Experimental characterization of rate-adaptive transmission and angle diversity reception techniques

Ambient light is the main impairment in indoor wireless optical communication systems for data rates up to several megabits per second. Its wide dynamic range, associated with the strong directivity of wireless optical signals, produce large variations on the received signal-to-noise ratio. This article discusses experimental results obtained from a testbed developed to compare different techniques for SNR improvement. The two techniques analyzed are rate-adaptive transmission, which introduces adaptive levels of redundancy in the transmitted signal to improve connectivity, and angle diversity reception, which exploits the inherent directionality of both signal and noise to improve the SNR at the receiver. Furthermore, systems employing both techniques simultaneously were also considered. The testbed replicated a typical indoor environment with both natural and artificial light, containing incandescent and fluorescent light sources. Both the SNR and the associated coverage areas were determined for all considered techniques. Our results show that the combined use of angle diversity based on maximal ratio combining and rate adaptation through the use of repetition coding achieves very good performance with only moderate complexity, allowing connectivity at all locations with data rates close to the maximum possible. In particular, with incandescent illumination and without angle diversity, the data rate had to be decreased down to 2 and 1 Mb/s in 25.9 and 7.7 percent of the room, area, respectively, whereas with maximal ratio combining a decrease to 2 Mb/s was only needed in 0.7 percent of the room area.     

Angle Diversity to Combat the Ambient Noise in Indoor Optical Wireless Communication Systems

We propose and study the use of angle diversityto combat the ambient noise in indoor optical wirelesscommunication systems. Models for the radiation patternof spot lamps and for the spatial distribution of the ambient light based on an isotropic anda directional noise component are derived. Performanceevaluation of receivers using angle diversity is carriedout and significant optical power gains are demonstrated. The optical gains are seen toincrease with the relative weight of the directionalnoise within the cell, with the sharpness of thedirectional noise source beam width, and in environments where there are noise sources positionedoutside the cell. Also, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)of a sectored receiver is seen to be much less sensitiveto the position and beam width of the noise sources than the SNR of a nonsectored receiver,allowing for more universal transceiverdesigns.     

Closed‐Loop Transmit Diversity Techniques for Small Wireless Terminals and Their Performance Assessment in a Flat Fading Channel

Closed‐loop transmit diversity is considered an important technique for improving the link budget in the third generation and future wireless communication standards. This paper proposes several transmit diversity algorithms suitable for small wireless terminals and presents performance assessment in terms of average signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) and outage improvement, convergence, and complexity of operations. The algorithms presented herein are verified using data from measured indoor channels with variable antenna spacing and the results explained using measured radiation patterns for a two‐element array. It is shown that for a two‐element array, the best among the proposed techniques provides SNR improvement of about 3 dB in a tightly spaced array (inter‐element spacing of 0.1 wavelength at 2 GHz) typical of small wireless devices. Additionally, these techniques are shown to perform significantly better than a single antenna device in an indoor channel considering realistic values of latency and propagation errors.     

基于高度分集技术的低仰角测高影响因素分析

米波三坐标雷达有重要的军事价值,尽管目前有很多种测高技术包括高分辨技术、空间谱估计技术、复角技术、偏差补偿技术、频率捷变技术等,但其低仰角测高精度不高,因此有必要分析影响测高因素。本文利用高度分集测高技术,仿真分析了不同介质以及极化方式对反射系数的影响;信噪比,幅相特性不一致对测高精度的影响。     

Design considerations for broadband indoor infrared wireless communication systems

Recently there has been a growing interest in using infrared light for broadband indoor wireless communications. There are two major limitations for establishing a wideband infrared communications link. The first and most important limit is the power requirements of such a link. The second important impairment is the intersymbol interference caused by multipath dispersion. In this paper we address the issue of designing an optimized transmission system to provide the best power efficiency for an infrared link. Important parameters that should be considered for this design and some examples of efficient link designs are discussed. The suggested designs can improve the power efficiency of an indoor infrared link up to 4 to 8 dBo while providing a smaller rms delay spread, more robustness to shadowing and a more uniform distribution of power. Characteristics of the indoor infrared channel depends upon the directions of the receiver. This dependency can be used in designing a direction diversity receiver to decrease the rms delay spread of the received signal and to reduce the effects of noise by using proper combining techniques. We discuss the effects of receiver direction and field-of-view on the channel parameters and suggest a configuration for a direction diversity receiver.     

Improve uniformity for an indoor visible light communication system

Visible light communication (VLC) is an alternative technology to the radio frequency (RF) for different applications in the indoor and outdoor environments, it could be utilized for illumination and communication simultaneously, and it offers several advantages over contemporary RF technologies such as low power consumption, free license, large bandwidth, and being friendly to the environment. In this paper, an indoor VLC system uniformity improvement in terms of high received power, signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR), and bit rate, with RMS delay spread reduction, is proposed. It features a novel model that utilizes a 13‐optical attocells configuration on the ceiling. Moreover, proposed model was evaluated at different semi‐angle at half power. The average received power and SNR were improved to 2.85 dBm and 75.5 dB, while achieved received power and SNR levels at the center of the room were 4.92 dBm and 79.5 dB, respectively. A minimum average RMS delay spread of 0.4749 nanoseconds is obtained, while the highest average bit rate calculated is 211 Mb/s. The proposed model provides a better communication quality and meets illumination standards requirements.     

Enhanced Wideband Spectrum Sensing Algorithm for Analysis of GSM Band

Dynamic variations in noise level and degradation of detection performance at low SNR are the main obstacles in sensing a wideband spectrum. The techniques based on energy detection estimate the energy of the sensed signal and compare it with a fixed predefined threshold. Such a general approach lacks adequate reliability and may cause inaccurate detection in sensing a wideband spectrum. This paper proposes an ‘Enhanced Wideband Spectrum Sensing Algorithm using Gradient and Double Threshold’ that aims at improving the detection performance in circumstances fraught with variations in noise level as well as low SNR. First, wideband sensing of GSM band is performed to determine spectrum occupancy and vacancy, by using the first algorithm. The same band is then scanned using the second algorithm. Experimental results obtained from the hardware platform are in favor of the second algorithm and prove that this proposed algorithm delivers improved detection performance in the presence of variations in noise level and low SNR.

     

Analysis of diffuse optical wireless channels employing spot-diffusing techniques, diversity receivers, and combining schemes

In this letter, the performance of an indoor optical wireless spot-diffusing system using various multibeam transmitter configurations, in association with direction diversity and combining techniques, is assessed and compared under the impact of multipath dispersion and ambient light noise through theoretical analysis and computer simulation. Computer simulation for three different multibeam transmitter configurations and a conventional diffuse transmitter is carried out. Diversity receiver and wide field-of-view (FOV) receiver configurations are evaluated in conjunction with the proposed configurations. For the diversity-detection case, a receiver comprising an array of narrow FOV detectors (three and seven segments) oriented in different directions is used to maximize the collected signals and minimize noise. A novel line-strip multibeam system (LSMS) is investigated with single and diversity receiver configurations, and is compared with other spot-diffusing methods. Combining schemes, including selection combining, maximum ratio combining, and equal gain combining are employed for the presented configurations. Our results indicate that the performance improvement obtained through the use of LSMS with a three-direction diversity receiver is about 20 dB signal-to-noise ratio enhancement over the conventional diffuse system, and 26 dB when combining techniques are used. Root mean square delay-spread performance for the proposed configurations, at different positions on the communication floor, are also evaluated and compared.     

LED拓扑结构对可见光通信性能影响的分析

在室内可见光通信的研究中,发光二极管的拓扑结构通常被忽略,大多将其视为一固定参数。针对其拓扑结构问题,提出了对不同的LED拓扑结构进行仿真分析,通过matlab建立了室内可见光通信系统模型,并对室内可见光通信中的发光二极管拓扑结构进行仿真测试,得到了不同发光二极管拓扑结构下的室内接收信噪比分布,进而分析不同的LED拓扑结构对信号传输的影响。仿真结果表明,发光二极管对室内接收信噪比分布的影响主要由其结构分布的均匀程度和发光二极管的照射强度是否均衡决定,且优化后的发光二极管拓扑结构具有更良好的室内信噪比分布,更适合室内可见光通信。     

Robust estimation of fetal heart rate variability using Doppler ultrasound

This paper presents a new measure of heart rate variability (HRV) that can be estimated using Doppler ultrasound techniques and is robust to variations in the angle of incidence of the ultrasound beam and the measurement noise. This measure employs the multiple signal characterization (MUSIC) algorithm which is a high-resolution method for estimating the frequencies of sinusoidal signals embedded in white noise from short-duration measurements. We show that the product of the square-root of the estimated signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the mean-square error of the frequency estimates is independent of the noise level in the signal. Since varying angles of incidence effectively changes the input SNR, this measure of HRV is robust to the input noise as well as the angle of incidence. This paper includes the results of analyzing synthetic and real Doppler ultrasound data that demonstrates the usefulness of the new measure in HRV analysis.     

Corona Based Optimal Node Deployment Distribution in Wireless Sensor Networks

This paper shows the trade off between different modulation techniques such as multi level quadrature amplitude modulation, multi level phase shift keying, and multi level differential phase shift keying for upgrading direct detection optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing systems with possible transmission distance up to 15,000 km and total bit rate of 2.56 Tb/s. The 2.56 Tb/s signal is generated by multiplexing 64 OFDM signals with 40 Gb/s for each OFDM. Variations of optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR), signal to noise ratio (SNR), and bit error rate (BER) are studied with the variations of transmission distance. Maximum radio frequency power spectrum, and output electrical power after decoder are measured for different multi level modulation techniques with carrier frequency. It is observed that multi level QAM has presented better performance than multi level PSK and finally multi level DPSK in optical OFDM systems. Maximum output power after decoder is enhanced with both 32-PSK, and 64-QAM. Quadrature signal amplitude level at encoder is upgraded with 64-QAM. It is noticed that OSNR, SNR, and BER are improved using 4-QAM OFDM system than either QPSK or 4-DPSK.     

Optical interference produced by artificial light

Wireless infrared transmission systems for indoor use are affected by noise and interference induced by natural and artificial ambient light. This paper presents a characterisation (through extensive measurements) of the interference produced by artificial light and proposes a simple model to describe it. These measurements show that artificial light can introduce significant in‐band components for systems operating at bit rates up to several Mbit/s. Therefore it is essential to include it as part of the optical wireless indoor channel. The measurements show that fluorescent lamps driven by solid state ballasts produce the wider band interfering signals, and are then expected to be the more important source of degradation in optical wireless systems. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Adaptive Turbo Coded Modulation for Shallow Underwater Acoustic Communications

In this paper the performance of a wireless communications system over shallow underwater acoustic channels is investigated when adaptive modulation and coding techniques with receiver diversity are used. It is assumed that the communication system experiences Ricean shadowed fading. We obtain the analytical figures of the proposed rate-adaptive transmission schemes, emphasizing in the spectral efficiency and the average bit error rate. These analytical expressions are compared to Monte-Carlo simulations corroborating the analytical results.     

Spectral efficiency of dual diversity selection combining schemes under correlated Nakagami-0.5 fading with unequal average received SNR

The spectral efficiency results for different adaptive transmission schemes over correlated diversity branches with unequal average signal to noise ratio (SNR) obtained so far in literature are not applicable for Nakagami-0.5 fading channels. In this paper, we investigate the effect of fade correlation and level of imbalance in the branch average received SNR on the spectral efficiency of Nakagami-0.5 fading channels in conjunction with dual-branch selection combining (SC). This paper derived the expressions for the spectral efficiency over correlated Nakagami-0.5 fading channels with unequal average received SNR. This spectral efficiency is evaluated under different adaptive transmission schemes using dual-branch SC diversity scheme. The corresponding expressions for Nakagami-0.5 fading are considered to be the expressions under worst fading conditions. Finally, numerical results are provided to illustrate the spectral efficiency degradation due to channel correlation and unequal average received SNR between the different combined branches under different adaptive transmission schemes. It has been observed that optimal simultaneous power and rate adaptation (OPRA) scheme provides improved spectral efficiency as compared to truncated channel inversion with fixed rate (TIFR) and optimal rate adaptation with constant transmit power (ORA) schemes under worst case fading scenario. It is very interesting to observe that TIFR scheme is always a better choice over ORA scheme under correlated Nakagami-0.5 fading channels with unequal average received SNR.     

Performance of Indoor Infrared Wireless CDMA Systems with Angle Diversity

Indoor infrared communication systems is one of the possible ways of offering data rates in excess of 100 Mbit/s without the need for wiring. Multiple users can share an infrared channel by code division-multiple access (CDMA) techniques. However, the CDMA system performance is limited by both background noise and co-channel interference. In this paper we study the use of angle diversity for mitigating the effects of the noise and interference. The system considered uses on-off shift keying modulation with multibeam transmitters and imaging receivers. The overall system performance for different diversity combining techniques is evaluated and compared to a system without diversity. Numerical results for a 2-user CDMA system indicate that signal to noise and interference ratio (SNIR) improvement (over systems with no diversity) of 5 dB is obtained for at least 50% of an ensemble of 10000 sample evaluations. The generalized selection combining (GSC)--a new diversity technique yet to be implemented for infrared systems--offers the best performance even with its reduced complexity.     

室内可见光通信中噪声与干扰的实验与仿真分析

对室内可见光通信中的背景光噪声与干扰进行了实验测试,获得了噪声干扰的典型时域特性;进而模拟分析了背景光噪声与干扰对不同速率信号传输的影响。结果显示,背景光噪声及干扰对室内可见光通信的影响主要表现为直流电平和低频周期性信号,并且低速率数据信号更容易被干扰。通过比较分析几种无线光通信中常用调制方式的功率谱密度,结果表明,由于脉冲位置调制和曼彻斯特编码的低频分量较少,更适合室内可见光通信。     

瑞利多普勒激光雷达超窄带滤光器的设计

目前中国科学技术大学车载激光雷达已经实现了对于15~60 km中性大气风场的夜间连续观测,鉴于白天观测的信噪比受到背景光的限制,因此,设计了一种利用现有干涉滤光片结合固态FP标准具的超窄带滤光器,用于实现背景噪声的降低。提出了一种结合鉴频器参数确定FP最佳参数的方法,得出了FP标准具的参数,实现了带宽为8.4 pm、中心波长为354.73 nm、自由光谱间距为150 pm、峰值透过率高于0.67的滤光器,将背景噪声降低到原来的十八分之一。该滤光器有效提高了系统信噪比,减小了风速误差,同时计算了温度、角度变化对滤光器带宽、中心波长和透过率的影响,设计了一种角度调谐的方法。实验结果与理论值具有较高的一致性。     

Performance evaluation of experimental 50-Mb/s diffuse infraredwireless link using on-off keying with decision-feedback equalization

We report an experimental nondirected optical link for short-range, indoor data transmission at 50 Mb/s. The system uses on-off keying (OOK) and achieves low bit-error rates (BERs) in the presence of intersymbol interference, background light noise, and shadowing, with a range of 2.9 m in a skylit room. The transmitter produces an eye-safe Lambertian pattern at 806 nm with an average power of 474 mW. The receiver utilizes a hemispherical concentrator with a hemispherical bandpass optical filter, a 1-cm² silicon p-i-n photodiode, and a high-impedance hybrid preamplifier to achieve a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). A high-pass filter is used to mitigate fluorescent light noise, with quantized feedback removing the resulting baseline wander. A decision-feedback equalizer provides resistance to intersymbol interference due to multipath. The system and its components are characterized, and compared to theory. We observe that decision-feedback equalization yields a reduction of multipath power penalties that is in good agreement with theory     

室内MIMO ACO-OFDM可见光通信系统接收机设计

设计了一种在室内可见光MIMO通信系统(MIMO-VLC)中使用具有两个不同视场角(FOV)的光电二极管(PD)的角度分集光接收机(2FOV-ADR),其兼具两个不同视场角的接收机(2-FOV)和传统角度分集接收机(ADR)的优点,实现了更优的接收性能。对将LED灯用作数据发射器的典型室内可见光通信场景进行仿真,结果表明,2FOV-ADR均衡器输出端的最小信噪比(minSNR)要高于2-FOV接收机和传统ADR,实现了室内97%的位置的minSNR在45 dB以上,相比于前两种接收机,这一比例分别提高了96%和32%。最后,对使用非对称限幅光正交频分复用(ACO-OFDM)作为调制方案的系统,计算总误码率(BER),给出了迫零和最小均方误差均衡器的结果。结果表明,对于所考虑的室内位置,2FOV-ADR都具有最低的误码率。     

Impact of radio link parameters on the capacity of UHF andmillimeter-wave indoor cellular systems

Third-generation mobile and portable radio systems will require higher transmission rates than recent second-generation systems in order to provide users with access to multimedia services. The typical bandwidths of second-generation systems are generally such that, for indoor applications, multipath diversity can be exploited by code division multiple access (CDMA) schemes, but not by frequency division-time division multiple access (FD-TDMA) schemes. However, for the larger bandwidths of future third-generation systems, multipath diversity can also be exploited by means of FD-TDMA. This paper investigates the influence of such an increase in transmission rate and various other radio link parameters on the capacity of an indoor wireless FD-TDMA cellular system. System performance is assessed via an analytically rigorous and statistically relevant semi-analytical approach: using radio link performance results obtained as a function of small-scale signal variations and without any assumptions with respect to the distribution of interference, the overall average system outage rate and binary error rate are evaluated by considering large-scale signal variations over a hexagonal cellular layout. Results are expressed in terms of the relative variations of the required handoff threshold, path loss and shadowing characteristics, for different combinations of cellular reuse factor, transmission rate and number of diversity antennas at the receiver, both in the presence and absence of equalization