A high-speed adaptive antenna array with simultaneous multibeam-forming capability

A new type of adaptive beamforming antenna system architecture is proposed for multichannel wireless communications. Multibeam communication with high data throughput is accomplished using the proposed beamformer architecture. The system consists of analog mixers, a multitone direct digital synthesizer (DDS), and a digital signal processor (DSP) controller. The essential idea of multibeam forming is based on a multitone weighting scheme combined with analog-digital hybrid signal processing. While the real-time multibeam construction is realized by the analog mixer circuits and a DDS, the complicated adaptive beamforming and direction-of-arrival estimation algorithms are carried out by the DSP. In this architecture, only one beamformer circuit is required to handle multiple beams, leading to significant reduction in hardware counts. A 5.8-GHz eight-element adaptive beamforming array successfully demonstrates two-beam simultaneous beamforming with less than three degrees of peak and steering errors and more than 20-dB interference suppression. The test-bed exhibits successful two-channel data recovery at 25-Mb/s data throughput in each channel with binary phase-shift keying modulation, for simultaneous dual-beam reception. The bit-error-rate measurement validates the robustness of the communication quality under strong interferences.     

A compact digital beamforming SMILE array for mobile communications

A compact spatial multiplexing of local elements (SMILE) scheme smart antenna array with adaptive beamforming is presented. Low-noise amplifiers are implemented as switching elements to maintain a low system noise figure and allow fast switching. The switching scheme effectively reduces N RF channels to one, reducing the amount of costly RF hardware by a factor of N. The sampling rate must be higher than the signal bandwidth based on the Nyquist criterion to ensure proper restoration of the original signal. Measured data for destination of arrival estimation, beamforming, and digital data recovery demonstrate the capability and benefits of digital beamforming with this architecture.     

Smart antenna system analysis, integration and performance formobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs)

This paper focuses on the interaction and integration of several critical components of a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) using smart antenna systems. A MANET is a wireless network where the communicating nodes are mobile and the network topology is continuously changing. One of the central motivations for this work comes from the observed dependence of the overall network throughput on the design of the adaptive antenna system and its underlying signal processing algorithms. In fact, a major objective of this work is to study and document the overall efficiency of the network in terms of the antenna pattern and the length of the training sequence used by the beamforming algorithms. This study also considers in sufficient detail problems dealing with the choice of direction of arrival algorithm and the performance of the adaptive beamformer in the presence of antenna coupling effects. Furthermore, the paper presents strategies and algorithms to combat the effects of fading channels on the overall system     

A Novel Receiver Architecture for DBF Antenna Array

The developments of the high speed analog to digital converters （ADC） and advanced digital signal processors （DSP） make the smart antenna with digital beamforming （DBF） a reality. In conventional M-elements array antenna system, each element has its own receiving channel and ADCs. In this paper, a novel smart antenna receiver with digital beamforming is proposed. The essential idea is to realize the digital beamforming receiver based on bandpass sampling of multiple distinct intermediate frequency （IF） signals. The proposed system reduces receiver hardware from M IF channels and 2M ADCs to one IF channel and one ADC using a heterodyne radio frequency （RF） circuitry and a multiple bandpass sampling digital receiver. In this scheme, the sampling rate of the ADC is much higher than the summation of the M times of the signal bandwidth. The local oscillator produces different local frequency for each RF channel The receiver architecture is presented in detail, and the simulation of bandpass sampling of multiple signals and digital down conversion to baseband is given. The principle analysis and simulation results indicate the effectiveness of the new proposed receiver.     

用于增强信号的自适应广义特征向量跟踪算法

广义特征分解技术在现代自适应信号处理中占有重要地位.本文提出了一种新的无约束损失函数用于广义特征分解,并且分析了损失函数的特性.通过应用递推最小二乘(RLS)技术来最小化损失函数,得到了用于求解最大广义特征值对应的广义特征向量的自适应算法.并将这种算法应用于CDMA系统中的智能天线波束形成问题.仿真结果表明算法具有快速收敛和动态跟踪能力.     

基于自适应拟牛顿法的CDMA天线阵列波束形成

针对于CDMA系统自适应天线阵列,提出了一种新的盲自适应MSINR(Maximum Signal-to-Interference plus noise ratio)波束形成算法.首先,将MSINR准则转化为一种新的无约束损失函数,并且从理论上分析该损失函数的性质.然后,应用自适应拟牛顿方法得到在线迭代波束形成算法.该算法无需训练序,而是利用CDMA信号自身的结构特点,结合空间处理提高了系统性能.最后,给出了仿真结果,表明算法具有较快的收敛速度和良好的动态跟踪能力.     

基于QPSK的智能天线固定多波束基带DBF算法

射频(RF)波束形成算法,难以直接采用数字信号处理(DSP)技术,实时完成数字波束形成(DBF)计算.对于相移键控(PSK)调制方式,本文认为RF波束形成算法可等效在基带实现.针对四相相移键控(QPSK)调制方式,本文提出了一种新的智能天线固定多波束基带DBF算法.与RF波束形成算法相比,提出的算法可实现同样的辐射方向图,但需要的计算量却大幅度地降低.基带DBF算法,使智能天线的实现更为简单、应用更为灵活、性能更为优良,对推动智能天线技术实用化发展具有重大意义.     

基于DOA的自适应波束形成策略

由多波束智能天线的工作原理可知,其实质是对空间的离散化。将这一思想用于自适应智能天线,根据DOA估计,对用户周围的空间离散化,提出了一种自适应智能天线波束形成策略,可以有效避开自适应智能天线算法实时运算量大的问题。     

一个基于软件无线电的智能天线接收系统

智能天线技术是第三代移动通信中的核心技术之一,最初主要应用于雷达和军用抗干扰通信。随着软件无线电技术的发展,采用全数字处理,在基带通过对接收和发送信号的波束赋形,可以极大提高无线通信系统的容量和抗干扰能力。文中在讨论智能天线的基本原理和设计思路的基础上,提出并实现了一个适于扩频通信的智能天线接收系统。系统硬件平台的搭建以及固定波束形成的实现,为以后的软件算法的性能评估打下了基础。     

Beamforming experiment with a DBF multibeam antenna in a mobilesatellite environment

This paper describes a digital beamforming (DBF) multibeam antenna that incorporates a compact digital signal processor (DSP) engine, and the results of using it in a beamforming experiment receiving a satellite signal in a land-mobile environment. A considerable reduction in the scale of the DSP engine has been achieved by using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). To capture a satellite signal arriving from an unknown direction, a two-dimensional (2-D) spatial FFT signal processing provides orthogonal multibeam patterns on the broad side of a planar array antenna. The experimental results demonstrated the features of coarse acquisition and tracking of a signal arrival by selecting the strongest of the beams without assistance from direction finding sensors or microwave phase shifters. The DBF multibeam antenna will provide high-quality communications and increase traffic capacity if it is applied to high-gain mobile antennas or multispot-beam base station antennas in cellular or satellite mobile communications     

CDMA系统智能天线盲自适应波束形成

给出了基于最大化信号对干扰和噪声的功率比(MSINR)准则的盲自适应波束形成在线递推算法,旨在提高DS-CDMA系统中智能天线的性能.将MSINR准则转化为一种新的等价的无约束准则函数,通过最大化此准则函数来在线估计最优波束形成向量.算法直接利用了DS-CDMA系统解扩前和解扩后的观测信号,无须训练序列.通过在线迭代估计,降低了计算波束权值的复杂度.不同通信环境中的仿真结果表明,该算法具有较高的估计精度和很好的抗多址干扰能力.     

一种新的数字阵列雷达接收机技术

高速ADC和先进DSP器件的进展使数字波束形成智能天线的实现成为现实。在传统的M单元天线阵系统中,每一单元都有各自的接收通道和ADC,设备量大。文中提出了一种适合于多通道数字阵列雷达接收系统的新型数字接收机结构,其主要思想是基于多个不同信号的带通采样原理实现数字阵列雷达接收机,新接收机结构使IF接收通道和基带采样ADC显著减少,功耗大大降低。阐述了数字阵列接收的数据模型和工作原理,分析了多信号带通采样信号频率和采样率的关系,给出了采样率选取的约束条件。新接收机在降低设备量的同时,还减小了接收系统通道间幅一相不一致性失真。     

Mobile Hotspot Network System for High‐Speed Railway Communications Using Millimeter Waves

We propose a millimeter wave (MMW)‐based mobile hotspot network (MHN) system for application in high‐speed railways that is capable of supporting a peak backhaul link throughput of 1 Gbps per train at 400 km/h. The MHN system can be implemented in subways and high‐speed trains to support passengers with smart devices and provide access to the Internet. The proposed system can overcome the inherent high path loss in MMW through system designs and high antenna gains. We present a simulation of the system performance that shows that a fixed beamforming strategy can provide high signal‐to‐interference‐plus‐noise‐ratio similar to those of an adaptive beamforming strategy, with the exception of 15% of the train path in which the network can use link adaptation with low‐order modulation formats or trigger a handover to maintain the connection. We also demonstrate the feasibility of the MHN system using a test bed deployed in Seoul subway line 8. The backhaul link throughput varies instantaneously between 200 Mbps and 500 Mbps depending on the SNR variations while the train is running. During the field trial, the smartphones used could make connections through offloading.     

智能天线非理想波束赋形对TD-SCDMA系统性能的影响

在实际的无线网络中,由于无线信道的复杂性以及DOA估计的误差,会导致智能天线系统的波束赋形出现一定程度的偏差。该文通过分析智能天线系统的原理,提出了非理想波束赋形智能天线对系统性能影响的研究方法,研究了智能天线系统的鲁棒性以及不理想波束赋形的智能天线对TD-SCDMA系统性能的影响。理论和仿真结果表明,波束赋形的准确度直接影响移动通信系统的性能,系统所能容忍的波束赋形偏差有一个固定的门限值,该门限值随着系统负载的增加而减小。     

基于MUSIC和LMS算法的智能天线设计

基于来渡方向估计和自适应波束成形的智能天线系统,用多重信号分类(MUSIC)算法实现来波方向估计,辨识天线阵列上接收信号的各个方向,使用最小均方误差(LUS)的自适应算法控制天线的主辩方向,实现对期望信号的跟踪,同时实现对干扰信号的零陷处理.文中使用Matlab编程进行计算机仿真,通过仿真结果,MUSIC算法可以识别天线接收端的信号的入射方向,LMS算法可以实现对干扰信号的抑制.     

数字波束形成器的工程实现

数字波束形成技术是天线波束形成原理与数字信号处理技术相结合的产物,其广泛应用于阵列信号处理领域。本文介绍了数字波束形的基本原理和基于FPGA和DSP的具体工程实现。     

智能天线自适应波束形成技术现状及发展

文章介绍了智能天线自适应波束形成技术的基本概念及典型自适应波束形成方法，归纳了自适应波束智能天线的主要结构形式。在此基础上，分析了自适应波束智能天线实现中面临的几个问题，探讨了自适应波束形成技术未来的发展趋势。     

CDMA系统中一种反向链路自适应波束成形算法

在已有波束成形算法基础上,针对码分多址(CDMA)系统反向链路,给出相应智能天线信号模型及性能分析;并基于最大功率输出准则,采用幂法迭代计算,提出一种适合于高速环境的自适应波束成形算法.与原有一些算法相比,该算法仅计算解扩后信号的最大特征矢量,有效地降低了计算量,且性能稳定;可很好地应用于高速车载多径环境.计算机仿真结果表明在相同衰落情况下所提算法性能可接近于性能较好的码滤波法,但复杂度远低于后者,从而实现了以低的计算复杂度获得较好的系统性能.     

利用PN码的盲自适应波束形成算法

本文基于卫星导航定位系统接收机的智能天线抗干扰应用背景。研究了利用PN码的盲自适应波束形成算法。首先介绍了LS-DRMTA算法，然后提出了DR-LMS类自适应波束形成算法。仿真结果表明，DR-LMS类算法具有和LS-DRMTA算法；DR-LMS类算法。     

Software radio architecture with smart antennas: a tutorial onalgorithms and complexity

There has been considerable interest in using antenna arrays in wireless communication networks to increase the capacity and decrease the cochannel interference. Adaptive beamforming with smart antennas at the receiver increases the carrier-to-interference ratio (CIR) in a wireless link. This paper considers a wireless network with beamforming capabilities at the receiver which allows two or more transmitters to share the same channel to communicate with the base station. The concrete computational complexity and algorithm structure of a base station are considered in terms of a software radio system model, initially with an omnidirectional antenna. The software radio computational model is then expanded to characterize a network with smart antennas. The application of the software radio smart antenna is demonstrated through two examples. First, traffic improvement in a network with a smart antenna is considered, and the implementation of a hand-off algorithm in the software radio is presented. The blocking probabilities of the calls and total carried traffic in the system under different traffic policies are derived. The analytical and numerical results show that adaptive beamforming at the receiver reduces the probability of blocking and forced termination of the calls and increases the total carried traffic in the system. Then, a joint beamforming and power control algorithm is implemented in a software radio smart antenna in a CDMA network. This shows that, by using smart antennas, each user can transmit with much lower power, and therefore the system capacity increases significantly