Iterative Joint Estimation Procedure of Channel and PDP for OFDM Systems

The power-delay profile (PDP) estimation of wireless channels is an important step to generate a channel correlation matrix for channel linear minimum mean square error (LMMSE) estimation. Estimated channel frequency response can be used to obtain time dispersion characteristics that can be exploited by adaptive orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. In this paper, a joint estimator for PDP and LMMSE channel estimation is proposed. For LMMSE channel estimation, we apply a candidate set of frequency-domain channel correlation functions (CCF) and select the one that best matches the current channel to construct the channel correlation matrix. The initial candidate set is generated based on the traditional CCF calculation method for different scenarios. Then, the result of channel estimation is used as an input for the PDP estimation whereas the estimated PDP is further used to update the candidate channel correlation matrix. The enhancement of LMMSE channel estimation and PDP estimation can be achieved by the iterative joint estimation procedure. Analysis and simulation results show that in different communication scenarios, the PDP estimation error of the proposed method can approach the Cramér–Rao lower bound (CRLB) after a finite number of iterations. Moreover, the mean square error of channel estimation is close to the performance of accurate PDP-assisted LMMSE.     

几种高鲁棒性通道及说话人自适应语音识别算法研究

鲁棒性问题是决定语音识别技术能否在实际中得以应用和推广的关键问题之一。概括起来说,导致语音识别系统性能变坏的原因大体上来自三个方面,即噪声(加性噪声、卷积噪声)、信道变化和不同的讲话者(不同的声道形状、不同的发育方式等)。本文对三种高鲁律性自适应语音识别方法进行了研究和改进,并对它们的性能进行了比较,这三种方法分别是VQ码本自适应法、HMM参数自适应法和基于正则相关分析的谱变换补偿方法。实验结果表明,这三种方法都能提高非特定人语音识别系统对信道以及说话人的鲁棒性,而且基于正则相关分析的稻变换补偿方法具有最好的性能,它能够补偿由三种失真源同时引起的训练条件与测试条件之间的不匹配,因此适合作为一种通用的自适应方法。     

Minimum Channel Spacing in an OFDM CPFSK Optical Coherent System

Channel spacing in optical frequency-division multiplexed (OFDM) coherent optical systems with continuous-phase frequency-shift-keying (CPFSK) is obtained both theoretically and experimentally. The bit error ratio is derived taking into account the non-Gaussian interference statistics, expressed in terms of the Marcum Q-function, and the sensitivity penalty is reported as a function of the signal-to-interference ratio and the channel spacing for different IF filters. Laboratory demonstration of a state-of-the-art fully engineered two-channel 2.5 Gb s^-1 CPFSK coherent system at 1550 nm has been performed, showing an inter-channel crosstalk measurement in agreement with the theoretical analysis. A 0.1 nm channel spacing is experimentally confirmed.     

Generalized Stokes parameters shift keying approach to multichip differential phase encoded optical modulation formats

Conventional and advanced modulation formats that simultaneously modulate two or more of the optical attributes of phase, amplitude, and polarization and/or utilize observation intervals longer than two chips (time slots) are designed by using a unified interpretation as signaling by means of generalized Stokes parameters. In particular, the new paradigm is applied to the recently introduced multichip extension of optical differential phase shift keying.     

Ultra-broadband OFDM signal generation for 1-Tb/s super-channel coherent optical OFDM transmission

A 320.6-GHz multi-band optical OFDM signal generation scheme consisting of continuous 4,104 subcarriers is demonstrated for 1-Tb/s coherent optical OFDM (CO-OFDM) transmission. The 36 uncorrelated orthogonal bands are generated using a recirculating frequency shifter (RFS) with single laser by adjusting the loop delay of RFS to be an integer multiple of OFDM symbol period. The principle and performance of this generation scheme is studied theoretically and experimentally. The 1-Tb/s CO-OFDM signal is successfully received after 600-km SSMF fiber transmission without any dispersion compensation.     

Adaptation of a Hydroacoustic Communication Channel with OFDM Technology to the Negative Influence of a Drifting Ice Cover

Acoustical Physics - Field investigations of the influence of a drifting ice cover on the probability of bit errors in a hydroacoustic communication channel constructed by the orthogonal...     

正交频分复用在水声通信中频率同步的研究

正交频分复用（OFDM）通信系统对频率偏移比较敏感，容易导致系统性能急剧下降。水声通信中存在着严重的多普勒频率偏移，限制了OFDM技术在水下的应用。本文仿真分析了频率偏移对OFDM系统的性能影响，提出了一种适用于水声通信的频率同步方法。本方法不仅可以对固定的频率偏移进行估计，也可以对连续变化的频率偏移进行估计。仿真表明，本方法具有较高的频偏估计精度和大的频偏估计范围。湖试结果也表明，采用这种方法可有效地进行频偏估计。     

Low-Resolution Precoding for Multi-Antenna Downlink Channels and OFDM

Downlink precoding is considered for multi-path multi-input single-output channels where the base station uses orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing and low-resolution signaling. A quantized coordinate minimization (QCM) algorithm is proposed and its performance is compared to other precoding algorithms including squared infinity-norm relaxation (SQUID), multi-antenna greedy iterative quantization (MAGIQ), and maximum safety margin precoding. MAGIQ and QCM achieve the highest information rates and QCM has the lowest complexity measured in the number of multiplications. The information rates are computed for pilot-aided channel estimation and a blind detector that performs joint data and channel estimation. Bit error rates for a 5G low-density parity-check code confirm the information-theoretic calculations. Simulations with imperfect channel knowledge at the transmitter show that the performance of QCM and SQUID degrades in a similar fashion as zero-forcing precoding with high resolution quantizers.     

Efficient universal leakage elimination for physical and encoded qubits

Decoherence-induced leakage errors can couple a physical or encoded qubit to other levels, thus potentially damaging the qubit. They can therefore be very detrimental in quantum information processing and require special attention. Here we present a general method for removing such errors by using simple decoupling and recoupling pulse sequences. The proposed gates are experimentally accessible in a variety of promising quantum-computing proposals.     

A design and manufacturing methodology for encoded soft-textile robots

<正>The development of programmable soft robots with bioinspired morphing capabilities has attracted considerable interest.The mode and complexity of morphing capabilities are essential to the manipulation and movement abilities of soft robots,for example,to adapt to complex environments or accomplish variable tasks.     

DSP based receiver implementation for OFDM acoustic modems

Significant progress has been made recently on the use of multicarrier modulation in the form of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) for high data rate underwater acoustic communications. In this paper, we present implementation results of OFDM acoustic modems under different settings with either one or two parallel data streams transmitted, whose data rate is 3.2 KB/s or 6.4 KB/s, respectively, with QPSK modulation, rate-1/2 channel coding, and signal bandwidth of 6 kHz. To achieve real time operation, the processing time for each OFDM block shall be (much) less than the block duration of 210 ms. We first implement the receiver algorithms on a floating point TMS320C6713 DSP development board, running at 225 MHz. With convolutional coding, the per-block processing time is about 38 ms and 77 ms for single-input single-output (SISO) and multi-input multi-output (MIMO) settings, respectively, where there are two transmitters and two receivers in the latter case. With nonbinary low-density parity-check (LDPC) coding, which gains about 2 dB in error performance relative to convolutional coding, the per-block processing time increases to 50 ms and 101 ms for SISO and MIMO settings, respectively. We have also implemented the receiver algorithms using a fixed-point TMS320C6416 DSP development board, where the DSP core runs at 1 GHz. The per-block processing time reduces by two thirds with negligible performance degradation.     

Bandwidth-adaptive MIMO OFDM for dynamic spectrum access networks

In a Dynamic Spectrum Access Network (DySPAN), nodes opportunistically make use of white spaces for transmission. The frequencies and bandwidth of available white spaces will of course vary in these networks. Hence a DySPAN transmitter will need to be capable of frequency agile and bandwidth-adaptive transmissions and a DySPAN receiver will need to accordingly respond to any changes made by a transmitter. This paper introduces a novel space–time (ST) scheme that facilitates the detection of bandwidth-adaptive transmissions without the need for a control channel. The scheme is based on orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) and ensures a high diversity gain. By using multiple transmit antennas, the proposed scheme also allows the application of ST block-coded OFDM (STBC-OFDM) which not only increases the robustness against bit errors but also preserves the spectral efficiency of the system. For frequency acquisition and bandwidth estimation, the receiving nodes in the DySPAN exploit the cyclostationary signatures intentionally embedded in the OFDM signals using a small set of subcarriers. In this way, communication links are established autonomously without any need for control channels.The ST scheme in this paper carries out appropriate multi-antenna transmissions of the signature information on the aforementioned subcarriers, which result in highly robust cyclostationary feature detection over the frequency selective multipath fading channels. Moreover, lower bit-error rates (BERs) are attained by applying STBC-OFDM to the data symbols on the rest of the subcarriers. Both feature detection and the BER performance are improved further by deploying multiple receive antennas. Detailed performance comparisons are presented by using simulation results.     

Universal Coding for Classical-Quantum Channel

We construct a universal code for a stationary and memoryless classical-quantum channel as a quantum version of the universal coding by Csiszár and Körner. Our code is constructed utilizing a combination of irreducible representations, a decoder introduced through the quantum information spectrum, and the packing lemma.     

Adaptive unsaturated technique for OFDM multimode fiber communication system

A novel adaptive unsaturated technique is proposed for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) multimode fiber communication. The core idea of this technique is that bits originally allocated to poor subcarriers are now transmitted by new extra subcarriers rather than the original good subcarriers used in adaptive modulation OFDM. It can reduce the system bit error rate (BER) which is mainly caused by some OFDM subcarriers located at the deep nulls in the high frequency region of multimode fiber. The simulation results indicate that adaptive unsaturated technique is more effective in reducing the BER of system than adaptive modulation and equal bit allocation. Moreover, adaptive unsaturated technique does not need complex bit allocation algorithm and each subcarrier has the same modulation format, so it is simple and practical.     

Colour encoded aperture masks used for incoherent filtering of images

A device is described which is capable of real-time linear filtering of incoherently illuminated objects. It uses colour encoded aperture masks to multiplex the filtering channel.     

Allocation Algorithm for Optical OFDM Multimode Fiber Communication System

Abstract

A fast bits allocation algorithm is proposed for adaptively modulated optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing multimode fiber communication system to decrease the system bit error rate caused by some orthogonal frequency division multiplexing subcarriers being located at the deep nulls in the high-frequency region of multimode fiber. Based on a lookup table scheme, the new algorithm dramatically decreases the computational complexity of the Greedy algorithm. The simulation results show that the new algorithm has the same allocation result as the Greedy algorithm, but the computational complexity is considerably lower. In addition, adaptive bits allocation can effectively reduce the system bit error rate.     

Scenario for output pulse shortening in microwave generators drivenby relativistic electron beams

At the present time, microwave generators driven by high current relativistic electron beams are not baked and sealed, so their inner surfaces are densely covered with molecules of gas and oil. This allows the production of microwave pulses of 10^-8 s to 10^-7 s duration, but not longer. A microwave pulse termination scenario is speculated as follows: (1) Electrons oscillating in the strong RF field near the metallic surfaces multiply owing to the secondary emission (the multipactor effect); (2) the multipactor electron bombardment stimulates desorption of gas molecules from the metallic surfaces; (3) the gas undergoes avalanche RF breakdown; and (4) the resultant plasma stops microwave generation and, since electron-ion recombination is slow, does not allow the RF field to revive. At the gigawatt power level, the characteristic time of such a scenario is much shorter than that of the cathode and collector plasma expansion and electron beam instabilities. The energy output parameters of relativistic electron microwave generators can be (and usually are) improved at high pulse repetition rates. A more radical improvement is possible using the technology typical for high vacuum tubes, i.e., baking and sealing     

Optimal Channel Selection algorithm for CRahNs

As the data traffic is increasing, the spectrum bands are getting congested. It causes low latency and unreliable communication. Additional spectrum can be utilized to solve this problem but moving towards higher frequency means higher power requirement and increased cost. Cognitive radio network is another solution to this problem. It helps the nodes of a network to use the channels of the nearby bands which are not being used at that time. However, it has several challenges. One of these challenges is the transmission collision with the primary users of the network. Researchers have been working on this problem. However, it is still a major concern for the researchers. This paper proposes an algorithm that selects the optimal cognitive channel for the data transmission by the secondary user in such a way so that the transmission collision with the PU is minimized. After comparison with the existing latest similar protocol, the proposed protocol has shown 5.6% improvement in the throughput, 5.3% improvement in PDR. The delay is decreased by 0.6% and the transmission collision with PUs is reduced by 2.5%.     

Highly efficient nonlinear filter for femtosecond pulse contrast enhancement and pulse shortening

We propose a highly efficient scheme for temporal filters devoted to femtosecond pulse contrast enhancement. The filter is based on cross-polarized wave generation with a spatially suger-Gaussian-shaped beam. In a single nonlinear crystal scheme the energy conversion to the cross-polarized pulse can reach 28%. We demonstrate that the process enables a significant spectral broadening. For an efficiency of 23% the pulse shortening is estimated to 2.2, leading to an intensity transmission of the nonlinear filter of 50%.