一种分簇无线传感器网络中的分布式信源编码算法

针对密集型无线传感器网络中信息存在大量冗余的问题,该文提出了一种适用于分簇无线传感网络的分布式信源编码算法.该算法以边信息作为初始参考信源,利用信源间的相关性来决定各信源的编码顺序和参考信源,然后由各信源相对于参考信源进行相关编码,接收端则根据编码顺序和参考信源进行相关译码.该文同时针对模值编码的方式,给出了一种低复杂度的译码算法.理论分析和仿真结果表明,将该算法应用于分簇路由协议中可以有效地降低节点的发送比特数,从而降低网络的能耗以延长网络寿命.     

Harr小波数列在网络纠错码上的应用研究

正交小波函数在信号处理领域有着广泛的应用前景,但目前只能应用在连续信号上。研究了无线两信源中继通信模型上的中继节点展开新型网络纠错码的设计,并首次把这两个数列所特有的塔式重构和分解算法引入到相关的纠错码本设计和译码过程中。由于充分利用了信道的广播特性和该模型的拓扑结构,提出的两个Harr小波数列纠错码本设计方案的性能都远优于传统的纠错码设计方法。理论分析表明,在先验信息的帮助下,两个接收节点可以对码本进行分类,从而在局部上最大化码字之间的最小距离,从而获得最佳的检错纠错性能。在同等性能前提下,比起传统纠错码设计方法,两套新方案可以使中继节点的数据传输量分别下降40%和43%。     

基于双路单中继信道的网络-信道联合编码

在大型无线网络中,两用户节点进行信息交互,其间存在两个并行的中继节点但无直通链路。本文针对这一模型提出了一种网络-信道联合编码方案,具体方法是:在所有节点进行卷积编码,中继节点处还使用了网络编码,两用户同时接收到两路中继编码信息,从中减去本地信息后即构成分布式Turbo编码,用户端可通过迭代译码来获得对端信息。针对不同的应用环境,本文又给出了两种相关演变方案,并加以比较。仿真结果表明:与网络编码、信道编码单独设计的两种相关方案相比较,网络-信道联合编译码方案能获得更好的误帧率(PER)性能。     

格约简辅助MIMO双向中继网络编码设计

近年来,在无线通信领域受到广泛关注的网络编码技术,允许中继节点对接收到的多路数据流进行适当处理后转发多路数据流的合成信息.MIMO双向中继通信网络中网络编码方法分为两个阶段:两信源节点分别将预发送的数据行格约简辅助(LRA)进行预编码操作,然后发送给中继节点;中继节点利用概率分布特性估计去除噪声的异或阈值区域,利用异或阈值区域对接收到的混合信号进行区域量化处理,并将结果广播给两信源节点.仿真结果表明,本文所提出的网络编码方法比经典的放大转发MIMO双向中继网络编码方法在性能上获得了较大的增益.     

多接入中继信道中的单中继选择

研究表明,协作中继选择能提高无线中继网络的鲁棒性和能效。文中研究一个多接入中继信道,包含2个信源,N个中继和1个信宿。中继节点为半双工,对两个信源的信号采用非再生的网络编码。考虑直接链路,基于最佳最差信道、最佳信噪比和最佳调和平均选择,提出新的选择策略。仿真结果表明其在性能上优于原有策略。     

基于网络编码的无线网络分布式协作通信机制

 本文提出了一种基于无线网络编码的协作通信机制NCCC.无线网络编码能够在取得合作分集的性能增益的同时,降低网络中断概率.分布式中继节点选择算法是NCCC机制的核心,该算法根据即时信道状态,选择执行网络编码操作的最优中继节点.理论和仿真结果证明, NCCC机制可以提高无线网络双向多信源多信宿传输的性能和鲁棒性.     

多源多目的模型中网络编码的时延性能分析

研究表明基于无线信道的广播特性,网络编码技术能够显著降低多播通信中的传输时延。多源多播模型中,在任一源节点已知其他源节点信息的条件下,现有传输方案能够确保系统时延最小化。本文在其他源节点信息未知时,对现有多源多目的单中继模型应用网络编码后的时延性能进行分析,并将该模型推广到多中继模型,提出了基于网络编码和机会中继选择策略的MR-OPP-NC方案,并在译码转发机制下,利用中断概率量化了应用网络编码前后的时延性能,仿真表明本文所提MR-OPP-NC方案与未使用网络编码的机会中继方案相比较,能获得显著的时延增益。      

无线Adhoc网络中一种基于网络编码的协同MAC协议

协同通信中,中继节点通常用来转发源节点的数据分组.但是从中继节点的角度出发,帮助其它节点转发数据会降低其自身的性能,导致中继低效率问题的出现.针对此问题,该文基于网络编码设计了一种适用于无线Ad hoc网络的协同MAC协议.该协议将网络编码和协同机制相结合,在需要协同传输时,利用网络编码让中继节点在发送源节点数据的同时也发送自身的数据,利用网络编码来解决协同传输中中继低效率问题,进一步提升协同传输的性能.该文还在2维Markov退避模型的基础上,加入了网络编码和协同机制,对所提协议在多跳网络中进行了吞吐量性能分析,并探讨了网络节点数、多跳和信道质量对吞吐量性能的影响.仿真结果表明,相比一般的协同MAC协议,采用网络编码的协同MAC协议可以显著的改善系统性能,是解决协同传输中的中继低效率问题的有效手段.     

Turbo编码调制技术在物理层网络编码中的应用研究

在双向中继信道中,基于编码调制技术提出了一种Turbo编码调制技术(T-TCM)与物理层网络编码的联合实施方案.本方案采用了T-TCM,即将TCM中的卷积码用Turbo码代替,两个分量编码器用符号交织器分开.中继节点利用卷积码和网络编码的线性性质直接估计网络编码的码字,并在中继节点采用了基于符号的MAP译码算法.本方案将信道编码技术、调制技术以及物理层网络编码三者联合设计,不仅增加了无线网络的吞吐量,还提高了网络的频谱利用率.     

双向中继信道中物理层网络编码的检测

对双向中继信道中物理层网络编码的检测进行了研究,最大似然检测性能好但是实现复杂度高。因此,在信源节点未知信道状态信息情况下,提出了2种检测方案:基于似然比函数的似然比检测和基于最大后验概率准则的最大后验概率检测。同时,针对信源节点已知信道状态信息的特殊情形,进行了同样的推导。分析和仿真结果表明,相比于分别检测出2个信源信息的最大似然检测,似然比检测的BER性能更优,但似然比检测需要知道额外的噪声方差信息,最大后验概率检测与最大似然检测等价,而且最大后验概率检测在实现复杂度上相对较低。     

基于Turbo码的非理想中继协作性能研究

基于Turbo码的非理想中继信道协作方式是在加性高斯白噪声(AWGN)的环境下提出的一种协作通信方式。源节点将编码并调制后的信息分别传送给中继节点和目的节点,中继节点对接收到的码字进行译码、传送,目的节点接收2路不同的信号(一路是来自源节点未经过交织的信息比特和校验比特,另一路是来自中继信道经过交织后来的校验比特)并采用联合迭代的译码方式对其进行译码。仿真结果表明,同等条件下,基于Turbo码的非理想中继信道协作方式在纠错方面的性能远胜于点对点的Turbo码非协作方式。     

半双工译码转发中继信道下的空间耦合RA码设计

针对半双工译码转发中继信道,提出了一种可逼近三节点中继信道容量限的空间耦合RA码的设计方法。针对二进制删除信道,源节点分别向中继节点和目的节点发送空间耦合RA码,中继节点先正确恢复出源节点发送的空间耦合RA,然后再次编码产生额外的校验比特并转发给目的节点;目的节点结合中继节点发送的额外校验比特和源节点发送的空间耦合RA码进行译码,正确恢复出源节点的信息。为了评估所设计的空间耦合RA码在三节点中继信道下的渐近性能,推导了密度进化算法用于计算阈值。阈值分析结果表明,所提出的空间耦合RA码能够同时逼近源到中继链路和源到目的链路的容量限。同时,基于半双工二进制删除中继信道,仿真了所设计的空间耦合RA码的误码性能,结果表明,其误码性能与所推导的密度进化算法计算的阈值结果一致,呈现出逼近于容量限的优异性能,且优于采用空间耦合低密度奇偶校验(Low Density Parity Check,LDPC)码的性能。     

Differential space–time network coding in MIMO two‐way relay channel network

This paper focuses on noncoherent detection scheme for multiple‐input multiple‐output two‐way relay channel network with two two‐antennas source nodes and one single‐antenna relay node. An orthogonal differential space–time network coding (ODSTNC) scheme based on relay detection and forward protocol is proposed. The proposed scheme combines space–time coding with network coding, and the differential modulation and detection are used in both multiple access stage and broadcast stage. The multiple‐symbol differential detection is employed at the relay. The maximum likelihood decision and its low‐complexity sphere decoding decision are given. The upper and lower bounds on the average symbol error probability for this system under differential binary phase shift keying (DBPSK) are derived, and a diversity order of 2 is confirmed to be achieved. The simulation results show that the ODSTNC scheme has good performance, and it is available for the applications of far distance signal transmission between two terminals where channel state information is unknown. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Capacity Approaching Turbo Coding For Half-Duplex Relaying

In this paper, we develop capacity approaching turbo coding schemes for half-duplex relay systems as an extension of our previous work on coding for full-duplex relays. We consider the use of specific signal constellations (e.g., binary phase-shift keying) in transmission, develop practical coding schemes to be used at the source and the relay nodes, and describe a suitable information combining technique at the destination node. Unlike the full-duplex relay systems, the destination node does not perform joint decoding of multiple consecutive blocks; instead, it works with one frame at a time. Furthermore, for the half-duplex relaying scheme, the optimization of the length of the listening period for the relay node is an issue. By utilizing the information theoretical tools, we perform this optimization, and use it in our development of capacity approaching coding/decoding schemes. Specifically, when the fraction of time turns out to be less than the transmission rate, the relay node is unable to decode all the information bits transmitted, and a partial decoding approach has to be used. Through a comprehensive set of examples, we observe that the proposed scheme is promising to approach the corresponding information theoretical limits (bounds). In particular, for all the cases studied, we have obtained bit error rates of $10^{-5}$ or lower within 1–1.5 dB (in most cases, around within 1.2 dB) of the constrained capacity under a variety of channel conditions. Extensions of the proposed scheme to coded modulation and to multiple-input multiple-output systems are also described.      

解码前传半双工中继信道下协作LDPC码设计

为逼近解码前传半双工中继信道容量,该文提出一种协作LDPC编码结构及度分布优化方法。与双层删除LDPC码不同,该结构将中继校验比特视为协作LDPC码的一部分,目的端利用从信源和中继接收的消息进行联合译码获得信源信息。为了分析协作LDPC码性能,拓展传统外信息转移(EXIT)图,推导了基于消息错误概率的双层EXIT图噪声门限分析方法。在此基础上,提出了协作LDPC码度分布优化方法,采用差分进化算法搜索了一组具有最大噪声门限的协作LDPC码。实验仿真证明,与双层删除LDPC码相比,协作LDPC码的性能得到了不同程度的改善。     

Cooperative quadrature physical layer network coding in wireless relay networks

This paper proposes a cooperative quadrature physical layer network coding (CQPNC) scheme for a dual‐hop cooperative relay network, which consists of two source nodes, one relay node and one destination node. All nodes in the network have one antenna, and the two source nodes transmit their signals modulated with quadrature carriers. In this paper, a cooperative quadrature physical layer network coded decode‐and‐forward (DF) relay protocol (CQPNC‐DF) is proposed to transmit the composite information from the two source nodes via the relay node to the destination node simultaneously to reduce the number of time slots required for a transmission. The proposed CQPNC‐DF relay protocol is compared with time‐division multiple‐access amplify‐and‐forward (TDMA‐AF), TDMA‐DF, cooperative network coded DF (CNC‐DF) and cooperative analog network coded AF (CANC‐AF) relay protocols to demonstrate its effectiveness in terms of bit error rate (BER) and system throughput under different propagation conditions. The simulation results reveal that the proposed CQPNC‐DF relay protocol can significantly improve the network performance. Compared with two TDMA schemes and CNC‐DF, the proposal can provide up to 100% and 50% throughput gains, respectively. Moreover, no matter what the scene, the proposed scheme always has the lowest BER in the low SNR region. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Capacity-approaching turbo coding and iterative decoding for relay channels

In this paper, we design turbo-based coding schemes for relay systems together with iterative decoding algorithms. In the proposed schemes, the source node sends coded information bits to both the relay and the destination nodes, while the relay simultaneously forwards its estimate for the previous coded block to the destination after decoding and re-encoding. The destination observes a superposition of the codewords and uses an iterative decoding algorithm to estimate the transmitted messages. Different from the block-by-block decoding techniques used in the literature, this decoding scheme operates over all the transmitted blocks jointly. Various encoding and decoding approaches are proposed for both single-input single-output and multi-input multi-output systems over several different channel models. Capacity bounds and information-rate bounds with binary inputs are also provided, and it is shown that the performance of the proposed practical scheme is typically about 1.0-1.5 dB away from the theoretical limits, and a remarkable advantage can be achieved over the direct and multihop transmission alternatives.     

Bilayer expurgated LDPC codes with uncoded relaying

Bilayer low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes are an effective coding technique for decode-and-forward relaying, where the relay forwards extra parity bits to help the destination to decode the source bits correctly. In the existing bilayer coding scheme, these parity bits are protected by an error correcting code and assumed reliably available at the receiver. We propose an uncoded relaying scheme, where the extra parity bits are forwarded to the destination without any protection. Through density evolution analysis and simulation results, we show that our proposed scheme achieves better performance in terms of bit erasure probability than the existing relaying scheme. In addition, our proposed scheme results in lower complexity at the relay.     

一种选择发送的协作网络编码及其性能分析

衰落环境中,自动重传技术是实现错误处理、完成数据传输的有效方法之一。本文提出了一种选择发送的协作网络编码（Cooperative Network Coding based on Selective Transmission,ST CNC）,该技术在数据重传过程中,将空时协同发送与网络编码技术相结合,可以有效减少重传次数,提高网络资源利用率。针对一发两收系统,单个中继节点辅助传输的情形,分析了ST CNC的中断性能和网络编码增益,结果表明:相对于传统的广播策略,选择发送的协作网络编码可以获得2阶分集增益;此外,在中低信噪比区域,ST CNC同时可以获得明显的网络编码增益。      

Wireless sensor networks with joint network–channel code optimization

Optimization of large sensor network architecture in order to improve the overall system performance at the end processing station is an important challenge. Many architectures have been designed to optimize the bit error rate. Conventionally, this optimization is performed by inserting relays between sensors and destination. These relays insert redundant information by mixing the incoming streams from sensor nodes hence creating parity check information which is very useful to help decode the transmit information from sensors. The goal is to combine network and channel coding to match network on graph to code on graph, and this is called adaptive network coded cooperation. Compared with the previous works in the field, we propose a new transmit protocol based on the use of beamforming technique, which is very efficient in terms of throughput and is fully compatible with the physical network coding (PNC) principles. Furthermore, we propose a distributed coding scheme where the relay, the destination, and the sensors are all equipped with repeat accumulate (RA) channel code structures. The relay has a special RA structure to suit the need of the PNC multiple‐access channel. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.