Interference Mitigation in MIMO Systems by Subset Antenna Transmission

This paper investigates subset antenna transmission (SAT) for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems in the presence of strong dominant co-channel interferer. The capacity gain from SAT is investigated in the context of optimal antenna subset selection and power allocation. The SAT does not require channel state information of the co-channel interference, and achieves capacity gains by distributing the transmit power equally over a selected subset of the transmit antennas. The capacity gain of the SAT method is analyzed in terms of transmit power and eigenvalues of channel matrix, and its performance in V-BLAST MIMO systems with various signal constellations is evaluated by computer simulation.     

Time-selective Access Control for Realtime Calls in a CDMA Common Trunk

We address the problem of dynamically allocating radio resource to various call types over the single CDMA common trunk. Based on the estimation of queue waiting time (QWT) of non-realtime (NRT) calls, we decide the appropriate allocation method to each call between Time Divisional (TD) and Code Divisional (CD) type resource allocation. We perform queuing analysis to derive closed-form expressions for QWT, which enables the delay-guarantee of access control scheme easy to solve in realtime (RT) fashion. This quickness and simplicity of the proposed method to any traffic environment well manifests its potential to real-world implementations. Computational experience also reveals its effectiveness in utilizing resource over the static radio resource allocation schemes, implemented in the presently operative 3G CDMA systems.     

Design of an enhanced access point to optimize TCP performance in Wi-Fi hotspot networks

In the last years, the number of Wi-Fi hotspots at public venues has undergone a substantial growth, promoting the WLAN technologies as the ubiquitous solution to provide high-speed wireless connectivity in public areas. However, the adoption of a random access CSMA-based paradigm for the 802.11 MAC protocol makes difficult to ensure high throughput and a fair allocation of radio resources in 802.11-based WLANs. In this paper we evaluate extensively via simulations the interaction between the flow control mechanisms implemented at the TCP layer and the contention avoidance techniques used at the 802.11 MAC layer. We conducted our study considering initially M wireless stations performing downloads from the Internet. From our results, we observed that the TCP downlink throughput is not limited by the collision events, but by the inability of the MAC protocol to assign a higher chance of accessing the channel to the base station. We propose a simple and easy to implement modification of the base station’s behavior with the purpose of increasing the TCP throughput reducing useless MAC protocol overheads. With our scheme, the base station is allowed to transmit periodically bursts of data frames towards the mobile hosts. We design a resource allocation protocol aimed at maximizing the success probability of the uplink transmissions by dynamically adapting the burst length to the collision probability estimated by the base station. By its design, our scheme is also beneficial to achieve a fairer allocation of the channel bandwidth among the downlink and uplink flows, and among TCP and UDP flows. Simulation results confirm both the improvement in the TCP downlink throughput and the reduction of system unfairness.     

Broad distributions from resource partitioning

We present a model describing a generic process in which a finite resource is partitioned and distributed among agents. Through numerical simulation we show that the model considered is able to originate, within a unifying approach, a variety of broad distributions and provides an interpretation of empirical properties of distributions observed in the real world. In particular it allows to relate the exponent of the power-law part of the distributions to resource abundance and accessibility, while the left-end exponential behavior, observed in many distributions, is related to the presence of dissipative effects.     

The economics of integration of DVB‐S with terrestrial technologies and the role of dynamic bandwidth management

This paper presents the technoeconomic aspects of network solutions based on integration of satellite and terrestrial, based on ADSL, WLAN and DVB‐T technologies, architectures. Following a discussion of the general deployment context, the business case framework is described in terms of areas served, services offered, tariffs, demand assumptions, as well as network architecture and dimensioning rules. The key cost items are presented and economic estimations are provided in the case of telecom operators, which integrate satellite bandwidth with terrestrial technologies in different area types. The evaluated business cases have shown that the satellite rental cost (airtime cost) level is one of the most critical parameter for the economic indicator of present value. Therefore, agreements with satellite operators for spectrum usage will give operators space for business opportunities and acceptable profit margins. In addition, dynamic bandwidth allocation schemes can exploit the aggregated traffic within satellite transmission, which can benefit satellite, telecom and cable operators offering entertainment on broadband business as well as new entrants in broadband business, equipment vendors, broadcasters and TV companies. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于天线波束成形的OFDMA系统的自适应资源分配

对正交频分复用接入系统在多用户多天线传输情况下的自适应资源分配策略进行了研究,提出了一种基于天线波束成形的,包括动态子载波分配、自适应调制、比特加载的无线资源分配方案.算法的优化设计目标是在满足总的恒定传输比特数和误比特率性能要求的情况下,使得系统总的发射功率最小.仿真结果表明,由于多天线阵列增益和多用户分集增益,系统整体性能得到了明显的优化.     

OFDM系统的功率和比特分配算法

OFDM(正交频分复用)是高速无线数据通信系统最有力的候选技术之一。在OFDM系统中,能够根据各个信道的衰减对各载波的发送功率和传输的比特数进行动态分配,从而使系统性能达到最佳。首先介绍了功率和比特分配的最优算法、贪婪算法,并针对贪婪算法迭代次数多的不足,提出了一种改进的贪婪算法。该算法通过修改迭代过程的初始条件,大大简化了贪婪算法的计算复杂度。仿真结果表明,改进的贪婪算法能够在保持发送比特总数不变的同时有效减少迭代的次数。     

TD-SCDMA系统的一种慢速动态信道分配算法

动态信道分配是TD-SCDMA的关键技术之一,根据网络负载和干扰的变化自适应地调整信道资源,使之达到合理配置。文中针对TD-SCDMA系统的帧结构,分析了双小区模型,并提出了一种采用双小区相同上下行时隙进行信道分配的方法,仿真结果表明:与传统的固定信道分配算法相比,推荐的算法大大提高了频谱利用率及系统容量。     

以太网无源光网络的服务质量分析

以太网无源光网络正成为当前光接入网研究的热点课题．本文重点研究了服务质量问题。在分析EPON系统QoS问题的基础上，利用优先级排队理论对基于QoS的DBA算法的性能进行了理论分析，指出DBA算法进一步优化的方向。     

发送端已知信道均值或协方差信息的MIMO系统的功率分配

本文研究了在发送端已知信道均值或协方差信息情况下单用户多输入多输出（MIMO）系统的功率分配问题．发送端已知信道均值信息时，信道建模为非相关莱斯信道；发送端已知协方差信息时，信道建模为相关瑞利信道．通过最大化遍历（ergodic）信道容量的一个较紧的下界，针对发送端已知信道均值或协方差信息的情况分别提出了新的功率分配的方案．仿真结果验证了该功率分配方法的有效性。