A noncoherent tracking loop with diversity and multipathinterference cancellation for direct-sequence spread-spectrum systems

A noncoherent tracking loop with diversity reception and multipath interference cancellation is proposed for direct-sequence spread-spectrum systems on frequency-selective multipath fading channels. The basic idea of the loop is to reproduce the multipath interference and remove it from the received signal, and then a path diversity is embedded in the loop to improve the loop performance. The tracking error performance of the loop is evaluated by linear analyses and computer simulations. Numerical results show that the proposed tracking loop outperforms the traditional delay locked loop and performs very well under all considered fading conditions     

Pseudonoise code tracking loop for a CDMA system with imperfect power control

In this paper, performance of a pseudonoise (PN) code tracking loop is analysed and simulated for a direct‐sequence/code‐division‐multiple‐access (DS/CDMA) system with imperfect power control in a multipath fading channel. A non‐coherent first‐order delay‐locked loop (DLL) is considered as a PN code tracking loop. Power control error is modelled as a log‐normally distributed random variable. The multipath fading channel is modelled as a two‐ray Rayleigh fading model that is typically applied to land mobile communication environments. The tracking performance of DLL is evaluated in terms of tracking jitter and mean‐time‐to‐lose‐lock (MTLL). From the simulation results, it is shown that for smaller discriminator offset, tracking jitter performance is improved while MTLL performance is degraded. It is shown that large power control error and heavy shadowing substantially degrade the PN tracking performance. Therefore, an accurate power control scheme is very essential to compensate for fading and shadowing for a DS/CDMA system. The extension of analysis to higher‐order loop models is very straightforward. The analysis in this paper can be applied to design the PN code tracking loop for a DS/CDMA system. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

GNSS CODE AND CARRIER TRACKING IN THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPATH

It is well known that multipath represents a major error source in differential GNSS positioning. Errors produced are unique to each antenna position and so are uncorrelated between the reference station and the mobile receiver. Reduction techniques, such as narrow correlator spacing¹ and the multipath estimating delay lock loop (MEDLL)² have improved the situation. However, reflected signals emanating close to the antenna are not reduced by either technique. Carrier multipath is a particular problem because short delay multipath signals cause maximum carrier errors. This study describes the analysis that has been carried out into code and carrier tracking in the presence of multipath. Code tracking in this situation produces a non-zero mean error,³ and the source of this bias has been investigated. Code and carrier multipath errors of the global orbiting navigation satellite system (GLONASS) have been compared with those of the global positioning system (GPS). The effects of pre-correlation filtering on code and carrier multipath errors have been determined using data from a measured correlation function. The multipath fading bandwidth is also discussed, and fast and slow fading effects are presented. A comparison has been made of the performance of typical coherent and non-coherent code discriminators in the presence of multipath. The performance of the GPS and GLONASS P code signals have been determined with respect to code and carrier multipath errors. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A robust PN code tracking algorithm for frequency selective Rayleigh-fading channels

In this letter, we propose a new tracking scheme that is robust against multipath fading for pseudonoise (PN) code tracking in direct-sequence-spread spectrum systems. The proposed scheme employs an adaptive filter whose taps are adapted using a block least-mean square algorithm and it results in minimizing the effect of multipath interference on the tracking performance. We show that the mean-squared tracking error performance of the proposed scheme is not affected by the presence of closely spaced paths (e.g., one to three chips), unlike that of conventional delay locked loops. We also show that the tap-weight distribution of the filter provides accurate estimates of the multipath delays. For example, at E/sub b//N/sub 0/=5 dB, 98% of the time the path estimates lie within one sample (1/5 of a chip) from the actual delays. Furthermore, simulation results suggest that multipath delays over a wide range of terminal speeds can be tracked successfully. The proposed scheme is well suited for wideband code-division multiple-access systems where a large number of closely-spaced multipath components need to be tracked and used in RAKE combining.     

Performance Analysis of a Complex Multicode Tracking Loop in Bandlimited Rayleigh Fading Channels

This paper presents the root-mean-squared tracking error performance analysis of a class of coherent digital delay-locked loops for multicode direct sequence spread spectrum signals in bandlimited correlated Rayleigh fading channels. In the transmit side, multiple independent PSK-modulated data streams in the in-phase and qudrature phase branches are spread by short mutually orthogonal codes before being further complex spread by a long complex PN code. We assume that the system employs a pilot code channel to assist the receiver’s synchronization and channel estimation. The proposed code tracking loop incorporates the pilot-aided channel estimator and derives the timing error from all short-code-spread subchannels. Our analysis takes into account the effects of imperfect channel estimate, correlated frequency selective Rayleigh fading and band-limiting. Numerical results are presented to quantify the impact of the resulting multipath interference within the same code channel and amongst different code channels.     

Unambiguous S‐curve shaping technique for multipath mitigation in Global Navigation Satellite Systems alternative binary offset carrier signals

Global Navigation Satellite Systems positioning accuracy indoor and urban canyons environments are greatly affected by multipath because of distortions in its autocorrelation function. In this paper, we propose a new multipath mitigation technique based on the concept of S‐curve shaping for the new alternative binary offset carrier (AltBOC)‐modulated signals, which will most likely be used in both European Galileo system and Chinese Compass system. The definition of an optimum S‐curve is employed to reduce the false lock points and to improve the multipath mitigation capability via determining the shape of the local code tracking reference function. The structure of the proposed code tracking loop for AltBOC signals is quite simple and only requires one complex correlator. Results demonstrate that the proposed technique provides superior multipath mitigation performance compared with the conventional receiver correlation techniques and removes the ambiguity completely. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A multipath mitigation discriminator for GPS receiver

A novel technique for mitigating the multipath-induced code delay estimation error in Global Positioning System (GPS) is proposed. In contrast to conventional methods that aim to eliminate multipath signals, the proposed method exploits them to enhance the direct signal without affecting the accuracy of GPS code delay estimates. To achieve this, coherent accumulation of the received GPS signals is first done by transforming the received data into frequency domain and the parameters of multipath signals are then estimated by sparse reconstruction algorithm. Subsequently, a modified local reference signal is employed in delay lock loop (DLL) of the GPS receiver, which mitigates the pseudo-range estimation error and increases the correlation value of direct GPS signal. Simulation results demonstrate the performance and robustness of the proposed method.     

Tracking of fast-fading channels in long-code CDMA

A new technique for blind tracking of fast-fading channels in long-code code division multiple access (CDMA) is proposed by exploiting multipath diversity. Based on a linear interpolation channel model, the proposed method blindly identifies a time-varying channel at arbitrary estimating points within a block up to a scale factor and increases bandwidth efficiency allowing only one pilot symbol within a block, which is much larger than channel coherence time. The proposed method can be implemented using an efficient state-space inversion technique for multiuser cases. The mean square error (MSE) performance of the proposed estimator is compared with the Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) for interpolated channel. Modeling error and bit error rate (BER) are also evaluated using Monte-Carlo simulations and compared with the block fading model and a decision-directed tracking technique.     

A low‐complexity adaptive receiver for DS‐CDMA systems in unknown code delay environment

In direct‐sequence code division multiple access (DS/CDMA) multiuser communication systems in multipath channels, both intersymbol interference (ISI) and multiple‐access interference (MAI) must be considered. The multipath channel characterizes the propagation effects including the timing offset and delays, etc. Traditionally, we use the delay‐locked loop (DLL) code tracking loop to recover the timing delay. But DLL cannot work well in multipath environment. In this paper, we propose a low‐complexity adaptive receiver to suppress ISI/MAI and solve the timing offset problems without using conventional DLL code tracking loop. The proposed receiver employs an adaptive filter whose weights are adapted using a block least‐mean square error algorithm with fractional sampling. Simulations confirm the good performance, including learning curves and theoretical analysis of minimum mean‐square error, of the proposed receiver. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

异步DS-CDMA系统盲空时信道估计及多用户检测

该文提出了适用于频率选择性瑞利衰落信道中的异步DS-CDMA系统盲空时信道估计及多用户检测算法。通过研究多径信号码空间和数据矢量空间,采用噪声子空间技术进行异步DS-CDMA系统盲空时信道参数估计,同时利用了多径传播和接收机同步失调的特性,以利于把盲线性滤波优化技术应用于稳健的干扰抑制。使用一种修改的ULV更新算法进行噪声子空间跟踪,该算法不需要相关矩阵的秩估计,直接估计噪声子空间,不进行信号子空间跟踪。并且研究了线性约束最小方差(LCMV)盲空时多用户检测及其基于Householder变换约束最小均方算法(HCLMS)的自适应实现。仿真结果验证了该文算法的有效性。     

Blind RAKE receiver with joint diversity combining and codetracking for DS/SS communication

A RAKE receiver achieving joint blind multipath diversity combining and code tracking is proposed. An improved known modulus adaptive algorithm is exploited to perform multipath diversity combining and to support the modified code tracking in the blind mode. Computer simulation results have indicated very attractive behaviour of the proposed technique     

北斗B1C频点正交复用二进制偏移载波信号闸波设计方法

第3代北斗卫星导航系统中B1C频点信号将使用正交复用二进制偏移载波调制方式。为了增强北斗卫星导航接收机码跟踪环路的抗多径性能并且解决码跟踪中的模糊跟踪问题,该文针对正交复用二进制偏移载波调制信号QMBOC(6, 1, 4/33)提出一种双闸波码跟踪环路结构。根据理想的目标鉴相函数和二进制偏移载波调制信号自相关函数的特点分别设计出针对BOC(1, 1)和BOC(6, 1)信号的闸波,并在本地码跟踪环路中使用这两种不同的闸波分别与输入信号相关,最后将所得的两个相关函数进行加权合并以用于鉴相过程。计算机仿真结果表明所提方法不仅能够有效消除QMBOC(6, 1, 4/33)信号的模糊跟踪可能性,且能够大幅增强接收机的抗多径性能,其对应多径误差包络面积相比于现有的方法能够减少约33%。     

电离层色散效应对宽带BOC信号的影响

电离层色散特性导致宽带二进制偏移载波(Binary Offset Carrier,BOC)信号的码片时域波形和相关函数曲线产生畸变,影响BOC信号完好性和跟踪性能。为了评估电离层对BOC信号传输的影响,构建了宽带BOC信号的电离层影响分析框架,分析了电离层色散效应对码片时域波形和相关特性的影响,并评估了三类典型BOC信号的带内电离层色散效应在码跟踪环路和载波跟踪环路引入的偏差。研究结果表明,电离层色散效应会导致宽带BOC信号时域码片实部和虚部边缘产生抖动现象,色散信号与标准信号间的互相关函数会产生明显的相关损耗;在电离层活跃期间,电离层色散效应在码跟踪与载波相位跟踪中均引入明显的鉴别误差。该结果对BOC信号的电离层误差的评估与校正有一定的参考意义。     

一种新的带序贯滤波的PN码跟踪环性能分析

该文提出了一种新的带序贯滤波的全数字PN码跟踪环,并通过建立环路跟踪过程的等效数学模型,分析了瑞利信道下环路的非线性跟踪性能,并对理论数值结果和仿真结果进行了比较分析。结果表明,该跟踪环在衰落信道下能获得满意的跟踪性能。     

Prediction/cancellation techniques for fading broadcastingchannels. I. PSK signals

An approach for reducing the effects of multiplicative noise, such as fading, on the performance of mobile broadcasting transmission systems is introduced. The proposed method is based on a noise prediction/cancellation technique and is applied to phase-shift keyed (PSK) signals. By exploiting the statistical characteristics of the multipath fading signal and its strong correlation properties, a novel sequential receiver structure is derived that uses a detection algorithm which identifies the most probable transmitted sequence in the maximum-likelihood detection sense. The algorithm has been obtained for both Rayleigh and Rician fading channels. The proposed detection technique has been evaluated for various QPSK schemes operated in channels corrupted by a combination of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and fading. The computer simulation results obtained show that by using a relatively simple receiver with a prediction algorithm of second order, considerable error floor reductions are achieved by the proposed receivers. As a direct result of these error floor reductions substantial bit error rate (BER) improvements of more than three orders of magnitude over conventionally detected schemes are obtained     

一种改善Turbo乘积编码OFDM系统性能的新方法

本文提出一种利用对译码器软信息限幅来改善多径衰落信道中Turbo乘积编码OFDM(TPC-OFDM)系统性能的新方法。通过对不同多径衰落信道中QPSK映射和16QAM映射的TPC-OFDM系统性能的数值仿真，结果表明在10^-5误比特率下，这种新方法比传统的迭代译码大约有6～10dB的改进，对严重多径环境下TPC-OFDM系统的错误平底也有明显的改进。     

一种复合伪随机码跟踪环路设计及误差分析

该文针对当存在较大的载波相位跟踪误差时可能导致传统的复合码相干型跟踪环路失效的问题提出一种复合码非相干型跟踪环路。通过给出基于二进制偏移载波(BOC)调制的复合码的构造和相关特性分析,设计了具有非相干型鉴别器的跟踪环路,并分析了环路的跟踪误差。分析和仿真结果表明该环路解决了在存在较大载波相位误差时跟踪环路失效的问题,且具有良好的跟踪性能。     

多径衰落信道MPSK信号超指数迭代盲解调算法

为了提高多径衰落信道下的盲解调性能,提出了一种结构简单的MPSK信号盲解调算法。首先利用超指数迭代分数间隔盲均衡器实现联合定时同步与均衡,然后对均衡器输出信号进行非线性变换实现载波频偏的估计,最后利用二阶数字判决锁相环跟踪相位变化纠正剩余频偏和相偏。仿真结果表明,在多径衰落信道条件下,与现有算法相比,基于超指数迭代分数间隔盲均衡器的盲解调算法实现简单,误码率低,而且具有收敛速度快、性能稳定等优点。     

A Blind RAKE Receiver With Robust Multiuser Interference Cancelation for DS/CDMA Communications

In this paper, a blind RAKE receiver with robust multiuser access interference cancellation is presented for frequency-selective Rayleigh fading channels. In contrast to a conventional receiver, here, only knowledge of the spreading code and rough timing of the desired user is required. By investigating the code space of the multipath signals and the data vector space, a RAKE filtering vector is developed to extract the desired data from all the paths of the desired user. Our proposed technique not only exploits the characteristics of multipath propagation but also the characteristics of timing offsets that may occur in the receiver, to facilitate the application of a blind linear filter-optimization technique for robust interference suppression. Based on the RAKE filtering vector, interference rejection is implemented by using the auxiliary-vector (AV) technique. Our approach, however, effectively overcomes the sensitivity of the original AV method to multipath propagation and timing offsets. To mitigate the signal cancellation at relatively high signal-to-interference and noise ratios (SINR) resulting from the estimation errors of the RAKE filtering vector, robust strategies are introduced in addition to the linear filter optimization. Simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed techniques.     

Low-complexity noncoherent PN code chip timing recovery with resistance to MAI for a bandlimited CDMA receiver

A noncoherent PN code tracking loop in a fully digital modem is investigated for bandlimited direct-sequence spread-spectrum communications. Its main features are low hardware complexity and good tracking performance. Analytical expressions of the error characteristics and steady-state timing jitter are derived and confirmed by means of computer simulation. The numerical results show that it achieves good steady-state performance. In addition, the proposed technique provides good resistance to multiple-access interference while operating in a code-division multiple-access environment.