A novel OFDM transmission scheme with length-adaptive Cyclic Prefix

Conventional OFDM transmission system uses a fixed-length Cyclic Prefix to counteract Inter-Symbol Inter- ferences (ISI) caused by channel delay spreading under wireless mobile environment. This may cause considerable per- formance deterioration when the CP length is less than the channel RMS delay spread, or may decrease the system power and spectrum efficiency when it is much larger. A novel Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission scheme is proposed in this paper to adapt the CP length to the variation of channel delay spread. AOFDM-VCPL utilizes the preamble or pilot sub-carriers of each OFDM packet to estimate the channel RMS delay spread; and then uses a criterion to calculate the CP length , which finally affects the OFDM transmitter. As illustrated in the simulation section, by deploying this scheme in a typical wireless environment, the system can transmit at data rate 11.5 Mb/s higher than conventional non-adaptive system while gaining a 0.65 dB power saving at the same BER performance.

Reducing Cyclic Prefix Overhead Based on Symbol Repetition in NB-IoT-Based Maritime Communication

With the increasing maritime activities,a great demand of wide-area maritime digital data services is needed.Therefore,Narrowband Internet of Things(NB-IoT)that can provide wide coverage has been expected as an application for maritime communication networks(MCNS).In this paper,we aim to enhance the spectral efficiency in NB-IoT by reducing the cyclic prefix(CP)overhead in random access signal without causing interference.The key point of the proposed scheme is the symbols transmitted for multiple times repeatedly in NB-IoT.Specifically,all CP are removed and multi-path fading effect is eliminated by using a repeated symbol to cover the disturbed symbol to construct a circular convolution structure of the channel with the same effect as adding CP.In addition,a single-tap equalization is still appropriate.To validate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme,simulation results are carried out with respect to the bit error ratio(BER).

TURBO AIDED CYCLIC PREFIX RECONSTRUCTION FOR CODED SINGLE-CARRIER SYSTEMS WITH FREQUENCY-DOMAIN EQUALIZATION (SC-FDE)

In this paper, a Turbo aided Cyclic Prefix (CP) reconstruction scheme, termed Turbo- CPR, is proposed for Single-Carrier systems with Frequency-Domain Equalization (SC-FDE) that employ insufficient CP in the transmitter. In Turbo-CPR, the decoder output is incorporated in the process of equalization, i.e. Turbo equalizer is employed. It is shown in the simulation results that Turbo-CPR not only recovers the performance loss due to insufficiency of CP, but also provides extra gains over the lower bound of performance for conventional CP reconstruction schemes.

Enhanced spectrum sensing using a combination of energy detector,matched filter and cyclic prefix

In this paper,we propose a sensing scheme based on energy detection,matched filter and cyclic prefix.Both Equal Gain Combining(EGC)and optimal combination of the aforementioned detectors are investigated in cooperative and non-cooperative spectrum sensing scenarios.In packet transmission systems such as OFDM(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple access)systems,the proposed scheme takes advantage of utilizing more samples than individual detectors,i.e.,cyclic prefix,training or pilot samples,and data payload samples.The proposed combine-sensing scheme offers higher detection probability and lower false alarm probability,as compared with the performance of individual detectors over the same frame duration.Simulation results are congruent with the theoretical curves and confirm the validity of our derivations.

EFFICIENT CYCLIC PREFIX RECONSTRUCTION USING DECISION FEEDBACK FILTER FOR CODED SINGLE-CARRIER SYSTEMS WITH FREQUENCY-DOMAIN EQUALIZATION (SC-FDE)

In this paper, an efficient Cyclic Prefix （CP） reconstruction scheme is proposed for Single-Carrier systems with Frequency-Domain Equalization （SC-FDE） that employ insufficient length of CP at the transmitter. By utilizing a decision feedback filter to cancel the residual InterSymbol Interference （ISI） in the equalized signal, the proposed scheme can effectively lower the low bound of performance for the CP reconstruction schemes and can greatly improve the Bit Error P^te （BER） performance of SC-FDE systems. In addition, the existing methods and the proposed scheme are also optimized. It is shown in the simulation results that, when the Signal-to-Noise Ratio （SNR） exceeds a certain threshold, the proposed scheme can achieve the low bound of performance for the existing methods. Moreover, by increasing the number of iteration or through optimization, the low bound can be outperformed.

Accurate channel estimation for MIMO-OFDM system by exploiting cyclic prefix

Multiple-input-multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing （MIMO-OFDM） systems promise to provide significant increase in system capacity for future wireless communication systems. The channel state information is required to achieve the high capacity of an MIMO-OFDM system. In this pa-per, an improved channel estimation scheme is proposed for MIMO-OFDM system by making full use of the training sequence and CP （cyclic prefix）. The method improves the performance of the channel esti-mator because of using the redundant information in CP. Also, the theoretical mean square error （MSE） bound of the improved estimator is derived. The effectivity of the algorithm is demonstrated by the simula-tion results of MIMO-OFDM systems with two transmit and two receive antennas. The MSE gain is en-hanced by about 1dB.

ON THE PERFORMANCE OF DATA-DEPENDENT SUPERIMPOSED TRAINING WITHOUT CYCLIC PREFIX FOR SISO/MIMO SYSTEMS

Compared with channel estimation method based on explicit training sequences,bandwidth is saved for those methods using superimposed training sequences,while it is wasted when Cyclic Prefix(CP) is added.In previous work of McLernon,the Mean Square Error(MSE) performance of Data-Dependent Superimposed Training(DDST) without CP for Single-Input Single-Output(SISO) system was analyzed under the assumption that the data-dependent sequence matrix was a circulant matrix and not interfered by others.In fact,for the system without CP,the data-dependent sequence matrix is not circulant any more and will be interfered.This paper derives the exact expression of MSE for the system without CP and also gives its extension to Multiple-Input Multiple-Output(MIMO) system without CP.

Different known guard intervals for single/multi-carrier transceiver

To enhance the bandwidth efficiency of the guard interval （GI） assisted wireless communication system, an attractive scheme is proposed, which combines the functions of pilots and the GI together, so that the pilot resource used for estimating channel state is saved. Based on the proposed different known guard intervals （DKGI）, the time-domain channel estimation can be simply applied on the receiver side. After channel estimation, the receiver can employ the cyclic convolution restoring （CCR） function to reconstruct the cyclical convolution relationship between the signal and the channel, by which the receiver can also achieve good performance through the conventional 1-tap frequency domain equalization （FDE）.

INTERCARRIER INTERFERENCE ALLEVIATION BEAMFORMING FOR OFDM WITH SPACE DIVERSITY

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) systems suffer from performance deterioration when the length of Cyclic Prefix (CP) is shorter than the Channel Impulse Response (CIR). The fundamental reason of this impairment is the InterCarrier Interference (ICI) and Inter- Symbol Interference (ISI) introduced by the excessive multipath delay. Specifically, Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) beamforming is helpful in cancelling such interference since it can spatially suppress some of the multipath. In this paper, we propose an ICI eliminating beamforming scheme employing a per-tone processing approach, thus with moderate computational complexity. The ISI is removed by using a simple decision feedback equalizer, while the optimal steering and combining vectors are then derived to maximize the Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR). This method not only achieves the beamforming benefit, but also significantly alleviates the ICI. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can effectively reduce the system Symbol Error Rate (SER), per- mitting good performance for multipath delay profiles that would break conventional links.

AN IMPROVED OPTIMAL CHANNEL SHORTENING ALGORITHM FOR DMT MODULATION SYSTEMS

In Discrete Multi-Tone (DMT) modulation systems, the well-known technique to overcome the Inter-Carrier Interference (ICI)/Inter-Symbol Interference (ISI) caused by the inadequate Cyclic Prefix (CP) length is to use a Time-Domain Equalizer (TDE) at the receiver front-end. An algorithm used to calculate the coefficients of the optimal shortening Time Domain Equalizer (TDE) was given by Melsa. However, this algorithm requires that the length of the TDE must be smaller than or equal to the memory length of the target impulse response. This paper modifies this algorithm and makes it not only fit for calculating the coefficients of the TDE with arbitrary length, but also have a much less computational time.

An Energy Efficient Transmission Scheme for OFDM Systems in LTE

In orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM) systems,for given total transmit power,insertion of the noninformation bearing cyclic prefix(CP) will reduce the effective energy per information bit.Generally,the energy loss is proportional to the ratio of CP length to the symbol duration.If the CP is too long,the energy loss will be considerable high.In this paper,we propose an energy efficient transmission scheme for OFDM systems in Long Term Evolution(LTE) which is developed based on reduction of the CP energy.Simulation results show that the proposed method can save up to about10%of the total energy,while keeping almost the same bit-error-rate(BER) performance in some applications.

Equivalent Time-Domain Representation and Uplink Channel Estimator for Multicarrier CDMA Systems

Many blind channel estimation methods have been proposed for direct sequence (DS) code-division multiple access (CDMA) systems, so we can certainly use them to estimate the finite impulse response (FIR) channel for the multi-carrier (MC-) CDMA system. In this paper, the MC-CDMA system is interpreted as an equivalent time-domain DS-CD-MA system with specific spreading codes. Then, an equivalently time-domain blind channel estimator is derived for the uplink MC-CDMA, which is based on second-order statistics of the received data. By exploiting singular value decomposition (SVD) and the finite alphabet property of transmitted symbols, the time-domain channel impulse response (CIR) for the uplink MC-CDMA can be accurately identified. Computer simulations illustrate both the validity and the overall performance of the proposed estimator.

JOINT ESTIMATION OF CARRIER FREQUENCY OFFSET AND POWER DELAY PROFILE FOR MIMO-OFDM SYSTEMS

This paper develops a Cyclic Prefix(CP)based joint Maximum-Likelihood(ML)estima-tion algorithm of Carrier Frequency Offset(CFO)and Power Delay Profile(PDP)for Multi-InputMulti-Output Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing(MIMO-OFDM)systems.However,theexact solution of the joint ML estimation is very complex since it needs a search over amulti-dimensional domain.Thus a simplified method is proposed to estimate the CFO and the PDPiteratively via the alternating-projection method which could induce the multidimensional searchproblem to a sequence of simple one-dimensional searches.Simulations show that the proposed algo-rithm is more accurate and robust than the existing algorithms.

A novel energy-efficient ICI cancellation technique for bandwidth improvements through cyclic prefix reuse in an OFDM system

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing （OFDM）, a very promising technique that is leading the evolution in wireless mobile communication to sideline the bandwidth scarcity issue in spectrum allocation, is severely affected by the undesirable effects of the frequency offset error, which generates inter cartier interference （ICI） due to the Doppler shift and local oscillator frequency synchronization errors. There are many ICI cancellation techniques available in the literature, such as self-cancellation （SC）, maximum likelihood estimation （MLE）, and windowing, but they present a tradeoff between bandwidth redundancy and system complexity. In this study, a new energy-efficient, bandwidth-effective technique is proposed to mitigate ICI through cyclic prefix （CP） reuse at the receiver end. Unlike SC and MLE where the whole OFDM symbol data is transmitted in duplicate to create redundancy at the transmitter end, the proposed technique uses the CP data （which is only 20% of the total symbol bandwidth） to estimate the channel, and it produces similar results with a huge bandwidth saving. The simulation results show that the proposed technique has a significant improvement in error performance, and a comparative analysis demonstrates the substantial improvement in energy efficiency with high bandwidth gain. Therefore, it outperforms the legacy IC1 cancellation schemes under consideration.