Modeling and Performance Analysis of UAV-Aided Millimeter Wave Cellular Networks with Stochastic Geometry

UAV-aided cellular networks,millimeter wave(mm-wave) communications and multi-antenna techniques are viewed as promising components of the solution for beyond-5G(B5G) and even 6G communications.By leveraging the power of stochastic geometry,this paper aims at providing an effective framework for modeling and analyzing a UAV-aided heterogeneous cellular network,where the terrestrial base stations(TBSs) and the UAV base stations(UBSs) coexist,and the UBSs are provided with mm-wave and multi-antenna techniques.By modeling the TBSs as a PPP and the UBSs as a Matern hard-core point process of type Ⅱ(MPH-Ⅱ),approximated but accurate analytical results for the average rate of the typical user of both tiers are derived through an approximation method based on the mean interference-to-signal ratio(MISR) gain.The influence of some relevant parameters is discussed in detail,and some insights into the network deployment and optimization are revealed.Numerical results show that some trade-offs are worthy of being considered,such as the antenna array size,the altitude of the UAVs and the power control factor of the UBSs.

HetNets Under Decoupled Uplink and Downlink Access with UE Random Discontinuous Transmission: Local Delay and Energy Efficiency

Due to the limited uplink capability in heterogeneousnetworks (HetNets), the decoupled uplinkand downlink access (DUDA) mode has recently beenproposed to improve the uplink performance. In thispaper, the random discontinuous transmission (DTX)at user equipment (UE) is adopted to reduce the interferencecorrelation across different time slots. By utilizingstochastic geometry, we analytically derive themean local delay and energy efficiency (EE) of an uplinkHetNet with UE random DTX scheme under theDUDA mode. These expressions are further approximatedas closed forms under reasonable assumptions.Our results reveal that under the DUDA mode, there isan optimal EE with respect to mute probability underthe finite local delay constraint. In addition, with thesame finite mean local delay as under the coupled uplinkand downlink access (CUDA) mode, the HetNetsunder the DUDA mode can achieve a higher EE witha lower mute probability.

Investigation into phantom downlinks and development of a prevention algorithm in rotary steerable system

This paper investigated the failure cause of phantom downlinks of a flow rate detection mechanism in a rotary steerable system and developed a prevention algorithm.Downlinking is the process of controlling a drilling tool from the surface by sending commands to downhole.Directional drillers send downlinks to the rotary steerable system to adjust steering parameters to achieve the desired well plan.The downlink demodulation of downhole tools is achieved through the measurement of flow rate and correlation of waveform with predefined command models;downlink acceptance is based on the correlation rate.One case study revealed that phantom downlinks were due to the variation of turbine rotation speed,which was the result of alternator load changes.A prevention algorithm of conducting a signal energy check was proposed and implemented.The algorithm can successfully prevent phantom downlinks that are usually of low-level energy and only accept authentic downlinks.The work improved the downlinking reliability of the rotary steerable system.This methodology can be further applied to other downlink demodulation mechanisms using collar speed or pressure measurement.

A Duty Cycle-Based Gateway Selection Algorithm for LoRaWAN Downlink Communication

Long Range Wide Area Network(LoRaWAN)has been developed to meet the requirements for the enormous device-to-device communication of Inter-net of Things(IoT)networks,which consist of a large number of participating devices spread over large coverage areas with low data rates and low power con-sumption.It supports communications in both directions,uplink,and downlink directions.However,the downlink communication in the current LoRaWAN raises the bottleneck issue at gateways due to the used gateway selection algo-rithm.This paper proposes a novel gateway selection algorithm based on the duty cycle time-off values for the existing gateways,Duty Cycle Gateway Selection(DCGS),to direct acknowledgment packets as downlink traffic towards the most suitable gateway.Thus,the proposed system avoids subsequent retransmission of previously sent traffic that leads to excessive traffic overloading the network.The proposed system avoids exhausting a gateway duty cycle with downlink traffic by distributing the downlink traffic among available gateways based on the duty cycle time off.DCGS is evaluated using FloRa and INET frameworks in the well-known network simulator OMNeT++.The result shows the superior perfor-mance of the proposed approach over the existing Signal-to-Noise ratio(SNR)based selection mechanism.It clearly indicates that the DCGS maintains a better confirmed packet delivery rate while reducing number of retransmissions,colli-sions,and power consumption.

A Novel Resource Allocation Algorithm based on Downlink and Uplink Decouple Access Scheme in Heterogeneous Networks

Traditional cellular network requires that a user equipment(UE) should associate to the same base station(BS) in both the downlink(DL) and the uplink(UL). Based on dual connectivity(DC) introduced in LTE-Advanced R12, DL/UL decouple access scheme has been proposed, which is especially suitable for heterogeneous networks(Het Nets). This paper is the pioneer to take the DL/UL decouple access scheme into consideration and develop a novel resource allocation algorithm in a two-tier Het Net to improve the total system throughput in the UL and ease the load imbalance between macro base stations(MBSs) and pico base stations(PBSs). A model is formulated as a nonlinear integer programming, and the proposed algorithm is a sub-optimal algorithm based on the graph theory. First, an undirected and weighted interference graph is obtained. Next, the users are grouped to let users with large mutual interferences to be assigned to different clusters. Then, the users in different clusters are allocated to different resource blocks(RBs) by using the Hungarian algorithm. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can provide great promotions for both the total system throughput and the average cell edge user throughput and successfully ease the load imbalance between MBSs and PBSs.

Adaptive Antenna-Activation Based Beamforming for Large-Scale MIMO Communication Systems of High Speed Railway

Large-scale array aided beamforming improves the spectral efficiency(SE) as a benefit of high angular resolution.When dual-beam downlink beamforming is applied to the train moving towards cell edge,the inter-beam ambiguity(IBA) increases as the directional difference between beams becomes smaller.An adaptive antenna activation based beamforming scheme was proposed to mitigate IBA.In the district near the base station(BS),all antenna elements(AEs) were activated to generate two beams.As the distance from the train to the BS increased,only the minimum number of AEs satisfying the resolution criterion would be activated.At the cell edge,one beam was switched off due to intolerable IBA.The proposed scheme can achieve SE gain to the non-adaptive scheme and show more robustness against the direction-of-arrival(DOA) estimation error.

Numerical simulation study of gob air leakage field and gas migration regularity in downlink ventilation

Aiming at the issue that mass of gas emission from mining gob and the gas exceeded in working face, gob air leakage field and gas migration regularity in downlink ventilation was studied. In consideration of the influence of natural wind pressure to analyze the stope face differential pressure, gob air leakage field distribution and gas migration regularity theoretically. Established a two-dimensional physical model with one source and one doab, and applied computational fluid dynamics analysis software Fluent to do numerical simulation, analyzed and contrasted to the areas of gob air leakage on size and gas emission from gob to working face on strength when using the downlink ventilation and uplink ventilation. When applied downward ventilation in stope face, the air leakage field of gob nearly working face, and the air leakage intensity were smaller than uplink, this can effectively reduce the gas emission from gob to working face; when used downlink ventilation, the air leakage airflow carry the lower amount of gas to doab than uplink ventilation, and more easily to mix the gas, reduced the possibility of gas accumulation in upper comer and the stratified flows, it can provide protection to mine with safe and effective production.

Multi-Resources Management in 6G-Oriented Terrestrial-Satellite Network

The six-generation(6G)wireless network is expected to satisfy the requirements of ubiquitous connectivity and intelligent endogenous.Terrestrialsatellite networks(TSN)enable seamless coverage for terrestrial users in a wide area,making it very promising in 6G.As data traffic in TSNs surges,the integrated management for caching,computing,and communication(3C)has attracted much research attention.In this paper,we investigate the multi-resource management in the uplink and downlink transmission of TSN,respectively.In particularly,we aim to guarantee both throughput fairness and data security in the uplink transmission of TSN.Considering the intermittent communication of the satellite,we introduce two kinds of relays,i.e.,terrestrial relays(TRs)and aerial relays(ARs)to improve the system throughput performance in the downlink transmission of TSN.Finally,we study a specific case of TSN with the uplink and downlink transmission,and the corresponding simulation results validate the effectiveness of our proposed schemes.

Design of a downlink algorithm for rotary steering(logging while drilling)systems

For logging while drilling(LWD)systems,it is necessary to adjust the working state of the downhole tools in real-time according to different operating conditions.In this paper,on the basis of the characteristics of LWD systems,a mud pressure-apperceived downlink system was examined.For the design of this system,a signal acquisition and processing board was created based on a piezoelectric ceramic sensor to acquire the mud pressure signal.The error sources of the downlink command sending process were analyzed,and an error accumulation compensation processing algorithm was proposed to improve the recognition success rate of the downhole system.Moreover,to reduce noise interference on the characteristics of the mud impulse signal,a fi ltering algorithm was proposed based on the empirical mode decomposition method,and the success rate of instruction issuance was determined by identifying feedback instructions.Field tests were conducted to further improve the system,the results of which suggested that the system had good mud adaptability,high recognition success rate,and a certain application value.

Energy Efficiency Trade-off with Spectral Efficiency in MIMO Systems

5G technology can greatly improve spectral efficiency(SE)and throughput of wireless communications.In this regard,multiple inputmultiple output(MIMO)technology has become the most influential technology using huge antennas and user equipment(UE).However,the use of MIMO in 5G wireless technology will increase circuit power consumption and reduce energy efficiency(EE).In this regard,this article proposes an optimal solution for weighing SE and throughput tradeoff with energy efficiency.The research work is based on theWyner model of uplink(UL)and downlink(DL)transmission under the multi-cell model scenario.The SE-EE trade-off is carried out by optimizing the choice of antenna and UEs,while the approximation method based on the logarithmic function is used for optimization.In this paper,we analyzed the combination of UL and DL power consumption models and precoding schemes for all actual circuit power consumption models to optimize the trade-off between EE and throughput.The simulation results show that the SE-EE trade-off has been significantly improved by developing UL and DL transmission models with the approximation method based on logarithmic functions.It is also recognized that the throughput-EE trade-off can be improved by knowing the total actual power consumed by the entire network.

Channel Estimation and Data Transmission in Massive MIMO TDD Systems

This paper mainly elaborates the studies of channel estimation and downlink data transmission in Massive MIMO. As there are different types of interference in single-cell and multi-cell systems, this paper establishes different models for them separately. In terms of uplink training, for getting channel state information, we introduce LS and MMSE channel estimation algorithms and make a comparison between them. At the same time, the problem of pilot contamination is solved by cell classification and pilot identification. Next, this paper defines mathematical models for downlink data transmission. We use pre-coding methods (including Zero-forcing and Maximal Ratio Combining schemes) and optimize power distribution to improve channel capacity and transmission rate. Furthermore, this paper provides numerical results to show the simulation performance in both single-cell and multi-cell systems and extends to prospects in the future.

OFDMA-PON with MQAM downlink for flexible allocation

In this paper, the 40-Gbps orthogonal frequency division multiple access(OFDMA) technology enabled by subcarrier allocation in the form of integrated architecture for the intra-cell is proposed in the downlink transmission passive broadband optical access system. The data-carrying subcarriers in the inverse fast Fourier transform/fast Fourier transform(IFFT/FFT) size of1 024 points are successfully divided into three sub-channels,in which each sub-channel has 256 useful subcarriers, by using adaptive dynamic bandwidth allocation(DBA). Taking the inherent advantages of M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation(MQAM)modulation mechanism into account, the performance of the absolutely identical MQAM format over the different sub-channels for the downstream OFDMA-passive optical network(PON) is investigated based on the intensity modulation direct detection(IMDD) system by simulations. The results show that three parallel4 QAM or 16 QAM or 64 QAM OFDMA data, which are transmitted over three sub-channels, is more suitable for different sub-channel allocations, respectively. In addition, comparing with single port4/16/64 QAM OFDM over the same access system, the receiver sensitivity economizes – 0.6 d Bm, 0.6 d Bm, 4.6 d Bm at the bit error rate(BER) value of 10-3 respectively.

Research and simulation on synchronization algorithm of PSS in a 5G system based on block cross-correlation

In response to the downlink synchronization requirements of the user equipment(UE)or third-party radio equipment in fifth-generation(5G)mobile communication systems,a synchronization algorithm of primary synchroni-zation signal(PSS)was designed and developed in the 5G system based on block cross-correlation.According to the new characteristics of the 5G synchronization channel and broadcast channel,starting from the traditional downlink synchronization algorithm of long-term evolution(LTE),the detection performance of the algorithm under a low signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)is improved by introducing an incoherent accumulation,and the new scheme of joint coarse frequency offset estimation is used to improve the frequency offset estimation performance.Finally,the performance of the proposed synchronization algorithm is verified by conducting a simulation on a 5G downlink simulation platform based on MATLAB software.Simulation results show that the improved downlink synchronization algorithm has stable performance in the tapped delay line-C(TDL-C)and additive white Gaussian noise(AWGN)channels with large frequency deviation and low SNR.

Capacity Analysis on Distributed Antenna System with Imperfect CSI over Rayleigh Fading Channel

Considering that perfect channel state information(CSI)is hard to obtain in practice,the capacity of downlink distributed antennas system(DAS)with imperfect CSI is analyzed over Rayleigh fading channel.Based on the performance analysis,using the probability density function and numerical calculation,an accurate closedform expression of ergodic capacity of downlink DAS under imperfect CSI is derived.It includes the one under perfect CSI as a special case.This theoretical expression can provide good performance evaluation for downlink DAS for both perfect and imperfect CSI due to its accuracy.Simulation results indicate that the theoretical analysis agrees well with the corresponding simulation,and the capacity can be increased effectively by decreasing the estimation error and/or path loss.

Zero-forcing beamforming with receiver antenna selection in downlink multi-antenna multi-user system

A study on the zero-forcing beamforming （ZFBF） scheme with antenna selection at user terminals in downlink multi-antenna multi-user systems is presented. Simulation results show that the proposed ZFBF scheme with receiver antenna selection （ZFBF-AS） achieves considerable throughput improvement over the ZFBF scheme with single receiver antenna. The results also show that, with multi-user diversity, the ZFBF-AS scheme approaches the throughput performance of the ZFBF scheme using all receiver antennas （ZFBF-WO-AS） when the base station adopts semi-orthogonal user selection （SUS） algorithm, and achieves larger throughput when the base station adopts the Round-robin scheduling algorithm. Compared with ZFBF-WO-AS, the proposed ZFBF-AS scheme can reduce the cost of user equipments and the channel state information requirement at the transmitter （CSIT） as well as the multiuser scheduling complexity at the transmitter.

QoS Guaranteed Pre-Pushing Scheme in Peer-Assisted Streaming Network

In peer-assisted streaming network, service provider needs to pre-pushing resources to some users for caching. This scheme can increase the resource availability. In traditional strategy, in order to guarantee the user＇s quality of service （QoS）, the pre-pushing action can only start at the time point that the certain user has not used the computer for more than 20 minutes. If the user comes back, the pre-pushing action will be stopped. We claim that this is not an efficient scheme. In this paper, we propose a novel pre-pushing scheme to improve the pre-pushing efficiency, while meeting the user＇s QoS requirements. The basic idea is using the user＇s available bandwidth as much as possible in the condition of meeting the user＇s QoS requirements. Then we design an available bandwidth calculating strategy. The numerical simulation demonstrates that our proposed scheme outperforms the traditional one.

Downlink/Uplink Identification of Time-Division Duplexing-OFDMA Systems for Cognitive Radios

When coexisting with dual-link primary systems,secondary systems in cognitive radios should first distinguish between the primary downlinks and uplinks in order to efficiently explore their respective spectrum opportunities.Because of the assumptive prior knowledge about the time-frequency locations of primary downlinks and uplinks,this procedure is usually not considered in the design of cognitive radios.In this paper,a cooperative method is proposed for the downlink/uplink identification of time-division duplex-based orthogonal frequency-division multiple access systems.In this method,the power level of the primary link is extracted as the key feature,which also contributes to the subsequent cognitive behaviours.The effects of the primary and secondary systems and the effects of the detection parameters on the identification accuracy are all analysed in detail.The simulation results show that the proposed method can identify the primary links precisely and quickly with low complexity.

Efficient and fair resource allocation in downlink OFDMA systems

A resource allocation problem considering both efficiency and fairness in orthogonal frequency division multiple access （OFDMA） systems is studied. According to the optimality conditions, a downlink resource allocation algorithm consisting of subcarrier assignment and power alloca- tion is proposed. By adjusting the tradeoff coefficient, the proposed algorithm can achieve different levels of compromise between efficiency and fairness. The well-known classic resource allocation policies such as sum-rate maximization algorithm, proportional fairness algorithm and max-rain algorithm are all special cases of the proposed algorithm. Simulation results show that the compromise between efficiency and fairness can be continuously adjusted according to system requirements.

Power duality for multi-antenna OFDM system in broadcast channel with user scheduling

This paper deals with design and analysis of user scheduling and power allocation for multi-antenna OFDM systems with DPC,ZF-DPC,ZF-BF and TDMA transmit strategies.We consider the general multi-user downlink scheduling problem and power minimization with multi-user rate constraints.According to the channel state,it is shown that there is a power optimal policy which selects a subset of users in each scheduling interval.We present user selection algorithms for DPC,ZF-DPC,ZF-BF and TDMA for multi-antenna OFDM system in broadcast channels,and we also present the practical water-filling solution in this paper.By the selected users with the consideration of fairness,we derive the power optimization algorithm with multi-user rate constraints.We also analyze the power duality of uplink-downlink for the transmit strategies of DPC,ZF-DPC and ZF-BF.Simulation results show that the present user-scheduling algorithm and power minimization algorithm can achieve good power performance,and that the scheduling algorithm can guarantee fairness.

MCS Selection Criteria Based on Performance Simulation for HSDPA

An adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) scheme integrated with multi-code transmission for high speed downlink packet access is presented and some modulation and coding scheme (MCS) selection criteria are proposed to maximize single user data rates. Based on link-level performance analysis, the MCS selection criteria are proposed with the constraints of QoS requirement, modulation level, channel coding rate and the number of available channelization codes. By allowing multiple transmission parameters changing, these criteria make the scheme more flexible to time-varying mobile channel with comparatively low complexity through a look-up table method. The AMC scheme is sensitive to the changes of channel condition and can save the channelization codes in an applicable way by applying these criteria.