Frequency shift filter‐based multi‐carrier transceiver

It is well known that orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is sensitive to carrier frequency offset (CFO) and suffers from a high peak‐to‐average ratio. In addition, the performance of OFDM is severely affected by strong co‐channel interference and strong narrowband interference. To mitigate the limitations of OFDM, we propose a new multi‐carrier transceiver based on frequency‐shift filter. A frequency‐shift filter can separate spectrally overlapping sub‐carrier signals by exploiting the spectral correlation inherent in the cyclostationary modulated signals. To increase spectral efficiency, we increase the percentage of spectral overlap between two adjacent sub‐channels. We derive an upper bound and a lower bound on the bit error rate performance of the proposed multi‐carrier transceiver in additive white Gaussian noise channel and frequency‐nonselective Rayleigh fading channel, respectively. Compared with OFDM, our simulation results show that the proposed multi‐carrier transceiver is much less sensitive to CFO and has a lower peak‐to‐average ratio; moreover, without any additional interference suppression technique, the proposed transceiver has the advantage of being able to mitigate strong co‐channel interference with CFO from the intended multi‐carrier signal and mitigate strong narrowband interference in additive white Gaussian noise channel and in Rayleigh fading channel in which a large CFO between the transmitted signal and the received signal often occurs. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sequential frequency reuse with power control for OFDMA systems

Orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) is a promising technique for high data rate communications in future cellular systems. Since frequency resources are universally reused in every cell in a system, a typical OFDMA system tries to maximize the spectral efficiency. Users located near the cell‐edge tend to have the weakest signal strength. So they might experience severe inter‐cell interferences (ICIs). In this paper, we propose a sequential frequency reuse (SqFR) that reduces ICIs by a sequential sub‐channel allocation. By giving more power to sub‐carriers allocated to cell‐edge users, our SqFR significantly enhances the performance of cell‐edge users. The performance of the proposed SqFR is investigated via the analysis and simulations. Simulation results show that proposed SqFR improves the performance of cell‐edge users in an OFDMA system under both homogeneous and heterogeneous traffic conditions. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于phyphox软件研究声波干涉的居家实验

信息技术的发展日新月异,智能手机的出现使得居家实验成为了现实.基于智能手机phyphox软件的声波干涉实验现象明显,且从定性和定量的角度辅助学生更好地理解波的干涉.此实验仪器简单,操作简易,有利于培养学生的自主探究能力.     

强聚焦泵浦产生纠缠光子的Hong-Ou-Mandel干涉

(86.6±1.0)Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM)干涉是光子的一种非经典效应,在量子光学中起到重要作用.偏硼酸钡(β-barium borate, BBO)具有较高的非线性效率,常被用来产生双光子态,进而展示HOM干涉.然而,在以前的实验中,人们往往使用带通滤光片对双光子的频谱进行过滤,所得光谱由带通滤光片直接决定,而对BBO晶体自身的原始光谱,特别是泵浦光强聚焦下的原始光谱,缺乏系统性研究.本文对泵浦光强聚焦条件下BBO晶体产生的双光子纠缠态光谱分布和HOM干涉进行了深入研究.理论计算发现,使用50 mm透镜聚焦的情况和无聚焦情况相比,下转换光的光谱宽度会增加7.4倍, HOM干涉条纹的宽度会减少为无聚焦情况的1/8,干涉条纹可见度会从53.0%提高到98.7%.实验上使用II型BBO晶体制备了能量-时间纠缠态,并进行了HOM干涉,获得了%的干涉可见度.干涉可见度极大提高的原因在于强聚焦改善了光谱的对称性.此外,本文提出的不同入射角获得不同光谱分布的技术方案有望在未来应用于高维量子纠缠态的制备.     

Non-Rayleigh photon statistics of superbunching pseudothermal light

Superbunching pseudothermal light has important applications in studying the second-and higher-order interference of light in quantum optics.Unlike the photon statistics of thermal or pseudothermal light is well understood,the photon statistics of superbunching pseudothermal light has not been studied yet.In this paper,we will employ single-photon detectors to measure the photon statistics of superbunching pseudothermal light and calculate the degree of second-order coherence.It is found that the larger the value of the degree of second-order coherence of superbunching pseudothermal light is,the more the measured photon distribution deviates from the one of thermal or pseudothermal light in the tail part.The results are helpful to understand the physics of two-photon superbunching with classical light.It is suggested that superbunching pseudothermal light can be employed to generate non-Rayleigh temporal speckles.     

Three-dimensional coupled-mode model and characteristics of low-frequency sound propagation in ocean waveguide with seamount topography

Large-scale topography, such as a seamount, substantially impacts low-frequency sound propagation in an ocean waveguide, limiting the application of low-frequency acoustic detecting techniques. A three-dimensional (3D) coupled-mode model is developed to calculate the acoustic field in an ocean waveguide with seamount topography and analyze the 3D effect. In this model, a correction is introduced in the bottom boundary, theoretically making the acoustic field satisfy the energy conservation. Furthermore, a large azimuth angle calculation range is obtained by using the operator theory and higher-order Padé approximation. Additionally, the model has advantages related to the coupling mode and parabolic equation theory. The couplings corresponding to the effects of range-dependent environment are fully considered, and the numerical implementation is kept feasible. After verifying the accuracy and reliability of the model, low-frequency sound propagation characteristics in the seamount environment are analyzed. The results indicate lateral variability in bathymetry can lead to out-of-plane effects such as the horizontal refraction phenomenon, while the coupling effect tends to restore the abnormal sound field and produces acoustic field diffraction behind the seamount. This model effectively considers the effects of the horizontal refraction and coupling, which are proportional to the scale of the seamount.     

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.     

New generalized zero forcing beamforming for serving more users in energy-harvesting enabled networks

This paper considers a multi-user wireless communication network supported by a multiple-antenna base station (BS), where the users who are located sufficiently close to the BS employ wireless energy harvesting (EH) to replenish their energy needs. The objective of this work is to design an efficient beamforming to maximize the minimum throughput among all the information users (IUs), subject to EH constraints. In this regard, transmit time-switching approach is employed, where energy and information are transmitted over different fractions of a time-slot. To achieve efficient EH, a conjugate beamforming (matched filtering) is applied. To design efficient information beamforming for max–min throughput optimization, conventional zero-forcing (ZF) beamforming can be adopted, however, it will not suppress multi-user interference if the number of users is greater than the number of antennas at the BS. To this end, different from the existing works which employ regularized zero-forcing (RZF) beamforming, this work proposes a new generalized zero-forcing (GZF) beamforming, which promises better max–min throughput compared to that achieved by the RZF beamforming. A new path-following algorithm is developed to achieve max–min throughput optimization by GZF beamforming, which is based on a simple convex quadratic program over each iteration.     

Self-tuning adaptive neurocontroller for brushless DC motors

This paper describes a self-tuning adaptive neurocontroller for brushless DC motors. Nonlinear and unknown motor dynamics are identified by using a multilayer neural network and the control input for the motor is derived from the identified model. The effect of the load torque on the control system is damped by filtering the control input. Simulation and experimental results show that the self-tuning adaptive neurocontrol has a good tracking performance but needs an adaptive filter and a parallel PI controller in the case of disturbances.     

Potential interference and rain attenuation at 21.4–22 GHz downlink broadcasting satellite signals

World Radio Conference WRC-1992 has allocated the frequency band 21.4–22.0?GHz to regions 1 and 3 to be utilised to carry direct broadcasting satellite (DBS) services. This high-frequency band is more susceptible to rain attenuation, leading to degradation of the signal quality. Moreover, this frequency band is assigned to two different services, i.e. satellite broadcasting and fixed mobile services at the same regions; hence, the impact of intersystem interference in a depredated signal is a critical issue in the DBS receiver. In this study, the effects of rain attenuation on the DBS downlink signals as well as the impact of the potential interference on the reception quality will be estimated. An interference scenario will be introduced to investigate the system performance in both propagation mechanisms of clear-sky and rain conditions.