Evaluation of the effects of user antenna pointing error in multiple high-altitude platform systems

The effect of user antenna pointing error in multiple high-altitude platform (HAP) systems is examined. A truncated Gaussian distribution is applied to the pointing error. Ranges of different standard deviations and user antenna beamwidth are combined to show different aspects of the system capacity degradation. A concept of virtual points of HAP locations is introduced to give a direct indication of the severity of the pointing error. Optimum user antenna beamwidths are determined as a function of standard deviation of pointing error, for various percentiles of the spectral efficiency, to aid the system designer. The multiple HAP system itself will not jeopardise the system capacity by introducing the user antenna pointing error. It is shown that pointing error reduces the received carrier power with the interference little affected and hence multiple HAP systems are no more susceptible than a single HAP system     

RZF预编码与MMSE-SIC检测联合的大规模MIMO系统预编码设计算法

研究了大规模多输入多输出(MIMO)系统的预编码设计算法。针对大规模MIMO系统通常利用增加用户天线数来提高系统频谱效率的方法会导致用户间干扰增大,从而对系统性能产生负面影响的问题,提出了一种将正则化迫零(RZF)预编码与最小均方误差-串行干扰消除(MMSE-SIC)检测相结合的改进算法。该算法通过在基站端采用RZF预编码对信号进行预处理以平衡用户间干扰和噪声干扰的影响,继而在接收端运用检测性能优异的MMSE-SIC算法来进一步减轻信号中的干扰,从而达到提升系统容量的目的。实验结果表明,这种将RZF预编码与MMSE-SIC检测相结合的改进算法,在用户间干扰较大时具有较好的适用性,且在完全已知和未完全已知信道状态信息情况下的频谱效率均优于传统RZF算法。     

An Optimized Algorithm for CR-MIMO Wireless Networks

With the rapid development of wireless communication technology, the spectrum resources are increasingly strained which needs optimal solutions. Cognitive radio (CR) is one of the key technologies to solve this problem. Spectrum sensing not only includes the precise detection of the communication signal of the primary user (PU), but also the precise identification of its modulation type, which can then determine the a priori information such as the PU’ service category, so as to use this information to make the cognitive user (CU) aware to discover and use the idle spectrum more effectively, and improve the spectrum utilization. Spectrum sensing is the primary feature and core part of CR. Classical sensing algorithms includes energy detection, cyclostationary feature detection, matched filter detection, and so on. The energy detection algorithm has a simple structure and does not require prior knowledge of the PU transmitter signal, but it is easily affected by noise and the threshold is not easy to determine. The combination of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) with CR improves the spectral efficiency and multi-path fading utilization. To best utilize the PU spectrum while minimizing the overall transmit power, an iterative technique based on semidefinite programming (SDP) and minimum mean squared error (MMSE) is proposed. Also, this article proposed a new method for max-min fairness beamforming. When compared to existing algorithms, the simulation results show that the proposed algorithms perform better in terms of total transmitted power and signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR). Furthermore, the proposed algorithm effectively improved the system performance in terms of number of iterations, interference temperature threshold and balance SINR level which makes it superior over the conventional schemes.     

Distributed algorithm for optimal sequence and power allocation in uplink code division multiple access systems

An alternative approach is presented for centralised algorithms that design optimal sequences and powers under quality of service constraints in the uplink of a code division multiple access systems. The authors propose a distributed algorithm, where each user designs its optimal codeword in such a way to transmit minimum power, based on certain feedback information sent from the base station. The authors define the user cost function, which is the user power written as a convex function of user codewords for a defined signal-to-interference plus noise ratio target. For the constrained optimisation problem, optimal codewords are designed based on feasible direction method and the optimal user powers are the minimum values of the user cost functions. For the optimal configuration, the matched filter employed at receiver will have the same performance as the minimum mean squared error filter. Even if the optimal user powers are unique, the optimal codewords do not correspond to a unique allocation, but rather to an entire class of codewords that can be related by unitary transformations. The algorithm works properly in the presence of multiple access interference with white or coloured additive noise and requires no ordering. The proposed algorithm is analysed and illustrated with numerical examples obtained from simulations.     

Wideband spectrum sensing in unknown white Gaussian noise

The spectrum sensing of a wideband frequency range is studied by dividing it into multiple subbands. It is assumed that in each subband either a primary user (PU) is active or absent in a additive white Gaussian noise environment with an unknown variance. It is also assumed that at least a minimum given number of subbands are vacant of PUs. In this multiple interrelated hypothesis testing problem, the noise variance is estimated and a generalised likelihood ratio detector is proposed to identify possible spectrum holes at a secondary user (SU). Provided that it is known that a specific PU can occupy a subset of subbands simultaneously, a grouping algorithm which allows faster spectrum sensing is proposed. The collaboration of multiple SUs can also be considered in order to enhance the detection performance. The collaborative algorithms are compared in terms of the required exchange information among SUs in some collaboration methods. The simulation results show that the proposed detector outperforms the energy detector in the presence of noise variance mismatch above 2.3 dB. Some involved trade-offs in the spectrum sensing using the proposed detector are discussed.     

稳健协方差矩阵重构波束形成算法

针对信号导向向量失配以及接收数据协方差矩阵存在误差会导致传统的自适应波束形成器产生能损失的问题,提出了一种基于干扰加噪声协方差矩阵重构的稳健波束形成算法.该算法通过对信源来波角度范围进行Capon谱估计得出重构信源协方差矩阵,并通过特征分解以及子空间性质得出信源的导向向量,然后利用重构所得信源导向向量计算出信源功率以及...     

Self-adaptive noise suppression for characterizing the dispersion of chirped fiber Bragg grating

We propose a method to suppress the beat noise generated in fiber low coherence interferometry (LCI) systems for characterizing the chromatic dispersion of chirped fiber Bragg gratings. The beat noise is considered as the dominant noise in the system because of the spectrum mismatch between interference arms due to the broad bandwidth of the light source and the introduction of dispersive components into the measurement arm, and is unfavorable for the signal quality. An experimental system is set up and interferograms of various situations are provided. Experiment results indicate that our method is feasible and effective, as it improves the signal to noise ratio effectively by a factor of more than 3, thereby expanding the measurement range of the LCI system.     

一种基于跳波束天线的通信方式及其性能分析

提出了一种新的基于跳波束天线(Beam Hopping为Antennas，BHA)的通信方式，并对其在存在强方向性干扰的情况下的平均信干噪声比(SINR)性能进行了初步的分析。结果表明，相对于传统单波束天线(Single Beam．Antennas，SBA)的通信方式，这种新的BHA通信方式能够有效地改善存在强方向性干扰时的通信质量，从而提高系统的性能。     

大规模MIMO系统的全导频RZF预编码方法

研究了大规模多输入多输出(MIMO)系统的预编码。针对小区间干扰和导频污染会对预编码的有效性产生较大影响的问题,提出了一种改进的全导频正则化迫零(RZF)预编码方法。该方法通过将有限的正交导频信号分配给小区用户来对预编码矩阵中的信道向量进行优化,得到优化后的全导频正则化预编码矩阵,并依此推导出新的包含导频污染函数和用户干扰函数的和速率表达式。另外,综合考虑基站天线数、用户数以及导频重用因子,优化其配置关系,从而用较少的用户信息和更高的导频重用因子来抑制更多的小区间干扰,有效地提升系统性能。实验结果表明,这种改进的RZF预编码算法能够较好地提高系统容量,在完全已知信道状态信息(CSI)和未完全已知CSI两种情况下的频谱效率及和速率均优于传统的RZF方法。     

BER performance analysis of compound chaotic sequence (CCS)-based NR-DCSK system under multipath fading channel

This paper presents the performance analysis of compound chaotic sequence (CCS)-based noise reduction differential chaos shift keying (NR-DCSK) system under multipath Rayleigh fading channel conditions. The special characteristics of chaotic sequences are their deterministic randomness behaviour that adds security and multipath immunity to the data when used as a carrier in communication systems. In this paper, the chaotic sequences are generated by combining the outputs of chaotic maps, such as logistic map, Chebyshev map, Bernoulli shift map, tent map, etc., leading to new complex sequences known as CCSs. This sequence possesses more randomness, overcomes severe interference levels encountered during transmission and provides higher multipath immunity compared with those of pseudo-noise (PN) codes. Since NR-DCSK is a spread spectrum technique, its performance in wireless multipath fading channels has important considerations. The CCS is used as a carrier in NR-DCSK systems, which leads to improved bit error rate (BER) performance. Comparisons of simulation results to theoretical BER expressions of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and Rayleigh fading channels have been carried out to test the efficiency of the proposed CCS-based NR-DCSK system.     

基于DNN和改进K-means的船舶辐射噪声开集识别方法

为提高船舶噪声识别系统的性能,实现开集识别,提出了基于深度神经网络(Deep Neural Network, DNN)和改进K-means的船舶辐射噪声开集识别方法。首先,采用Welch功率谱估计方法提取船舶辐射噪声的特征;然后,设计并应用DNN模型进一步提取特征向量;最后,使用改进的K-means模型实现开集识别。在实测数据上进行了实验,结果表明,所提方法能实现船舶辐射噪声开集识别,对于实测数据的平均识别正确率为93.5%,较DNN+K-means++方法提高了6.2个百分点。对实测数据添加实验船发动机噪声或渔船噪声进行实验,结果表明,识别方法在其他船只噪声干扰下具有较好的鲁棒性。     

Ultra wideband technologies coexistence in Nakagami-m fading channels

The wide spectrum of ultra wideband (UWB) communications makes it inevitable to consider strategies for avoiding and mitigating interference from narrowband wireless systems such as GPS, UMTS, and WLAN, or other UWB wireless technologies. In this paper, we provide a performance analysis of multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) UWB in the presence of binary phase-shift keying time-hopping (BPSK-TH) UWB or BPSK-DS UWB interfering transmissions under Nakagami-m fading. In the bit-error rate (BER) analysis, several UWB interferers are considered to affect the MB-OFDM signal. A Gaussian approximation is considered for the UWB interferers and used in the analysis of the BER performance of the MB-OFDM UWB system. The Nakagami-m distribution is applied to characterise the amplitude of the fading channels for both the reference signal and the interference signals. Furthermore, a waveforming technique is considered for mitigating the effect of interference and its efficiency is illustrated in terms of BER improvement. Numerical and simulation results are provided and compared for different coexistence scenarios.     

Performance analysis of multiple-input multipleoutput singular value decomposition transceivers during fading and other cell interference

A generalised method is derived to compute the error probabilities of singular value decomposition (SVD)-based receivers for a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system with uncoded transmission. The method can be used for a wide class of flat fading environments, including independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) and semi-correlated Rayleigh and i.i.d. Ricean channels. Although the method is applied to equal-power binary phase shift keying, it can easily be extended to higher-order M-ary phase shift keying (M-PSK) and M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) signal constellations and adaptive 'water-filling' schemes. The error probability curves derived from closed-form formulas and simulations demonstrate very close agreement. The error performances of channel inversion, minimum mean square error and zero forcing receivers are compared with the SVD receiver for a single-user system. The impact of multiple users is considered by studying the performance of an adaptive MIMO SVD transmission scheme operating in a cellular environment. In particular, the effect of inter-cell interference on the performance of the scheme is quantified, modelling the interference as increased Gaussian noise. A number of cellular layouts are examined and the impact of the resulting singal-to-interference and noise ratio on the constellation sizes that can be supported, the BER and so on is considered. The primary metric used for our performance analysis is the error-free transmission rate, which is derived for our adaptive system. For the cellular scenarios considered, it can be found that the effect of interference is considerable and the performance of the adaptive MIMO SVD scheme is only marginally better than that provided by conventional diversity methods.     

Optimal pricing for cloud service providers in a competitive setting

Cloud services are transforming business and government at an ever-increasing rate. As a form of cloud service, software as a service (SaaS) is one of the fast growing segments of the information technology and has become an attractive alternative to the on-premises software. In this paper, we study the optimal pricing strategies of a cloud service provider in an incumbent-entrant setting under user upgrade cost and switching cost. Our results show that in equilibrium the market structure is not unique. The specific market segmentation depends on the incumbent’s pricing strategy whether to provide discounted price to its old customers and the levels of user upgrade cost and switching cost. When faced with customers who are heterogeneous in the sensitivity to the related costs, the incumbent firm may need to offer a discount to the new customers rather than to those who have purchased from it. This implies that the entry of a SaaS firm into the market is a potential threat to the incumbent on-premises software firm, especially in capturing new customers from the untapped market.     

基于VC++的光谱分析软件设计与实现

 为了对红外干涉型光谱分析仪采集得到的干涉条纹进行分析,准确地反演相应的光谱分布函数,设计了基于迈克尔逊干涉结构的光谱分析算法,并通过VC++完成了对应的光谱分析软件．实验对830,940,1 064 nm三个常用近红外波长进行测试,分别与FTIR500型光谱仪的检测数据和MATLAB仿真数据进行对比．实验结果显示,本算法获得的光谱数据在主波长位置选择以及幅值探测上与FTIR500型光谱仪相近,而在噪声、杂波抑制方面优于FTIR500型光谱仪．数据处理速度略低于MATLAB,但光谱分布函数信噪比要高于MATLAB的数据处理结果,证明本系统具有一定的优越性．     

拖船辐射噪声特性分析及实用抵消

拖船辐射噪声严重影响拖线阵声纳的探测性能,该噪声是成分复杂、多途传播的近程强干扰,如何抵消该噪声是拖线阵声纳面临的一个难题。在讨论了拖船噪声的成因、谱特性以及多途传播路径等问题后,通过对拖船辐射噪声的特性分析及逆波束形成(Inverse Beamforming,IBF)算法的理论研究,并经仿真表明:基于IBF算法的拖船噪声干扰抵消技术能够有效抵消拖船辐射噪声。海试数据验证了抵消后目标信号所在方位更清晰,且能识别出弱目标信号,其抗多途效果好。该方法易于实现,抵消效果显著,具有一定的实用性和可行性。     

Effect of CCD Readout Noise in Astronomical Speckle Imaging

A theoretical and experimental comparison of photon-countingcameras and CCD's for use in astronomical speckle imaging wasperformed. Photon-counting cameras able to detect single-photonevents typically exhibit a lower quantum efficiency (QE) and suffersaturation effects at high light levels. In contrast, CCD's offera high QE and virtually unlimited photon-count rate. However CCD'sare limited at lower light levels by noise associated with the readoutprocess. Speckle-imaging performance was quantified by derivationof the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the power spectrum and theKnox-Thompson product to include CCD readout noise. Ground-basedtelescope observations at various light levels were obtained with anadvanced, high-speed, low-noise CCD camera to verify SNRexpressions. The useful operating ranges for these two camera typeswere compared by consideration of the effects of QE, readout noise, andmaximum photon-count rate. Although photon-counting camerascontinued to dominate low-light-level applications, CCD's are shown tooffer significant improvements over photon-counting cameras for a widerange of light levels. Future reductions of readout noise will further improve CCD speckle-imaging performance.     

Application of cooperative sensing in radar-communications coexistence

The feasibility of coexistence between radar and a communication system is investigated under log-normal shadowing conditions. A key element that enables coexistence is a sensing receiver to detect the presence of a radar system and prevent transmissions when interference may occur. Initial studies where each communication terminal does its own sensing and decision-making shows that while bandsharing is possible, under stringent interference requirements, communication efficiency can be limited. Analytical and simulation results illustrate that cooperative sensing leads to an improved detection range, higher detection probability and lower complexity of sensing nodes than that of single terminal sensing. It is concluded that cooperative spectrum sensing is able to enhance detection capabilities to maximise radar spectrum-sharing usage efficiency.     

噪声干扰对被动声呐系统的影响及仿真分析

在从信号处理的角度,就干扰信号对被动声呐系统的目标信号检测、目标方位估计、接收系统饱和等方面的典型情况进行了仿真分析,定义了噪声掩盖比、方位偏离度、噪声阻塞级等参数,用以表征干扰信号对被动声呐系统的影响,并给出了典型的仿真结果。     

基于双耳语音分离和丢失数据技术的鲁棒语音识别算法

鲁棒语音识别技术在人机交互、智能家居、语音翻译系统等方面有重要应用。为了提高在噪声和语音干扰等复杂声学环境下的语音识别性能,基于人耳听觉系统的掩蔽效应和鸡尾酒效应,利用不同声源的空间方位,提出了基于双耳声源分离和丢失数据技术的鲁棒语音识别算法。该算法首先根据目标语音的空间方位信息,在双耳声信号的等效矩形带宽（Equivalent Rectangular Bandwidth,ERB）子带内进行混合语音信号的分离,从而得到目标语音的数据流。针对分离后目标语音在频域存在频谱数据丢失的问题,利用丢失数据技术修正基于隐马尔科夫模型的概率计算,再进行语音识别。仿真实验表明,由于双耳声源分离方法得到的目标语音数据去除了噪声和干扰的影响,所提出的算法显著提高了复杂声学环境下的语音识别性能。