Secure OFDM with Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Reduction Using the Spectral Phase of Chaotic Signals

In this paper, a new physical layer security technique is proposed for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication systems. The security is achieved by modifying the OFDM symbols using the phase information of chaos in the frequency spectrum. In addition, this scheme reduces the Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR), which is one of the major drawbacks of OFDM. The Selected Mapping (SLM) technique for PAPR reduction is employed to exploit the random characteristics of chaotic sequences. The reduction with this algorithm is shown to be similar to that of other SLM schemes, but it has lower computational complexity and side information does not have to be sent to the receiver. The security of this technique stems from the noise like behavior of chaotic sequences and their dependence on the initial conditions of the chaotic generator (which are used as the key). Even a slight difference in the initial conditions will result in a different phase sequence, which prevents an eavesdropper from recovering the transmitted OFDM symbols.     

基于低采样率模数转换器的延时复用频分多址无源光网络

基于正交频分复用技术的无源光网络中,光网络单元为了获得其所属小部分下行数据,需高采样率模数转换器将所有频宽的信号恢复才能分出其所需要数据.同时正交频分信号峰均比很高,传输中容易引起非线性效应.为此,本文提出一种基于低采样模数转换器的延时复用频分多址无源光网络.在光线路终端将数据序列交错排序并在时域映射为正交幅度调制信号;再通过离散傅里叶变换扩频技术,将信号转换为频域信号并映射到子载波上.通过预先发送和回传训练信号,估测包括延时采样和低采样接收在内的信道频响;再将频域信号利用估测信息在光线路终端做预处理,从而使信号传输中的失真得到有效预补偿.本文实验演示了含有多个光网络单元的系统,对于含有M个光网络单元的无源光网络,模数转换器的采样率可以降低到1/M Nyquist采样率,实验中模数转换器的采样率可以降低到1/32 Nyquist采样率;由于下行信号通过光线路终端预处理实现失真预补偿,光网络单元接收到的信号不需要均衡,不需要傅里叶变换和傅里叶逆变换,避免了与之对应的相关计算量,降低了光网络单元的计算复杂度;由于使用了扩频技术,信号波形具有更低的峰均比,从而降低了非线性对信号的影响,增加了功率预算.此外,随着光网络单元的增加,信号的误码率几乎没有增加,光网络单元个数增加到32时,向前纠错极限为10~(-3)的功率代价小于0.5 dB;系统对光网络单元采样时刻偏离具有一定容限;25 km光纤传输的功率代价大约0.5 dB.理论和实验均证明本方案能够简化光网络单元,降低无源光网络的成本;与传统的无源光网络相比具有明显优势.     

Phase pre-emphasis for PAPR reduction in optical OFDM systems based on OIDFT or time lens

Phase pre-emphasis is theoretically studied and introduced to reduce peak-to-average power ratio （PAPR） in optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing （OFDM） systems. In intensity modulated （IM） systems, simulations show noticeable PAPR reductions： 4.14 dB （N = 16） and 15.48 dB （N = 512） in time lens-based OFDM, N is the number of subcarriers. An equation is developed to calculate phase values and is proved to be effective. Optical implementing methods are proposed and analyzed. In a time lens-based OFDM system, phase pre-emphasis reduces fiber nonlinearity and results in a 5.2-dB increase of launch power at the bit error rate （BER） of 10 ？6 . Simulations also show similar PAPR reduction and fiber nonlinearity mitigation in optical inverse discrete Fourier transformer （OIDFT） based OFDM systems.     

基于压扩变换的60GHz正交频分复用光载无线通信系统实验研究

提出并实验研究了在60GHz正交频分复用(OFDM)-光载无线通信(ROF)系统中采用压扩变换技术降低OFDM信号峰值平均功率比(PAPR),并提高系统的接收灵敏度。实验结果表明,携带基于压扩变换的2.5Gb/s60GHz的OFDM-ROF信号经标准单模光纤传输50km后,在无色散补偿和误码率为10-3的条件下,当入纤功率为12dBm时,系统接收灵敏度提高约2.3dB,并且当互补累积分布函数(CCDF)为10-4时,OFDM信号的PAPR下降约3dB。     

Joint iterative compressed sensing algorithm eliminating clipping noise in underwater acoustic communication system

Due to the intricacy characteristics of the Underwater Acoustic(UWA) channel especially the limited bandwidth, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing(OFDM) is used because of its high spectrum efficiency. However, relatively high Peak-to-Average-Power Ratio(PAPR) limits the efficiency of OFDM in UWA communication, leading to saturation in the power amplifier and consequent distortion of the signal. Clipping and C companding as the most classic and convenient algorithms, are widely applied to address the high PAPR issue. However clipping introduces additional noise which degrades the system's performance and traditional C companding is also not suitable for underwater acoustic field. Thus, an improved C companding combined with clipping is proposed here. Due to the sparseness of clipping noise, Compressed Sensing(CS) can be utilized to estimate it. The scheme exploits pilot tones and data tones as observations instead of reserve tones, which is different from the previous works and improves data rate. Furthermore, to minimize the effect of the underwater acoustic channel, the channel is also estimated using the CS technique, which provides more accurate channel characteristics than Least Square(LS) or Minimum Mean Square Error(MMSE) estimation algorithms. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is proved in computer simulations as well as in a pool experiment.     

Rate-lossless PAPR reduction in per-subcarrier antenna selection OFDM systems

We propose a generalised rate-lossless technique for reducing the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing systems employing antenna selection on a per-subcarrier basis. The proposed technique, which is from the family of the active constellation extension (ACE) approaches to PAPR reduction, exploits the nulled subcarriers (for a given antenna) that arise through the antenna selection process to reduce the PAPR by introducing a controlled level of distortion to these subcarriers. We demonstrate that known PAPR reduction methods are unsuitable for per-subcarrier antenna selection systems, which motivates our modifications. We then show that our proposal achieves a much lower PAPR than traditional ACE methods for the given systems. Moreover, we demonstrate through a detailed theoretical analysis of the bit-error rate and a simulation analysis of the distortion transmitted on the nulled subcarriers, that the interference to the data signal caused by this distortion will not hinder practical system performance. Finally, we show that the efficacy of the proposed technique increases with the number of transmit antennas.     

OFDM水声通信CS限幅失真补偿与LS信道估计优化算法

正交频分复用技术应用于水声通信系统时,会引起较高的峰均比,当采用限幅法对峰均比进行抑制时,会产生非线性失真.另外,系统采用最小二乘法进行信道估计受噪声的影响较大.针对以上问题,提出了一种基于压缩感知技术的补偿限幅非线性失真与最小二乘信道估计相组合的新算法,在接收端利用导频数据采用压缩感知算法对限幅失真进行补偿,同时对最...     

Multi-scale mapping algorithm for INI cancellation and a novel mixed-numerologies OFDM transceiver

OFDM with mixed-numerologies enhances the system flexibility effectively to meet the demands of diversified application scenarios. However, the coexistence of waveforms with different numerologies leads to serious inter-numerology interference (INI), and the corresponding relationship between the number of guard subcarriers and the power of INI needs to be considered for scheduling subcarriers. In this paper, we propose a multi-scale mapping (MSM) and INI cancellation (MSM-INIC) algorithm as well as the corresponding de-MSM algorithm for mixed-numerologies OFDM system. Based on the proposed algorithms, we provide a novel transceiver in the scenario of multi-path fading channel, in which subcarrier scheduling does not need to consider whether the guard band is allocated. In the proposed transmitter, an additional MSM-INIC module is employed to pre-compensate signal distortion for downlink, and in the receiver, a de-MSM module is applied to de-map the received signals for recovering the original numerologies. Furthermore, we reveal the inherent property of the mapped signals, and propose a low computational complexity de-MSM algorithm accordingly. Simulation results verify the superiority of the proposed transceiver in BER performance as well as spectrum efficiency even without any guard band.     

EER–LINC RF transmitter architecture for high PAPR signals using switched power amplifiers

Digital radio communications uses nowadays different modulation schemes with high data rate possibilities. Designing a multi-standard linearized transmitter is an interesting goal for which OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) modulation is the worst case at the moment. Transmission of multi-carrier signals like OFDM ones are subject to high dynamic variation, quantified by the PAPR (Peak to Average Power Ratio) signal property. Nonlinearities occurring at the power amplification part implies the transmitter to be linearized for preserving the information integrity. This paper presents a new multi-standard linearized RF transmitter architecture based on both EER and LINC techniques. The goal is to cancel the influence of the high PAPR of an OFDM signal as soon as possible in the different steps of the transmitter. In order to maintain the overall efficiency, the use of switched PAs is promoted, which is possible thanks to the constant (envelope) power property occurring by the proposed EER–LINC method. New circuit designs are necessary, and comparison with classical EER and LINC solutions is discussed.     

Target detection for low cost uncooled MWIR cameras based on empirical mode decomposition

In this work, a novel method for detecting low intensity fast moving objects with low cost Medium Wavelength Infrared (MWIR) cameras is proposed. The method is based on background subtraction in a video sequence obtained with a low density Focal Plane Array (FPA) of the newly available uncooled lead selenide (PbSe) detectors. Thermal instability along with the lack of specific electronics and mechanical devices for canceling the effect of distortion make background image identification very difficult. As a result, the identification of targets is performed in low signal to noise ratio (SNR) conditions, which may considerably restrict the sensitivity of the detection algorithm. These problems are addressed in this work by means of a new technique based on the empirical mode decomposition, which accomplishes drift estimation and target detection. Given that background estimation is the most important stage for detecting, a previous denoising step enabling a better drift estimation is designed. Comparisons are conducted against a denoising technique based on the wavelet transform and also with traditional drift estimation methods such as Kalman filtering and running average. The results reported by the simulations show that the proposed scheme has superior performance.     

Transmission performance of optical OFDM signals with low peak-to-average power ratio by a phase modulator

We have experimentally generated optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OOFDM) signals by a phase modulator (PM). The generated OOFDM signal can tolerant higher nonlinear effects in fiber than that generated by an intensity modulator because of its lower peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR). It is shown that, by using a PM, the PAPR of the OOFDM signal has a 2-3 dB reduction and the input power in fiber can be improved over 3 dB.     

Simulation of Third-Order Intermodulation Distortion Suppression Incorporating Dual-Parallel Mach–Zehnder Modulator in a CR-SSB Modulation

A novel scheme is proposed to enlarge the spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) of microwave photonic (MWP) link by using dual-parallel Mach–Zehnder modulator, which modifies the single sideband signal and replaces the optical carrier with an unmodulated one to remove the optical main sources of third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3). Simulation results show that the IMD3 and fifth-order intermodulation distortion can be suppressed greatly even when the modulation depth increases to a high value, and the link is limited by seventh-order intermodulation distortion and the SFDR is improved by 34.2 dB Hz in a 1-Hz bandwidth. The error vector magnitude of the MWP link with the proposed scheme is improved significantly for the transmitted 1-Gbit/s 16- quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signal.     

Companding scheme for peak-to-average power ratio reduction in optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing systems

A companding method for peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction in optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing systems has been proposed and simulated. The proposed scheme is based on the modified hyperbolic tangent transform, which can enlarge the small signals and compress the large signals while keeping the average power invariant. Simulation results verify that the proposed companding scheme can markedly decrease the PAPR, and a good bit error rate performance is obtained.     

联合重叠压缩感知法消除水声通信系统限幅噪声

针对正交频分复用(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing,OFDM)水声通信系统的高峰值平均功率比(Peakto-Average Ratio,PAPR)问题,在发射端采用了压扩变换法和限幅法联合的方法降低PAPR。由于限幅法会产生带内干扰和带外噪声,降低通信系统的误码性能,因此利用限幅噪声的稀疏性,在接收端采用压缩感知(Compressed Sensing,CS)法对限幅噪声进行估计和恢复。限幅噪声的估计受信道估计准确性的影响,为提高限幅噪声估计的准确度,提出了重叠压缩感知算法,在恢复限幅噪声的过程中利用了压缩感知信道估计法估计所得的信道信息和发射数据对限幅噪声进行估计,有效降低了限幅法对系统误码性能的影响。仿真和水池实验验证了该算法的有效性。      

OFDM symbol detection integrated with channel multipath gains estimation for doubly-selective fading channels

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a technique for wideband transmission that is commonly used in modern wireless communication systems because of its good performance over frequency selective channels. However OFDM systems are sensitive to channel time variations resulting in Inter-Carrier Interference (ICI), that without suitable detection methods can degrade performance significantly. Channel State Information (CSI) is essential to various OFDM detection schemes, and its acquisition is a critical factor over time varying channels. This work considers a Kalman filter channel multipath gains estimation technique for time varying environments, integrated with a novel detection scheme for OFDM based on a Sphere Decoding (SD) algorithm derived to exploit the banded structure of the channel matrix. This combined scheme employs decision–feedback from the SD requiring only a low pilot symbol density, and hence improves bandwidth efficiency. Three techniques for integrating the Kalman filter operating in decision–feedback mode, with SD data detection that produces these decisions, are considered in this paper. When compared with other competing schemes, this integrated symbol detection and channel multipath gains estimation approach for OFDM provides performance advantages over time varying channels. Furthermore, it is shown that for moderate Doppler shifts the degradation that carrier phase noise induces in this scheme is small.     

Wavelet modulation: An alternative modulation with low energy consumption

This paper presents wavelet modulation, based on the discrete wavelet transform, as an alternative modulation with low energy consumption. The transmitted signal has low envelope variations, which induces a good efficiency for the power amplifier. Wavelet modulation is analyzed and compared for different wavelet families with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) in terms of peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), power spectral density (PSD) properties, and the impact of the power amplifier on the spectral regrowth. The performance in terms of bit error rate and complexity of implementation are also evaluated, and several trade-offs are characterized.     

Signal restoration in intensity-modulated optical OFDM access systems

It is well known that deliberate signal clipping in an intensity-modulated (IM) laser transmitter helps to overcome the optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system performance limitation that is related to the signal high peak-to-average power ratio. The amplitude of a clipped OFDM signal has to be optimized in order to minimize the optical power that is required to achieve a specified system performance. However, the signal clipping introduces nonlinear distortion (so-called clipping noise) and leads to a system performance penalty. In this Letter, the performance of the IM optical OFDM system with digital baseband clipping distortion in the transmitter and clipping noise compensation by means of signal restoration in the digital signal processing unit of the system receiver is analytically evaluated. It is demonstrated that the system bit-error ratio can be reduced by more than an order of magnitude, from 10(-3) to 3.5×10(-5), by applying only the first iteration of the signal restoration algorithm proposed in this Letter. The results of the analytical analysis are verified with brute-force numerical simulations based on direct error counting.     

QoS enhancement in OFDM based systems under transceiver impairments

Broadband wireless systems generally use orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with link adaptation (LA) to achieve high throughput while meeting bit error rate (BER) constraint. OFDM systems are known to be affected by non-linearity of high power amplifier (HPA) at transmitter, carrier frequency offset (CFO), symbol timing offset (STO) and channel estimation error at the receiver. The delay in feedback of channel state information (CSI) further affects the performance of LA procedures. The focus of this work is on performance analysis in presence of simultaneous affect of all these impairments on LA based OFDM systems. The results are found to be useful for threshold readjustment which is essential for successful implementation of LA scheme to counter the effects of change in operating conditions from ideal to as listed above.     

All-optical regeneration of DQPSK/QPSK signals based on phase-sensitive amplification

An all-optical regeneration scheme for DQPSK and QPSK signals using phase-sensitive amplifiers (PSAs) is studied and its effectiveness is investigated through numerical simulations. By leveraging the ability of PSAs to provide phase and amplitude regenerative amplification, we show significant simultaneous suppression of both phase and amplitude noises of (D)QPSK signals under optimized conditions. The reduction in the phase noise variance of a noise-corrupted DQPSK signal obtained by one such regenerative amplification can be as large as ∼5.5 folds, showing its good potential for distributed optical regeneration of (D)QPSK signals.     

The Application of Fractal Transform and Entropy for Improving Fault Tolerance and Load Balancing in Grid Computing Environments

This paper applies the entropy-based fractal indexing scheme that enables the grid environment for fast indexing and querying. It addresses the issue of fault tolerance and load balancing-based fractal management to make computational grids more effective and reliable. A fractal dimension of a cloud of points gives an estimate of the intrinsic dimensionality of the data in that space. The main drawback of this technique is the long computing time. The main contribution of the suggested work is to investigate the effect of fractal transform by adding R-tree index structure-based entropy to existing grid computing models to obtain a balanced infrastructure with minimal fault. In this regard, the presented work is going to extend the commonly scheduling algorithms that are built based on the physical grid structure to a reduced logical network. The objective of this logical network is to reduce the searching in the grid paths according to arrival time rate and path’s bandwidth with respect to load balance and fault tolerance, respectively. Furthermore, an optimization searching technique is utilized to enhance the grid performance by investigating the optimum number of nodes extracted from the logical grid. The experimental results indicated that the proposed model has better execution time, throughput, makespan, latency, load balancing, and success rate.