New Delay Doppler Communication Paradigm in 6G Era:A Survey of Orthogonal Time Frequency Space(OTFS)

In the 6G era,Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network(SAGIN)are anticipated to deliver global coverage,necessitating support for a diverse array of emerging applications in high-mobility,hostile environments.Under such conditions,conventional orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM)modulation,widely employed in cellular and Wi-Fi communication systems,experiences performance degradation due to significant Doppler shifts.To overcome this obstacle,a novel twodimensional(2D)modulation approach,namely orthogonal time frequency space(OTFS),has emerged as a key enabler for future high-mobility use cases.Distinctively,OTFS modulates information within the delay-Doppler(DD)domain,as opposed to the timefrequency(TF)domain utilized by OFDM.This offers advantages such as Doppler and delay resilience,reduced signaling latency,a lower peak-to-average ratio(PAPR),and a reduced-complexity implementation.Recent studies further indicate that the direct interplay between information and the physical world in the DD domain positions OTFS as a promising waveform for achieving integrated sensing and communications(ISAC).In this article,we present an in-depth review of OTFS technology in the context of the 6G era,encompassing fundamentals,recent advancements,and future directions.Our objective is to provide a helpful resource for researchers engaged in the field of OTFS.

Orthogonal Time Frequency Space Modulation in 6G Era

Over the past decades, wireless technologies with reliable data transmissions and precise sensing ability in hostile environments are much less understood and significantly under-developed. The DD domain waveform, e.g., orthogonal time frequency space(OTFS), has been recognized globally for its great potential to achieve high-reliable communications and robust sensing performance under various channel conditions in 6G era.

5G High Mobility Wireless Communications: Challenges and Solutions

The fifth generation(5G) network is expected to support significantly large amount of mobile data traffic and huge number of wireless connections,to achieve better spectrum- and energy-efficiency,as well as quality of service(QoS) in terms of delay,reliability and security.Furthermore,the 5G network shall also incorporate high mobility requirements as an integral part,providing satisfactory service to users travelling at a speed up to 500 km/h.This paper provides a survey of potential high mobility wireless communication(HMWC) techniques for 5G network.After discussing the typical requirements and challenges of HMWC,key techniques to cope with the challenges are reviewed,including transmission techniques under the fast timevarying channels,network architecture with mobility support,and mobility management.Finally,future research directions on 5G high mobility communications are given.

Position-assisted fast handover schemes for LTE-advanced network under high mobility scenarios

Two position-assisted fast handover schemes, scheme A and scheme B, for LTE-A system under very high mobility scenarios, are proposed, together with their performance evaluation. Scheme A is designed to reduce handover delay by making handover preparation before handover starts. Scheme B aims at reducing unnecessary handovers and improving handover success rate, by calculating the geographically best target handover cell, which makes it easier for mobile terminals to access the target cell. A system level simulation is conducted to evaluate the performance of these two schemes. It is shown that, scheme A could reduce inter-site handover delay by about 50 ms, while scheme B could cut down nearly 50% of all handovers when time-to-trigger （TTT） is 0 ms. Besides, as TTT gets larger, Scheme B has much better success rate.

Coping with the Big Data:Convergence of Communications,Computing and Storage

To cope with the impact of big data,it is proposed to integrate the traditionally individual computing,communications and storage systems,which are getting inevitably converged.An effective information system capacity is introduced and discussed,aimed at excavating potentials of information system under a new paradigm with more degrees of freedom.

Active User and Data Detection for Uplink Grant-free NOMA Systems

This paper proposes some low complexity algorithms for active user detection(AUD),channel estimation(CE)and multi-user detection(MUD)in uplink non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA)systems,including single-carrier and multi-carrier cases.In particular,we first propose a novel algorithm to estimate the active users and the channels for single-carrier based on complex alternating direction method of multipliers(ADMM),where fast decaying feature of non-zero components in sparse signal is considered.More importantly,the reliable estimated information is used for AUD,and the unreliable information will be further handled based on estimated symbol energy and total accurate or approximate number of active users.Then,the proposed algorithm for AUD in single-carrier model can be extended to multi-carrier case by exploiting the block sparse structure.Besides,we propose a low complexity MUD detection algorithm based on alternating minimization to estimate the active users’data,which avoids the Hessian matrix inverse.The convergence and the complexity of proposed algorithms are analyzed and discussed finally.Simulation results show that the proposed algorithms have better performance in terms of AUD,CE and MUD.Moreover,we can detect active users perfectly for multi-carrier NOMA system.

A Multi-Hop Moving Zone(MMZ) Clustering Scheme Based on Cellular-V2X

A clustering scheme based on pure V2V communications has two prominent issues i.e. broadcast storm and network disconnection. The application of the fifth generation(5G) technology to vehicular networks is an optimal choice due to its wide coverage and low latency features. In this paper, a Multihop Moving Zone(MMZ) clustering scheme is proposed by combining IEEE 802.11p with the 3rd Generation Partnership Project(3GPP) 5G cellular technology. In MMZ, vehicles are clustered up-to three hops using V2V communications based on IEEE 802.11 p aiming to reduce excessive cellular hand-off cost. While the zonal heads(ZHs) i.e. cluster heads(CHs) are selected by cellular-V2X(C-V2X) on the basis of multi-metrics i.e. relative speed, distance and link life time(LLT). The main goal of MMZ is to form stable clusters achieving high packet delivery and low latency. The simulation results using ns3 show that, 5G wide range technology significantly improves the stability of MMZ in term of ZH duration and change rate. The average Data Packet Delivery Ratio(DPDR) and E2E latency are also improved as compared to the existing clustering schemes.

Guest editorial: special issue on high mobility wireless communications

The high-speed railway and high-way networks are now expanding at a phenomenal speed in Chinaand in many other parts of the world. The related broadband wireless communication over high-speed trains and highway vehicles is a very challenging task due to hostile transmission channel conditions. The demand for such services is growing rapidly, following the proliferation of laptop/tablet computers and smart phones. This motivates the research on wireless communications in the high mobility environments.

Polar Coded Iterative Multiuser Detection for Sparse Code Multiple Access System

Polar coded sparse code multiple access(SCMA) system is conceived in this paper. A simple but new iterative multiuser detection framework is proposed, which consists of a message passing algorithm(MPA) based multiuser detector and a soft-input soft-output(SISO) successive cancellation(SC) polar decoder. In particular, the SISO polar decoding process is realized by a specifically designed soft re-encoder, which is concatenated to the original SC decoder. This soft re-encoder is capable of reconstructing the soft information of the entire polar codeword based on previously detected log-likelihood ratios(LLRs) of information bits. Benefiting from the soft re-encoding algorithm, the resultant iterative detection strategy is able to obtain a salient coding gain. Our simulation results demonstrate that significant improvement in error performance is achieved by the proposed polar-coded SCMA in additive white Gaussian noise(AWGN) channels, where the performance of the conventional SISO belief propagation(BP) polar decoder aided SCMA, the turbo coded SCMA and the low-density parity-check(LDPC) coded SCMA are employed as benchmarks.

Modified clustered comb pilot-aided fast time-varying channel estimation for OFDM system

As high-speed railway is booming worldwide, the communication system with fast-time varying channel has drawn great attention. The comb pilot based linear minimum mean square error （LMMSE） channel estimator is proved to be an effective method for fast time-varying channel estimation. In this paper, the clustered comb pilot-aided chan- nel estimation for orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing （OFDM） system is discussed, where the time varying channel is approximated by a basis expansion model （BEM）. A modified clustered comb pilot structure is proposed and justified to improve the estimation performance compared with the clustered comb pilot proposed by Tang. Based on the complex-exponential BEM （CE-BEM） model, a suboptimal-pilot structure is proposed. In addition, optimal pilot length is analyzed and simulated with a predefined total number of pilots. The simulation results show that the modi- fied clustered comb pilot can greatly reduce the estimation error especially with high Doppler spread. The suboptimal- pilot structure with guard pilot approximation is proven to be competitive. Optimal nonzero pilot lengths for different Doppler spread are obtained by simulation with a predefined channel order and fixed pilot subcarriers.

Asymptotic analysis of multi-branch two-way amplify-and-forward relaying in Nakagami-m fading with arbitrary fading parameter

Two-way relay networks have received lots of attention, thanks to its ability to overcome the loss in the spectral efficiency due to half-duplex transmission. Asymptotic performance analysis can provide valuable insights in- to practical system designs. However, this is a gap in two-way relay network. In this paper, the asymptotic performance is studied for multi-branch dual-hop two-way amplify-and-forward （AF） relaying networks in independently but not necessarily identically distributed （i.n.i.d.） Nakagami-m fading channels, with arbitrary m 〉 5. The approximate prob- ability density function （PDF） of the instantaneous dual-hop link power at high SNR region is derived. Then we present the asymptotic outage probability expression, and analyze the diversity order and coding gain. Simulations are per- formed to verify the tightness of the presented analysis at medium and high SNR regions.

Optimal power allocation for complex field network coding scheme with the K-th best relay selection

Wireless relay and network coding are two critical techniques to increase the reliability and throughput of wireless cooperative communication systems. In this paper, a complex field network coding （CFNC） scheme with the K-th best relay selection （KBS） is proposed and investigated, wherein the K-th best relay is selected to forward the multiplexed signal to the destination. First, the upper bound of the symbol error probability （SEP）, the diversity order, and the coding gain are derived for the CFNC scheme with KBS. Then, the coding gain is utilized as the optimized cri- terion to determine the optimal power allocation. It is validated through analysis and simulation that the CFNC scheme with KBS can achieve full diversity only when K=I, while the diversity order decreases with increasing parameter K, and the optimal power allocation can significantly improve the performance of the CFNC scheme with KBS.

A Priority Queuing Model for HCF Controlled Channel Access (HCCA) in Wireless LANs

Recently, there has been a rapid growing interest in new applications requiring quality of service (QoS) guarantees through wireless local area networks (WLAN). These demands have led to the introduction of new 802.11 standard series to enhance access medium supporting QoS for multimedia applications. However, some applications such as variable bit rate (VBR) traffic address some challenges in the hybrid coordination function (HCF) nominated to provide QoS. This paper presents a novel priority queuing model to analyze a medium access in the HCF controlled channel access (HCCA) mode. This model makes use of a MAP (Markovian Arrival Process)/PH (Phase Type)/1 queue with two types of jobs which are suitable to support VBR traffic. Using a MAP for traffic arrival process and PH distribution for service process, the inclusion of vacation period makes our analysis very general and comprehensive to support various types of practical traffic streams. The proposed priority queuing model is very useful to evaluate and enhance the performance of the scheduler and the admission controller in the HCCA mechanism.

一种基于中继的车辆编队功率优化算法

车辆编队作为蜂窝车联网(cellular-vehicle-to-everything, C-V2X)的高级应用之一,可以有效地提高出行效率.处于编队内的车辆需要实时共享速度、前进方向和意图(制动、加速度等)等信息,并且位于队头的车辆需负责整个编队的管理并传递控制消息.但是在高密度场景下,当多个编队的队头被分配到同一子信道上同时传输时,多个编队之间会存在干扰,如果队头车辆以传统的固定功率方式进行广播,广播功率过大会导致对其他队列造成的干扰过大,广播功率过小则会影响队列内成员的接收质量,因此需要合适的功率分配方案以满足高密度场景下的通信需求.本文在满足时延、接收信噪比要求的前提下以最小化总功率消耗为目标,提出了一种基于中继的多队列协作功率优化方案,该方案通过在编队内选取合适的中继车辆以减少每跳广播所需要的功率,从而减少对其他编队的干扰并且降低总功率消耗.仿真结果表明,所提出的方案相比传统方案能够容纳更多的编队成员,并且在满足性能要求的前提下大幅降低总功率消耗.

Advances in broadband wireless communications under high-mobility scenarios

未来活动通讯系统瞄准提供很高的数据传播率，甚至在象高速度的车轮轨道火车，磁悬浮火车火车，高速公路车辆，飞机，指导导弹或太空船那样的高活动性的情形。一个特别地重要的商业应用程序是对高速度的宽带的强壮、增加的世界范围的要求无线通讯(多达 574.8 ? km/h 测试速度或 380 ? km/h 广告速度)为象为旅客的机载的娱乐服务那样的应用程序在铁路，提供的数据，声音和录像满足，火车控制，训练派遣，火车传感器地位处理和监视。在如此的高活动性的情形，有很多通讯挑战，包括快移交，更新的地点，当模特儿的高速度的隧道，评价和均等， anti-Doppler 传播技术，快力量控制，和奉献网络建筑学。因为在很高速度的情形的信号传播将不可避免地经历 s ……