Novel satellite digital video TDMA system for business videocommunications

The authors propose a satellite video signal transmission system that uses a time division multiple access (TDMA) scheme for digital video signal transmission and a code division multiple access (CDMA) scheme for voice signal transmission from a video signal reception-only earth station (backward voice signal transmission). The adoption of a TDMA scheme makes it possible to transmit video signals from various places and to communicate in multipoint-to-(multi)point mode. For backward voice channel transmission from video signal reception-only earth stations, a superposed CDMA voice signal transmission over TDMA video signals by using the same transponder is proposed. The employment of high coding gain forward error correction and development of a cochannel interference cancellation technique have made it possible for the proposed system to transmit a practical number of voice channels. The performance of the proposed system has been experimentally evaluated and the results show the proposed scheme can transmit about 20 CDMA voice channels simultaneously     

Coherent Equalization and POLMUX-RZ-DQPSK for Robust 100-GE Transmission

We discuss the use of a coherent digital receiver for the compensation of linear transmission impairments and polarization demultiplexing in a transmission system compatible with a future 100-Gb/s Ethernet standard. We present experimental results on the transmission performance of 111 Gbit/s POLMUX-RZ-DQPSK. For a dense WDM setup with channels carrying 111 Gbit/s with a 50 GHz channel spacing (2.0 bits/s/Hz), we show the feasibility of 2375 km transmission. This is enabled through coherent detection which results in excellent noise performance, and subsequent electronic equalization which provides the high tolerance to polarization mode dispersion and chromatic dispersion (CD). Furthermore, we discuss the impact of sampling and digital signal processing with either 1 or 2 samples/bit. We show that when combined with low-pass electrical filtering, 1 sample/bit signal processing is sufficient to obtain a large tolerance towards CD. The proposed modulation and detection techniques enable 111 Gbit/s transmission that is directly compatible with the existing 10 Gbit/s infrastructure.     

PMD-induced transmission penalties in polarization-multiplexed transmission

In this paper, we investigate for the first time chromatic dispersion and nonlinearity tolerances in the presence of polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) for polarization-multiplexed (POLMUX) 2 /spl times/ 10-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) transmission. In polarization-multiplexing, the interaction between fiber nonlinearity and PMD can lower the nonlinear tolerance beyond the tolerances evident when considering both transmission penalties separately; the combined penalties are significantly worse than in the case for non-POLMUX transmission. In this paper, we show, through simulations comparing POLMUX with non-POMUX transmission in the presence of nonlinearity, a reduction of about a factor of three in PMD tolerance. In addition, we show that the dispersion tolerance of POLMUX transmission is severely limited in the presence of PMD. For example, a 40-ps differential group delay (DGD) with worst case coupling of the polarization channels into the fiber lowers the dispersion tolerance, resulting in a 1-dB eye-opening penalty (EOP), from 1200 to 450 ps/nm. We conclude that the interaction between PMD, chromatic dispersion, and nonlinearity leads to the worst signal impairments in POLMUX transmission and increases the effort of using polarization-multiplexing as a modulation format.     

Optimum FIR Transmitter and Receiver Filters for Data Transmission Over Band-Limited Channels

The paper deals with the design of digital transmitter and receiver filters with finite impulse response (FIR) for data transmission over band-limited channels. The filters are matched and satisfy a zero intersymbol interference constraint when cascaded. For baseband transmission, the filters achieve optimum spectral concentration in the frequency range[-(1+beta)/2T, (1+beta)/2T]. Mathematically, the filter design leads to a generalized eigenvalue problem which is solved numerically by a projected gradient Procedure. For transmission over bandpass channels by combined amplitude and phase modulation, the design technique is modified so that filters with complex-valued impulse response and optimum spectral concentration in the range of positive bandpass frequencies[f_{c} - (1+beta)/2T, f_{c} + (1+beta)/2T]are obtained. In addition, the complex formulation allows the design of impulse responses with enhanced spectral attenuation in the corresponding range of negative frequencies in order to minimize imageband interference. Results are shown in terms of filter coefficients, signal spectra, and spectral concentrations obtained. For example, filters designed for a voiceband data modem operating at a symbol rate of 2400 baud achieve a spectral concentration of 98.5 percent with 24 coefficients andbeta = 0.1, and with only 0.001 percent of the total energy in the imageband region.     

Numerical comparison between distributed and discrete amplificationin a point-to-point 40-Gb/s 40-WDM-Based transmission system with threedifferent modulation formats

We describe a detailed numerical investigation on the relative merits of gain flattened distributed Raman amplification (DRA) and discrete gain flattened amplifiers. We simulate a system with forty 40-Gb/s channels spaced at 100 GHz and compare the performance of three different modulation formats nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ), return-to-zero (RZ) and carrier-suppressed RZ (CS-RZ). Three types of amplifiers, multifrequency backward- and forward-pumped DRAs, and an idealized discrete gain flattened amplifier are examined for various signal powers and transmission distances. For the backward-pumped DRA, we also describe calculated tolerance limits imposed by incomplete dispersion slope compensation and polarization mode dispersion (PMD) level     

Statistical Methods for Testing Quality of Communication Channels

The reliable transmission of information over communication channels depends greatly on the adequacy of the maintenance program provided for the transmission medium. An integral part of such a program is the procedure used for determining the quality of a communication link. In this concise paper, we discuss several statistical methods for ascertaining those impairments-and their respective levels-which reveal the most information about the fidelity of the channel in signal transmission. For the purpose of illustration, an example is presented which demonstrates how a testing program could implement each particular statistical method.     

Signal transmission analysis of backward-pumped fiber Ramanamplifiers

We present a fast numerical method for the design and transmission analysis of backward-pumped fiber Raman amplifiers (FRAs). Our method groups pump-and-signal channels to exclude unimportant spectral bands between the groups during the simulation. Neglecting the weak pump channel modulation by the counterpropagating signal channels, we find the signal and pump evolutions from the FRA input toward the FRA output. The initial conditions at the FRA input may be obtained from the conventional power analysis. Our method may provide amplifier-induced transmission penalties that become increasingly important in high bit rate long-haul wavelength-division multiplexing transmissions     

VOD节目线程的幂级分配广播方案

在传统的ＶＯＤ广播中，如果希望每１０分钟得到一次收看一部１２０分钟影片的机会，需要１２个视频频道，假设客户端能够在硬盘上缓存影片某些部分，金字塔广播方案能够将带宽缩减到５．７个频道。幂级分配广播方案则仅需要４个频道，对于长度为Ｄ分钟的影片，如果想要将观看者的等待时间缩减到Ｄ／Ｍ分钟，仅需要安排Ｎ（Ｍ）个视频频道来循环广播该影片，其中Ｎ（Ｍ）＝ｌｏｇ２（Ｍ＋１），此方案大幅减少了单个视频点服务的占用     

Coded modulation for noncoherent reception with application to OFDM

Power- and bandwidth-efficient differentially encoded transmission over slowly time-varying fading channels with noncoherent reception and without channel state information is considered. For high bandwidth efficiencies, combined phase and amplitude modulation is used. For increased power efficiency, channel coding and multiple-symbol differential detection are applied, i.e., interleaving and detection are based on blocks of N>2 consecutive symbols. The presented concepts are directly applicable to transmission over flat fading channels. However, concentrating on the situation of frequency-selective channels, we consider their application to multicarrier transmission using orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM). When coding across subcarriers, OFDM transforms the actual frequency-selective channel into a slowly time-varying frequency-nonselective fading channel. This paper presents a design for multilevel coding schemes to approach theoretical limits for power- and bandwidth-efficient noncoherent transmission over the equivalent fading channel. It is shown that bit-interleaved coded modulation, which relies on Gray labeling, is competitive only in the case of conventional differential detection with N=2. The theoretic considerations are well approved by simulation results, where turbo codes are applied as component codes     

Multiservice capacity and interference statistics of the uplink of high altitude platforms (HAPs) for asynchronous and synchronous WCDMA system

In this work, the capacity and the interference statistics of the uplink of high-altitude platforms (HAPs) for asynchronous and synchronous WCDMA system assuming finite transmission power and imperfect power control are studied. Propagation loss used to calculate the received signal power is due to the distance, shadowing, and wall insertion loss. The uplink capacity for 3- and 3.75-G services is given for different cell radius assuming outdoor and indoor voice users only, data users only and a combination of the two services. For 37 macrocells HAP, the total uplink capacity is 3,034 outdoor voice users or 444 outdoor data users. When one or more than one user is an indoor user, the uplink capacity is 2,923 voice users or 444 data users when the walls entry loss is 10?dB. It is shown that the effect of the adjacent channels interference is very small.     

CRC-RS编码在JTIDS链路中的仿真分析

联合战术信息分发系统JTIDS（Joint Tactical Information Distribution System）是一个大容量、高速度、抗干扰、保密、时分多址的信息分发系统,在未来信息化战争中起到了越来越重要的作用。通信可靠性是充分发挥JTIDS系统作用的重要保证,信道编码可以有效提高系统可靠性。为分析信道编码在JTIDS系统中的作用,从CRC、RS编译码原理出发,研究了信号在JTIDS中传输过程,最后运用Simulink软件设计了JTIDS通信系统链路,并对未编码信号、RS编码信号、CRC-RS编码信号在有噪信道中传输的误码性能进行了仿真测试,结果表明采用CRC-RS编码能有效提高JTIDS通信的可靠性。     

Analysis of repeated unequally spaced channels for FDM lightwavesystems

In long-haul optical frequency-division-multiplexing (FDM) systems, transmission characteristics are degraded by four-wave mixing (FWM). To overcome this problem, repeated unequally spaced (RUS) channels have been recently proposed as a new frequency allocation. In this paper, frequency distribution and intensity of generated FWM lights, and a total bandwidth of signal lights of RUS channels are compared with those of already known equally spaced (ES) and unequally spaced (US) channels. It is found that intensities of generated FWM lights of RUS are less than those of ES when the number of channels and a total bandwidth of signals are common in both channels. It is also revealed that RUS has a narrower total bandwidth than US when the number of channels and the minimum channel spacing are common in both channels. Since RUS simultaneously satisfies a low FWM light intensity and a narrow signal bandwidth, it is considered that RUS is suitable for FDM lightwave transmission systems     

Error Recovery of Decision Feedback Equalizers on Exponential Impulse Response Channels

In this correspondence we determine an upper bound on the error recovery time of a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) operating on a high signal to noise ratio channel of exponential impulse response to be used for binary transmission. This bound is related to the channel time constant and we show that exponential impulse response channels form a favourable class of channels with regard to DFE error recovery properties.     

Performance analysis of APSK modulation for DVB‐S2 transmission over nonlinear channels

For increased bandwidth efficiency and receiver performance, standards for satellite broadcasting systems are evolving by utilizing efficient transmission techniques. The second‐generation digital video broadcasting for satellites (DVB‐S2) adopts the amplitude phase shift keying (APSK) modulation for enhanced performance over nonlinear channels. In this paper, we derive error rate bounds for APSK modulated symbols and generalize the bounds to the case of distorted constellation, which occurs when the maximum transmission amplitude is saturated by the soft‐limiter type channel. The derived bound is shown to significantly improve the previously known result, to accurately predict both the symbol error rate and bit error rate in the entire signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) region of interest. Using the derived formula, the optimal input power level for the soft‐limiter channel is determined, and the corresponding minimal error rates for 16‐ and 32‐APSK are quantified. The result is also interpreted in terms of optimal input back‐off (IBO) for nonlinear power amplifiers by evaluating the performance degradation as a function of IBO. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Efficient signal transmission algorithms for remote sensing gamma radiation over developed mobil WiMax network

This paper overcomes two key issues within radiation monitoring networks. Secure and accurate transmission of detected gamma radiation in remote areas is the first challenge. The second one is related to the robustness of transmitted signal under different fading scenarios. These issues are handled during signal transmission over worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMax) networks. The signals are experimentally captured using a ¹³⁷Cs point source, a NaI (TI) detector, and an analog-to-digital converter with 16 MS/s. For the first issue, several algorithms are implemented for secure and efficient transmission of gamma-based signals. These algorithms include encoding of captured signal, decoding, interleaving, and frequency transformation of modulated signal. Encoding and decoding of target signals are conducted using the Reed Solomon technique and convolutional encoding with a Viterbi decoder. A superior algorithm for channel interleaver using the combinational interleaving method is introduced. Fast lifting transform (FLT) is applied for transforming modulated signal into frequency domain. The results declare that CC = 1/2 with BPSK-1/2 coding rate introduces a better BER of 0.00068. A higher SNR of 1.5 dB is accomplished by the combinational interleaving algorithm. For the second issue, several models are suggested for overcoming channel degradations under gamma, exponential, Poisson, and geometric fading. Closed-form expressions that describe outage probability, bit error rate (BER), and symbol error rate (SER) are suggested. Geometric and gamma fading achieve respectively a lower BER of 0.18 and 0.48. These channels demonstrate similar channel performances at 3.6 dB. The proposed models are validated through comparison with published work. Finally, the proposed algorithms enable higher data rate transmission of detected ¹³⁷Cs signals under higher robustness using WiMax networks.     

Transmission of many WDM channels through a cascade of EDFA's inlong-distance links and ring networks

We analyze the transmission of many wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) channels through a cascade of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA) in both long-distance links and ring-based networks. For a megameter long-distance system, optimal operating conditions are found for achieving a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) per channel with as small an SNR differential as possible between 20 WDM channels spaced 0.5 nm apart. Critical issues addressed in this paper include: (a) the non-uniformity of the EDFA gain with wavelength: (b) the link loss between amplifiers; (c) the small-signal gain per amplifier; and (d) the input signal power     

相控阵测控系统时频及标校信号一体化光传输设计

为了实现对相控阵测控系统不同通道间信号幅度、相位的精确加权,就必须保证时频信号和标校信号的准确传输.针对传统相控阵测控系统时频及标校信号传输网络设计存在的相位一致性差、安装复杂、价格高昂、后期维护性较差等问题,设计了一种新型时频及标校信号一体化光传输网络.实验测试数据分析和工程实例表明,该新型一体化光传输网络在性能、成本、可扩展性以及安装维护等方面均比传统设计有明显提升.随着相控阵测控系统的通道数越来越多,新型一体化光传输网络的工程优异性会更加突出.     

Secure Broadcasting Over Fading Channels

We study a problem of broadcasting confidential messages to multiple receivers under an information-theoretic secrecy constraint. Two scenarios are considered: 1) all receivers are to obtain a common message; and 2) each receiver is to obtain an independent message. Moreover, two models are considered: parallel channels and fast-fading channels. For the case of reversely degraded parallel channels, one eavesdropper, and an arbitrary number of legitimate receivers, we determine the secrecy capacity for transmitting a common message, and the secrecy sum-capacity for transmitting independent messages. For the case of fast-fading channels, we assume that the channel state information of the legitimate receivers is known to all the terminals, while that of the eavesdropper is known only to itself. We show that, using a suitable binning strategy, a common message can be reliably and securely transmitted at a rate independent of the number of receivers. We also show that a simple opportunistic transmission strategy is optimal for the reliable and secure transmission of independent messages in the limit of large number of receivers.     

On Gaussian feedback capacity

M. Pinsker and P. Ebert (Bell Syst. Tech. J., p.1705-1712, Oct.1970) proved that in channels with additive Gaussian noise, feedback at most doubles the capacity. Recently, T. Cover and S. Pombra (ibid., vol.35, no.1, p.37-43, Jan.1989) proved that feedback at most adds half a bit per transmission. Following their approach, the author proves that in the limit as signal power approaches either zero (very low SNR) or infinity (very high SNR), feedback does not increase the finite block-length capacity (which for nonstationary Gaussian channels replaces the standard notion of capacity that may not exist). Tighter upper bounds on the capacity are obtained in the process. Specializing these results to stationary channels, the author recovers some of the bounds recently obtained by L.H. Ozarow (to appear in IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory) using a different bounding technique     

Performance of multidimensional multicode DS-CDMA using codediversity and error detection

High rate transmission can be realized using multiple orthogonal codes (MOC), as proposed in the third-generation wide-band code-division multiple-access (W-CDMA) standard. However, the linear sum of MOC channels is no longer constant amplitude, and a highly linear, power-inefficient amplifier may be required for transmission. Recently, a nonlinear block coding technique called precoding is introduced to maintain a constant amplitude signal after superposition of MOC channels. This is achieved by adding redundancy. In this paper, we first describe a multidimensional signaling scheme that recovers some information rate loss by precoding. Second, we propose a self-interference (SI) cancellation scheme resulting from a code diversity between the in-phase and quadrature subchannels among MOC channels. In a typical wireless channel with multipath fading, this type of SI can be detrimental especially when the number of parallel MOC channels is large. Third, we show that the error detection capability of precoding can be combined with code diversity, resulting in a diversity gain. In addition, we show that the diversity gain can be achieved using antenna diversity to assure the degree of freedom in code diversity, and even with the large number of MOC channels, the error performance can be maintained reliably while outperforming the variable spreading factor scheme in W-CDMA