A compressed sensing receiver for UWB impulse radio in bursty applications like wireless sensor networks

We propose a novel receiver for Ultra-Wide-band Impulse-Radio communication in Wireless Sensor Networks, which are characterized by bursty traffic and severe power constraints. The receiver is based on the principle of Compressed Sensing, and exploits the sparsity of the transmitted signal to achieve reliable demodulation from a relatively small number of projections. The projections are implemented in an analog front-end as correlations with tractable test-functions, and a joint decoding of the time of arrival and the data bits is done by a DSP back-end using an efficient quadratic program. The proposed receiver differs from extant schemes in the following respects: (i) It needs neither a high-rate analog-to-digital converter nor wide-band analog delay lines, and can operate in a significantly under-sampled regime. (ii) It is robust to large timing uncertainty and hence the transmitter need not waster power on explicit training headers for timing synchronization. (iii) It can operate in a regime of heavy inter-symbol interference (ISI), and therefore allows a very high baud rate (close to the Nyquist rate). (iv) It has a built-in capability to blindly acquire and track the channel response irrespective of line-of-sight/non-line-of-sight conditions. We demonstrate that the receiver’s performance remains close to the maximum likelihood receiver under every scenario of under-sampling, timing uncertainty, ISI, and channel delay spread.     

近程高速水声毫米波通信仿真与试验验证*

水声信道的严重双扩特性极大地限制了水声高速通信的稳健性。针对近程高速水声通信技术的需求,该文基于水声毫米波频段,提出了一种基于超奈奎斯特发射技术及高阶调制技术的单载波的水声毫米波通信技术。而超奈奎斯特发射技术以及高阶调制给接收机带来了极大的挑战:一是超奈奎斯特发射技术引入了严重的符号间干扰,二是高阶调制系统的符号检测对信道估计的精度要求很高。针对以上问题,该文提出了一种基于迭代信道估计技术的迭代软反馈DFE接收机技术。仿真实验表明:采用128QAM高阶调制时,在较为严重的多途衰落信道条件下,采用所提出的接收机可以在15 dB时实现无误码传输。信道水池试验证明:当通信带宽为300 kHz,通信符号率为300k符号/秒且采用64QAM调制时,在发射平台慢速运动的条件下可以实现900 kbps的净数据率,其相应的频谱利用率高达6 Bits/s/Hz。     

基于SCFNN之PAM非线性信道均衡器成效研究

自组织型模糊类神经网络(SCFNN)可依据一定的法则自我构建神经网络的组织结构,从而适用于当前控制对象;多层神经元是传统的类神经网络,广泛应用于各个领域;倒传递学习法与最陡坡降法相结合,可使以上两种类神经网络进行有效的融合;目前,信道均衡器上的系统架构种类非常多,各种类神经网络应用于信道均衡器也颇为普遍;在研究SCFNN的基础上,将其应用于通道均衡器确实可行,效果良好;比较了SCFNN与MLP在通道均衡器的成效;仿真表明,在相同通道环境下,SCFNN的训练收敛速度、位错误率与系统敏感度优于MLP,完成结构学习后SCFNN的结构也颇为精简。     

Fuzzy-Fusion Classifier for MMV Full-Polarization Radar Target Recognition Using One-Dimensional Scattering Centers

One-dimensional (1-D) scattering centers on a target can be used for radar target recognition purpose. In this paper, a new classifier based on fuzzy techniques is proposed, which is very much suitable for target recognition using 1-D scattering centers. Furthermore, information fusion techniques for full polarimetric receiver data are utilized at the decision level. The performance of the proposed fuzzy-fusion classifier is evaluated using a dataset of five aircraft models measured by millimeter-wave (MMW) full-polarization stepped-frequency radar in the compact range facility.     

Efficient processing of acoustic signals for high-rate information transmission over sparse underwater channels

For underwater acoustic channels where multipath spread is measured in tens of symbol intervals at high transmission rates, multichannel equalization required for bandwidth-efficient communications may become prohibitively complex for real-time implementation. To reduce computational complexity of signal processing and improve performance of data detection, receiver structures that are matched to the physical channel characteristics are investigated. A decision-feedback equalizer is designed which relies on an adaptive channel estimator to compute its parameters. The channel estimate is reduced in size by selecting only the significant components, whose delay span is often much shorter than the multipath spread of the channel. Optimal coefficient selection (sparsing) is performed by truncation in magnitude. This estimate is used to cancel the post-cursor ISI prior to linear equalization. Spatial diversity gain is achieved by a reduced-complexity pre-combining method which eliminates the need for a separate channel estimator/equalizer for each array element. The advantages of this approach are reduction in the number of receiver parameters, optimal implementation of sparse feedback, and efficient parallel implementation of adaptive algorithms for the pre-combiner, the fractionally-spaced channel estimators and the short feedforward equalizer filters. Receiver algorithm is applied to real data transmitted at 10 kbps over 3 km in shallow water, showing excellent results.     

水声通信中基于信道辨识的盲turbo均衡方法

水声信道多途效应明显,造成接收信号存在严重的码间干扰(ISI,Intersymbol interference)。基于最小均方误差(MMSE,Minimum mean square error)准则的turbo均衡器级联了均衡和信道译码,能够有效去除ISI,并获得优良的性能。由于水声信道的时变性,传统MMSE-turbo均衡需要周期性的训练序列,以实现连续可靠的通信。训练序列虽然提高了通信的可靠性,但降低了信息的有效传输速率。因此,为提高通信效率,本文提出了一种盲turbo均衡方法,该方法通过引入新的盲信道辨识器来同时获得信道估计响应和已去除部分ISI的初步均衡输出信号,并为turbo均衡提供初始的响应参数和比特软信息。与水声通信中应用较多的盲判决反馈均衡器(DFE,Decision feedback equalizer)相比,海上实验结果证明本文提出的盲turbo均衡方法抗信道多途衰落的能力较强,并且与传统MMSE-turbo均衡相比无需训练序列,因此提高了信息的有效传输速率。     

An adaptive channel equalizer using self-adaptation bacterial foraging optimization

In this paper we propose a self-adaptation bacterial foraging optimization (SA-BFO) approach for an adaptive channel equalizer in which the weights of the equalizer are optimized to minimize the mean square error (MSE) and bit error rate (BER). The adaptive channel equalizer at the receiver removes or reduces the effects of inter symbol interference (ISI) and noise. Tests demonstrate that the proposed adaptive channel equalizer provides better convergence speed and minimal MSE and BER compared to a BFO and a normalized least mean square (NLMS) based equalizer.     

全谱段光谱分析的块状商品煤种类鉴别

常规的煤炭鉴别方法需进行繁琐的制样过程,且需结合多种化学参数指标进行综合判定,以得到较为准确的分析结果。提出一种基于500～2 350 nm的可见-近红外全谱段光谱分析技术与多层感知器(multilayer perceptron, MLP)分类方法相结合的块状商品煤鉴别方法。该方法具有非接触、无前期制样、无化学分析的优势,可快速高效的获取煤炭的分类信息。采用地物光谱仪采集煤炭原始光谱数据,对噪声过大、影响后续处理的谱段进行删除,剩余部分采用小波阈值去噪法进行噪声去除。将去噪后的数据分成三个数据集：可见-近红外光谱(500～900 nm)数据集、短波红外光谱(1 000～2 350 nm)数据集、全谱段光谱(500～2 350 nm)数据集。对以上三个数据集进行主成分分析,将提取出的25个主成分输入多层感知器分类模型。多层感知器模型由输入层、隐藏层(两层)、softmax分类器构成。对三个数据集进行分类精度的对比,并采用随机森林(random forest, RF)与支持向量机(support vector machine, SVM)两种分类算法进行进一步的验证分析。结果表明：对块状商品煤分类,全谱段光谱分析技术由于数据信息量丰富,能够得到更优的分类效果,在训练样本数为132时,采用MLP分类器的分类精度最高,为98.03%;随机森林与SVM的分类结果验证了全谱段数据集的优越性与普适性。该研究为煤炭的在线分析、便携式煤炭检测仪器的研发提供了可靠的技术支持。     

单载波频域均衡中的水声信道频域响应与噪声估计

本文对单载波频域均衡(SC-FDE)中的信道和噪声估计进行研究,理论分析了形成误码率平台的可能原因,提出了基于Chu序列的联合信道时频域响应和噪声功率估计算法.利用水声信道响应的稀疏特性和门限确定信道能量集中区域,进行信道估计的去噪处理和噪声功率计算.借助于水声射线模型对所提出的算法进行了仿真,分析了噪声估计对SC-FDE性能的重要影响.仿真结果表明,所提出的信道和噪声估计算法可以有效减缓或消除SC-FDE中的误码率平台.     

Artificial neural-network-based visible light positioning algorithm with a diffuse optical channel

Visible light positioning becomes popular recently. However, its performance is degraded by the indoor diffuse optical channel. An artificial neural-network-based visible light positioning algorithm is proposed in this Letter,and a trained neural network is used to achieve positioning with a diffuse channel. Simulations are made to evaluate the proposed positioning algorithm. Results show that the average positioning error is reduced about 13 times, and the positioning time is reduced about two magnitudes. Moreover, the proposed algorithm is robust with a different field-of-view of the receiver and the reflectivity of the wall, which is suitable for various positioning applications.     

浅海环境中的时间反转多用户水声通信

在无线电通信中,多用户通信可以采用时分多址(TDMA)、频分多址(FDMA)或者码分多址(CDMA)技术来实现,在水声通信中,信道的多途传播特性带来的空间差异,提供了另外的多用户通信手段。时间反转(或相位共轭)技术,能够实现对空间中指定点的聚焦接收和多途压缩,它为空间位置不同的多个用户提供了相互独立的通信通道,能够很好地克服用户之间的同道干扰(CI)。本文在垂直阵接收的基础上,利用时间反转技术来实现不同用户在同一信道中的同时通信,结合带锁相环的自适应判决反馈均衡技术来消除残余的多途码间干扰,并进行了初步的海上试验,实现了两个不同深度上用户的同时通信。     

Performance of a digital optical receiver in the presence of noise and intersymbol interference

The performance of a digital optical receiver employing an avalanche photodiode has been evaluated in the presence of noise and intersymbol interference (ISI) arising from an offset in the counting interval. Numerical results have been obtained for various levels of ISI and possible explanations have been offered.     

Doubly selective channel estimation and equalization based on ICI/ISI mitigation for OQAM-FBMC systems

Over a doubly selective channel, broadband transmission systems face challenges in channel estimation and equalization. High mobility causes inter-carrier interference (ICI), while multipath transmission induces inter-symbol interference (ISI). In this paper, we present a mitigation method of ICI/ISI for the offset quadrature amplitude-modulated filter bank multi-carrier (OQAM-FBMC) system. It features low inherent imaginary interference (IMI) sensitivity and high efficiency. Specifically, a pilot indices optimization algorithm and a sparse adaptive orthogonal subspace pursuit (SAOSP) algorithm are presented based on the 2-D channel modeling scheme. The guard pilots are first added to mitigate the effect of ICI. Then the index optimization and SAOSP algorithms are applied to achieve a high-accuracy estimation of sparse channel coefficients. In addition, a threshold judgment suboptimal minimum mean square error (MMSE) equalization method is presented based on the variability of the interference power. The method uses normalized interference power thresholds to estimate the ISI dimension and reduce the equalization data, thus mitigating the effect of ISI and achieving efficient equalization. To verify the above methods, single-input-single-output (SISO) and multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) models are built. Simulation results indicate a 3-5 dB improvement in channel estimation accuracy. The suboptimal MMSE equalization results are close to the optimal MMSE with about four orders of magnitude reduction in complexity.     

时间反转滤波器组多载波水声通信方法

针对水声滤波器组多载波(Filter Bank MultiCarrier,FBMC)传统均衡方法效率低、复杂度高等问题,提出了单阵元无源时间反转镜(Passive Time Reversal Mirror,PTRM)和虚拟时间反转镜(Virtual Time Reversal Mirror,VTRM)的均衡算法,该算法利用时间聚焦原理可以降低水声信道带来的符号间干扰(Inter Symbol Interference,ISI),并且不需要在FBMC符号中插入导频,进一步提高了通信速率.通过仿真和外场实验验证了水声FBMC系统采用单阵元PTRM和VTRM的有效性,结果表明,这两种均衡方法能够有效减少ISI,提高系统可靠性能。      

Evaluation of Transparent Optical Network Performance in Presence of Incoherent Homodyne Crosstalk

A simple method to evaluate the performance of transparent optical networks (TON) that takes into account the incoherent homodyne crosstalk, signal distortion, inter-symbol interference (ISI), amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise, and arbitrary optical and electrical filters is proposed. This method combines the effect of the incoherent homodyne crosstalk with an exhaustive Gaussian approximation for the influence of ASE noise, signal distortion, and ISI. It is shown that the incoherent homodyne crosstalk penalty depends on the ASE noise accumulated in the TON, ISI, and extinction ratio. The proposed method estimates are compared with experimental results published by other authors. Good agreement is observed for one, two, and four incoherent homodyne crosstalk signals, revealing that the proposed method provides accurate estimates even when the methods based on a Gaussian approximation for the incoherent homodyne crosstalk fail. The proposed method is used to assess the performance of a TON composed by optical add-drop multiplexers based on arrayed waveguide gratings. Results reveal that incoherent homodyne crosstalk, ASE noise, and ISI impair the TON performance and, therefore, none can be neglected in the TON design.     

Influence of degenerate four-wave mixing on the performance of supercontinuum-based multiwavelength optical source

The influence of degenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) on the performance of supercontinuum-based multiwavelength optical source has been investigated in detail experimentally and theoretically. Numerical simulation results show that the degenerate FWM effect has a deteriorative influence on the spectral uniformity and the optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) of supercontinuum-based optical source, and by suppressing degenerate FWM effect the performance enhancement of the supercontinuum can be achieved successfully. These results are also confirmed by our experiments. Experimentally, by suppressing degenerate FWM the crosstalk of adjacent channels to the filtered channel can be reduced by as much as 15 dB, and consequently the measured receiver sensitivity at 10 Gbit/s for the filtered optical source is improved from $-1.7$ to $-17.8$~dBm.     

Delay-Doppler domain decision feedback turbo equalization for OTFS modulation

Emerging evidence indicates that orthogonal time–frequency space (OTFS) modulation is a potential candidate modulation scheme for high mobility wireless communications. However, OTFS may experience significant inter-symbol interference (ISI) and inter-Doppler interference (IDI) in the receiver. In this paper, we propose a soft decision feedback turbo equalization for OTFS transmission over delay-Doppler channels to jointly combat both interferences. A novel block decision feedback equalization (BDFE) algorithm is constructed using the band feature of the channels in the delay-Doppler domain. The feedforward and feedback filters are designed by the delay-time channels coefficients. According to the designed filter, an equivalent system model is employed to allow turbo equalization. The posterior probability is established using the soft prior information and feedback filter, and then fed back to the channel decoder as external information. Both theoretical analysis and simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme in improving the bit error rate (BER) performance and combat various interference. Numerical simulations are finally provided to justify the validity of the proposed scheme in improving the bit error rate (BER) performance and combating various interference.     

Evaluation of Transparent Optical Network Performance in Presence of Incoherent Homodyne Crosstalk

Abstract

A simple method to evaluate the performance of transparent optical networks (TON) that takes into account the incoherent homodyne crosstalk, signal distortion, inter-symbol interference (ISI), amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise, and arbitrary optical and electrical filters is proposed. This method combines the effect of the incoherent homodyne crosstalk with an exhaustive Gaussian approximation for the influence of ASE noise, signal distortion, and ISI. It is shown that the incoherent homodyne crosstalk penalty depends on the ASE noise accumulated in the TON, ISI, and extinction ratio. The proposed method estimates are compared with experimental results published by other authors. Good agreement is observed for one, two, and four incoherent homodyne crosstalk signals, revealing that the proposed method provides accurate estimates even when the methods based on a Gaussian approximation for the incoherent homodyne crosstalk fail. The proposed method is used to assess the performance of a TON composed by optical add-drop multiplexers based on arrayed waveguide gratings. Results reveal that incoherent homodyne crosstalk, ASE noise, and ISI impair the TON performance and, therefore, none can be neglected in the TON design.     

Design and performance evaluation of successive interference cancellation based Slotted Aloha MAC protocol

As a result of densification, the performance of the wireless networks has become highly interference-limited and energy inefficient. To overcome this problem, interference mitigation techniques such as Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC) can be used to decode multiple packets simultaneously at the receiver. In this context, we analyze a SIC-based Slotted Aloha (SIC-SA) Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for wireless networks. We derive expressions for packets decoding probability and optimal transmission probability of the nodes of the SIC-SA MAC protocol. Our derivation is based on the order statistics of Independent and Identical/non-Identical exponentially distributed received-signal-powers from the nodes under the Rayleigh channel condition. Throughput, delay, and energy efficiency of the SIC-SA MAC protocol have been derived and validated against simulation. The effect of path loss exponent, SINR threshold, and the number of nodes on the performance of SIC-SA have been studied. The performance of SIC-SA in a network of nodes distributed randomly according to the Poisson Point Process has been analyzed. Extension of our analysis to Power Domain Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) has been demonstrated. We also analyzed the impact of imperfect estimation of channel state information and imperfect SIC at the receiver. Results show an improvement in performance metrics of SIC-SA over the traditional Slotted Aloha.     

Receiver operating characteristic analysis for the selection of threshold values for detection of capping in powder compression

The acoustic emission (AE) energy obtained from compressing lactose powder to form pharmaceutical tablets was chosen for condition monitoring of the tablets. The method used was based on the setting of an AE energy decision threshold such that problems of tablet capping and lamination were successfully identified. Capping and lamination are the most common types of problem that can occur in tablets manufacturing using a powder compression process. To assess the performance of a classifier, use was made of a receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) obtained by plotting the correct detection probability against the false alarm probability based on AE energy distributions for capped and non-capped tablets. The area under the ROC curve, referred to as the AUC, determines the level of competency of the classifier. A value of 0.5 suggests a mere hazarding of guesses whilst a value of 1 indicates correct classification every time. The AE energy approach for tablet capping monitoring gives an AUC value of 0.96, thereby suggesting the possibility of a highly accurate classifier. With the assumption that penalties for false alarm and missed detection are equally severe, using the graphical method of expected penalty cost (EPC), the optimal AE energy decision threshold was established to be 1.2x10(8) units, at which the maximum correct capping detection rate of 95% was achieved. The paper also explains how a decision threshold can be obtained when the two penalties are not equal.