order of magnitude in CFO MSE).

A low bias algorithm to estimate negative SNRs in an AWGN channel

Abstract: Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is an important parameter in many receivers. In this letter, we derive a maximum-likelihood estimate of the amplitude of a binary phase-shift keying modulated signal and develop an iterative SNR search algorithm. Low bias is achieved for low SNR.

Channel codng for 4G systems with adaptive modulation and codng

Abstract: Future 4G mobile systems, whether evolutionary (e.g., evolutions of WCDMA and cdma2000) or based on technology such as OFDM applied to a wide-area environment, can achieve very large average user throughputs by using adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) instead of fixed modulation (e.g., QPSK) and power control. This article discusses the impact of the underlying channel coding in 4G systems with AMC. It is shown that 3G-style turbo coding can provide a 0.5-4 dB link gain over 256-state convolutional codes, depending on the frame size, modulation, and channel. The link gains from channel coding (or other techniques) do not directly translate into throughput gains for AMC, but can still be expected to improve throughput significantly. A method of generating soft information for higher order modulations based on reuse of the turbo decoding circuitry is also provided.

Constant envelope multi-carrier modulation

Abstract: A constant envelope multi-carrier modulation scheme is proposed that combines DCT (discrete cosine transform) based multi-carrier modulation and continuous phase modulation (CPM) with the objective of producing a constant envelope waveform. Guard interval and frequency-domain equalization are used to remove ISI on frequency-selective multipath channels. Phase detection and correction is implemented with oversampling. On the AWGN channel, error probability performance is also given and compared with that of BPSK. Simulation results are presented on a multipath fading channel to compare its performance with that of OFDM.

Performance analysis of adaptive interleaving for OFDM systems

Abstract: We proposed a novel interleaving technique for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), namely adaptive interleaving, which can break the bursty channel errors more effectively than traditional block interleaving. The technique rearranges the symbols according to instantaneous channel state information of the OFDM subcarriers so as to reduce or minimize the bit error rate (BER) of each OFDM frame. It is well suited to OFDM systems because the channel state information (CSI) values of the whole frame could be estimated at once when transmitted symbols are framed in the frequency dimension. Extensive simulations show that the proposed scheme can greatly improve the performance of the coded modulation systems utilizing block interleaving. Furthermore, we show that the adaptive interleaving out performs any other static interleaving schemes, even in the fast fading channel (with independent fading between symbols). We derived a semi-analytical bound for the BER of the adaptive interleaving scheme under correlated Rayleigh fading channels. Furthermore, we discussed the transmitter-receiver (interleaving pattern) synchronization problem.

Dual mode phone line networking modem utilizing conventional telephone wiring

Abstract: A networking modem capable of full duplex communication over a telephone line is adapted for use as a component of a computer system. The modem comprises a digital signal processor (DSP) capable of implementing a plurality of digital modulation and demodulation techniques, including pulse position modulation (PPM), quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK), and quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM). The DSP implements a digital phase locked loop (DPLL), including a carrier NCO and a carrier detector to synchronize local demodulation timing to an incoming carrier signal. Available processing options include spectral agility for optimizing channel capacity, symbol shaping to compensate for evolving channel conditions, and echo cancellation. The digital processing provides a flexible, adaptive, programmable, and backward compatible solution to eliminate various problems with prior art systems, including timing inaccuracies, incompatibility with standard modulation techniques, the half duplex limitation, and the susceptibility to noise that increases intersymbol interference and limits throughput.

Exact BER computation of generalized hierarchical PSK constellations

Abstract: Hierarchical constellations offer a different degree of protection to the transmitted messages according to their relative importance. As such they found interesting application in digital video broadcasting systems as well as wireless multimedia services. Although a great deal of attention has been devoted in the literature to the study of the bit error rate (BER) performance of uniform phase shift keyed (PSK) constellations, very few results were published on the BER performance of hierarchical PSK constellations. We obtain exact and generic expressions in M for the BER of the generalized hierarchical M-PSK constellations over additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and fading channels. For the AWGN case, these expressions are in the form of a weighted sum of Pawula (1982) F-functions and are solely dependent on the constellation size M, the carrier-to-noise ratio, and a constellation parameter which controls the relative message importance. Because of their generic nature, these new expressions readily allow numerical evaluation for various cases of practical interest.

Hybrid ARQ and adaptive modulation and coding schemes for high speed downlink packet access

Abstract: A major evolution of the UMTS standard is the so-called high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) mode, which provides peak data rates of 10.8 Mbps. Key enabling technologies include fast scheduling, adaptive modulation and coding (AMC), as well as hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ). The paper gives a general overview of the current HSDPA standard. Special focus is put on the implementation and performance of the AMC and HARQ functions, as well as on their interworking. The performance of different HARQ schemes are compared for QPSK and 16-QAM and varying code rates. Subsequently, link-level throughput is simulated. It is shown that the throughput gains offered by advanced HARQ schemes depend on the performance of the AMC function. In particular, the gain offered by incremental redundancy techniques increases with increasing errors in selecting the appropriate modulation and code rate.

The effects of modulation combination, target BER, Doppler frequency, and adaptation interval on the performance of adaptive OFDM in broadband mobile channel

Abstract: OFDM is one of the promising modulation candidates for a fourth generation broadband mobile communication system because of its robustness against intersymbol interference (ISI). The adaptive modulation scheme is also an efficient scheme to increase the transmission rate by changing the channel modulation scheme according to the estimated channel state information. Since its implementation depends on the channel environment of the system and control period by using feedback information, this paper presents an evaluation for the effects of various modulation scheme combinations, target BER, Doppler frequency, and various adaptation intervals as control period on the performance of adaptive OFDM. We also propose a predicted feedback information scheme which increases the adaptation interval using the predicted power estimation in order to reduce the transmission time of feedback information from receiver to transmitter. Computer simulation results show that the case with BPSK, QPSK and 16QAM modulation combination at target BER 10/sup -2/ achieves 2Mbit/s improvement over other combination cases in high Doppler frequency. On the other hand, at target BER 10/sup -3/, the case with BPSK, QPSK, 8PSK and 16QAM modulation combination achieves 3Mbit/s improvement compared to the case of target BER 10/sup -2/. It is also shown that the predicted feedback information scheme effectively reduces the transmission time of feedback information from the receiver to transmitter.

Performance of low-density parity-check (LDPC) coded OFDM systems

Abstract: Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a very attractive technique for high-bit-rate data transmission in multipath environments. Many error-correcting codes have been applied to OFDM. Recently, LDPC codes have attracted much attention. The performance of LDPC codes is very close to the Shannon limit, with practical decoding complexity. We proposed LDPC coded OFDM (LDPC-COFDM) systems with BPSK and showed that the LDPC codes are effective in improving the bit error rate (BER) of OFDM in multipath environments (see Futaki, H. and Ohtsuki, T., IEEE VTC2001 fall, vol.1, p.82-6, 2001). LDPC codes can be decoded using a probability propagation algorithm known as the sum-product algorithm or belief propagation. To clarify iterative decoding properties in LDPC-COFDM systems, we first investigate the distribution of the number of iterations where the decoding algorithm stops. In mobile communications, multilevel modulation is preferred for high bandwidth efficiency. However, it has not been clarified how to apply LDPC codes to OFDM systems with multilevel modulation. We propose a decoding algorithm for the LDPC-COFDM systems with M-PSK. By simulation, we show that LDPC-COFDM systems achieve good error rate performance with a small number of iterations on both AWGN and frequency-selective fading channels. We confirm that the algorithm for LDPC-COFDM systems with M-PSK work correctly.

Low-complexity joint channel estimation and decoding for pilot symbol-assisted modulation and multiple differential detection systems with correlated Rayleigh fading

Abstract: Joint channel estimation and decoding in a time-varying Rayleigh fading channel is considered. Knowing that the optimal solution or even the truncated near-optimal solution using iterative processing has an exponential complexity which hinders the practicability, a reduced complexity approach is proposed. This approach keeps the existing channel estimation and decoding schemes almost intact, while applying iterative processing to effectively exchange information between them. Thus, the complexity is rendered linear, and estimator adaptability can be easily established. We apply this approach to pilot symbol-assisted modulation (PSAM) and differentially modulated systems. It turns out that the performance is improved and the robustness to fading parameters is enhanced. Through simulations, we also show that the proposed method performs almost as well as the near-optimal design.

Bit error probability for space-time block code with coherent and differential detection

Abstract: Exact, closed-form expressions of bit error probability (BEP) are derived for space-time block codes (STBC) based on Alamouti's (1998) scheme and utilizing M-ary phase shift keying (MPSK) modulation. The analysis is carried out for the slow, flat fading Rayleigh channel with coherent detection and with differential encoding/decoding. With these closed-form expressions, we prove that a signal to noise ratio (SNR) loss of approximately 3 dB is paid for deferential detection compared to coherent detection. Numerical results are provided for analysis and simulations for BPSK and QPSK modulations.