CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS OF THE FREQUENCY ESTIMATION IN THE TIME SELECTIVE RADIO CHANNELS WITH DOPPLER SPREAD

The mobile channel is slow fading and time selective, thus the multiplicative and additive noise of the channel will smear the spectral line, or arouse Doppler spread. This spread will make the parameters estimation accuracy degrade. The goal of this paper is to analytically assess this degradation when Carrier Frequency Offset (CFO) and Doppler shift exist jointly. Then the finite-sample Cramer-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB) is derived and close-form asymptotical expression is given for large-sample CRLB. These expressions give insights into the performance room for frequency estimation. Also the variance of Doppler shift estimator is simulated to illustrate the theoretical results.

车联网V2I场景下基于GNN的SC-FDMA智能信道估计

随着车联网的迅猛发展,车对路基础设施(Vehicle to Infrastructure,V2I)通信对车联网的可靠性和时延提出了更高的要求,而信道估计是接收机高可靠低时延通信的重要保障.为解决传统信道插值算法不能有效拟合V2I信道快时变特性、自适应多普勒频移能力弱和传统神经网络可解释性不强的问题,本文提出基于图神经网络(Graph Neural Network,GNN)的单载波频分多址(Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access,SC-FDMA)智能信道估计算法.该算法将信道频率响应中的数据点作为图的节点、符号间时域相关性作为边,将图化后的数据送入GraphSAGE信道插值器(GraphSAGE Channel Interpolator,GCI)中,通过边更新、聚合操作、节点更新三大模块进行网络训练,同时采用多普勒频移矢量作为节点特征控制网络拟合不同多普勒条件的信道,使得网络具备可解释性.最后,系统仿真验证了在不同速度环境下算法的有效性和鲁棒性,较线性插值、样条插值以及全连接网络,本文所提GCI在低、中和高速移动环境下具有最优的误码率(Bit Error Rate,BER)和归一化均方误差(Normalized Mean Square Error,NMSE)性能,特别地,在200 km/h高速移动条件下GCI的优势更为明显.

6G新型时延多普勒通信范式:OTFS的技术优势、设计挑战、应用与前景

在未来的通信网络中,被广泛期待的第6代移动通信系统(The Sixth Generation of Mobile Communications System,6G)技术将面临诸多挑战,其中包括在高速移动场景下的超高可靠通信问题。正交时频空间(Orthogonal Time Frequency Space,OTFS)调制技术克服了传统通信系统在高速移动环境下多径和多普勒效应的影响,为实现6G超高可靠通信提供了新的可能性。该文首先介绍了OTFS的基本原理、数学模型、干扰与优势分析。然后,归纳分析了OTFS技术在同步、信道估计、信号检测技术上的研究现状。接着,从车联网、无人机、卫星通信、海洋通信4个典型应用场景分析了OTFS的应用趋势。最后,从降低多维匹配滤波器、相位解调和信道估计、硬件实现的复杂度和提高对时频资源的高度利用4个角度探讨了未来研究OTFS需要克服的困难和挑战。

基于模型驱动深度学习的OTFS信道估计

针对单输入单输出(SISO)的正交时频空间(OTFS)调制系统,该文利用一种模型驱动深度学习算法进行OTFS信道估计。该方案首先将去噪近似消息传递(DAMP)算法进行深度展开,利用去噪卷积神经网络代替传统的去噪器,对含噪的时延多普勒信道进行去噪估计,然后提供了状态演化方程来预测可学习去噪近似消息传递(LDAMP)算法的理论归一化均方误差性能。仿真结果表明,相比于其他估计方案,该方案不仅在低信噪比条件下具有优越的性能表现,而且还具有非常好的鲁棒性,在信道路径总数不变时,增加OTFS 2维网格点数量,可以有效提升信道估计精确度。

垂直水声通信中的伪随机序列精确定时算法

针对垂直水声通信中时变多普勒引起的定时偏差问题,研究一种基于伪随机序列的迭代定时估计及补偿算法。该方法利用伪随机序列作为同步信号,分三步估计时变多普勒:采用低复杂度的模糊函数法粗补偿接收信号内的平均多普勒;通过迭代插值法实现残留时变多普勒的精确估计及补偿;利用基于信道相关函数的相位信息,纠正均衡后信号的偏转相位。为实现高阶海试数据的有效解调,采用基于伪随机序列均方误差的多通道加权合并方式,获得空间分集增益。仿真及海试数据处理结果证明所提方法具有良好的时变多普勒估计及补偿性能,同时对30个通道内的1024QAM数据进行合并处理,在500 m的通信距离下,误码率为0.04,信道容量达到7.6 bits/symbol。与传统数据帧结构相比,无需使用线性调频信号,可以提高有效数据传输率。

基于太阳周期特性的低轨卫星通信信道建模

针对低轨卫星星地通信时,通信信道中复杂的地球大气状况,提出了基于太阳周期特性的低轨卫星通信信道模型。该模型利用了地球电离层电子密度、对流层粒子密度的统计学特征,统一考虑了电离层和对流层的幅度闪烁和多普勒扩展效应,引入了太阳周期活动因素导致的信道模型修正系数,提高了信道模型的适用范围。通过仿真分析,该模型能够反映不同太阳周期活动下,低轨卫星通信信道对通信信号的影响,为低轨卫星大规模部署后的通信测试和使用提供了理论基础。

融合卫星姿态的星地信道建模及硬件模拟

针对传统星地信道模型及其硬件模拟方法没有考虑卫星姿态对信道特性影响的问题,本文基于几何地理随机模型(Geometry-based Stochastic Model,GBSM)框架,提出了一种融合卫星姿态的星地信道模型。该模型通过构建四个独立的坐标系并引入姿态修正矩阵,来描述卫星姿态变化对星地信道特性造成的影响。在此基础上,本文基于现场可编程门阵列(Field Programmable Gate Array,FPGA),设计并研制了一种星地信道硬件模拟器。硬件模拟器采用差分迭代的算法来生成信道衰落因子,可以极大提高硬件模拟的实时性,确保生成的衰落数据与实际场景相匹配。同时,还采用了并行处理架构,可以支持最大640 MHz带宽的星地信道模拟。为了将衰落数据与并行架构相匹配,引入了并行内插算法,可以将串行的衰落数据内插成同速率的多路并行衰落数据。此外,为了能够精准控制硬件装置输出信号的功率,设计了基于预训练的功率校正方法。通过内部校正源信号预先训练出整个模拟过程给信号带来的增益再进行功率补偿,从而保证输出信号的功率可以被精准控制。最后,在典型场景下开展仿真模拟,导出硬件模拟器的输出结果并分析其统计特性,结果表明实测输出的概率密度函数(Probability Density Function,PDF)和多普勒功率谱密度(Doppler Power Spectral Density,DPSD)与理论值吻合,证明本文设计的硬件模拟器可以准确地复现实际场景下卫星姿态发生变化的星地信道。本文提出的融合卫星姿态的星地信道模型以及研制的硬件模拟器很好地解决了传统模型以及硬件模拟方法的局限性,在卫星通信系统的优化、评估和验证环节具有极大的潜在价值。

基于ITS模型的短波宽带移动信道建模与仿真

短波宽带移动信道模型是远程机动平台移动通信系统性能分析评估的基础,现有短波宽带信道模型不能有效表征机动平台移动信道快时变多普勒效应,难以适应机动平台短波移动通信需要。鉴于此,在分析机动平台行为模式与信道时变多普勒效应的映射关系基础上,推导出了机动平台移动信道冲激响应表达式,基于ITS(international telecommunication society)模型提出了一种适用于固定与机动不同场景、不同传播模式、宽窄带融合的短波通信信道模型。利用信道冲激响应与信道散射函数从时域色散、频域色散两个维度对本文信道模型的有效性进行了验证。结果表明,该信道模型能够基于机动平台运动轨迹实现时变多普勒效应传播复现与信道模拟;也能在运动轨迹未知情况下,基于飞行器种类、机动频率等先验信息,实现具有各态历经性的机动平台短波宽带信道仿真,对机动平台短波移动通信系统效能评估有重要意义。

基于信道模型的短波时差测量克拉美罗界分析

短波时差定位的关键在于高精度时差的提取.电离层的复杂性使得基于互相关的传统时差测量估计算法不能提取短波信号中的时延信息,该文利用国际参考电离层(IRI)模型获取电离层的电子密度信息,以数值型三维射线追踪的方法构建Vogler信道模型,得到短波信号的时延估计,并推导了在多普勒扩展不影响信号相关性时的短波时差测量克拉美罗界(CRLB).仿真结果表明,短波时差测量CRLB与采样时间、电波频率、输入信噪比有关,且冬季的时差测量CRLB低于夏季.

时变信道模型及传输特性分析

基于水声信道的物理特性,对时变信道模型及其传输特性进行研究。在射线声学的理论基础上,结合时变信道的多普勒效应和多尺度多时延特征,通过VirTEX算法模拟出平静海面以及正弦起伏海面条件下的时变水声信道。通过发射信号和经过信道传输后,接收信号对信道的传输特性进行分析,即信道具有衰减特性、多径效应以及多普勒效应。

考虑高斯误差和Doppler扩展的最大比合并性能分析

在高斯误差和Doppler扩展条件下,研究信道估计时公共导频信道相关长度对天线阵的合并性能影响.假设信道估计通过相关WCDMA公共导频信道的N个符号来获得,文章首先推导了相干BPSK解调时平均BER性能的闭解表达式,然后利用该平均BER表达式对导频信道最优相关长度进行了分析,给出了最优相关长度的计算方法,并证明了最优相关长度N只与最大Doppler扩展f和符号周期有关,与阵列参数以及天线接收的信噪比无关.

A simple channel estimator for space-time coded OFDM systems in rapid fading channels

A simple channel estimator for space-time coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems in rapid fading channels is proposed. The channels at the training bauds are estimated using the EM (expectation-maximization) algorithm, while the channels at the data bauds are estimated based on the method for modelling the time-varying channel as the linear combination of several time-invariant " Doppler channels". Computer simulations showed that this estimator outperforms the decision-directed tracking in rapid fading channels and that the performance of this method can be improved by iteration.

多普勒雷达高速数据传输的迭代合并均衡算法

为解决多普勒雷达高速数据在传输过程中存在的码间串扰、拥塞风险高等问题,本文设计了一种迭代合并均衡算法。通过模拟多普勒雷达数据的高速传输过程,确定传输信道具有衰落与时变特性,存在误码、拥塞等现象。然后,装设数据传输迭代合并均衡器,根据传输信道的迭代估计结果,确定均衡器的启动条件。在合并并重新分配传输信道资源后,通过滤波实现码间干扰的补偿,再通过多次迭代完成数据传输的均衡处理任务。测试结果表明:与传统均衡算法相比,在应用本文算法后,多普勒雷达高速数据传输的衰落量降低了0.7 GB,信道间接收功率均衡度提高了0.9,传输拥塞概率的数值由2.05%下降至0.10%。

基于频域多通道图特征感知的海面小目标检测

海洋物理环境和电磁环境日趋复杂,海杂波背景下的微弱慢速小目标检测始终是一个研究难点和重点。海面小目标的雷达散射截面积小、回波能量低,传统基于能量的检测方法存在性能瓶颈。基于特征的检测方法聚焦于提取纯杂波和目标回波的差异性特征来实现目标检测,且有效提升了检测性能。该文利用回波数据间频域中幅度的关联性,将图论的方法引入到特征检测中。首先将实测数据进行块白化处理,对海杂波进行一定的抑制,然后在频域提取各多普勒通道下的数据,借助图的处理方法,构建所提取数据的距离邻接矩阵,再转换为拉普拉斯矩阵。该方法计算不同时间序列下拉普拉斯矩阵的最大特征值,并将其与刻画频域能量信息的相对多普勒峰高进行融合,得到新的检验统计量来区分纯杂波和含有目标的回波。通过全相参的X波段(IPIX)实测数据验证,该文所提方法的检测性能更为优越。

Generalized 3D Scattering Channel Model with MIMO Antenna Systems

In this paper, a generalized three-dimensional(3D) scattering channel model for macrocellular land mobile environments is considered. This model simultaneously describes angular arrival of multi-path signals in the azimuth and elevation planes in an environment where uniformly distributed scatterers are assumed to be present in hemispheroids around the base station(BS) and mobile station(MS). Using this channel model, we first derive the closed-form expression for the joint and marginal probability density functions of the angle-of-arrival and time-of-arrival measured at the BS and the MS corresponding to the azimuth and elevation angles. Next, we derive an expression for the Doppler spectral distribution caused by motion of the MSs. Furthermore, we analyze the performance of multiple-input multiple-output antenna systems numerically. The results show that the proposed 3D scattering channel model performs better than previously proposed two-dimensional(2D) models for indoor and outdoor environments. We compare the results with previous scattering channel models and measurement results to validate the generalizability of our model.

SUBSPACE METHOD FOR BLIND IDENTIFICATION OF CDMA TIME-VARYING CHANNELS

A new blind method is proposed for identification of CDMA Time-Varying (TV)channels in this paper. By representing the TV channel's impulse responses in the delay-Doppler spread domain, the discrete-time canonical model of CDMA-TV systems is developed and a subspace method to identify blindly the Time-Invariant (TI) coordinates is proposed. Unlike existing basis expansion methods, this new algorithm does not require .estimation of the base frequencies, neither need the assumption of linearly varying delays across symbols. The algorithm offers definite explanation of the expansion coordinates. Simulation demonstrates the effectiveness of the algorithm.

The Tight Bound for the Number of Pilots in Channel Estimation for OFDM Systems

Coherent detection in OFDM systems requires accurate channel state information (CSI) at the receiver. Channel estimation based on pilot-symbol-assisted transmissions provides a reliable way to obtain CSI. Use of pilot symbols for channel estimation, introduces overhead and it is desirable to keep the number of pilot symbols as minimum as possible. This paper introduces a new tight bound for the number of pilots in channel estimation using adaptive scheme in OFDM systems. We calculate the minimum number of necessary pilots using two approaches. The first approach for the number of pilots is obtained based on Doppler frequency shift estimation and the second approach is acquired based on channel length estimation using second order statistics of received signal. Finally we obtain the tight bound for the number of pilots using attained values.

Assisted Channel Estimation with Dynamic Allocation Pilot Subcarriers for OFDM Communications

In this paper, a transmission system based on OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) technique and channel estimation is proposed. The idea is to enhance the assisted channel estimation without data rate loss. A solution based on frequency diversity is proposed. With the same number of pilots, the global system performances are better for higher mobility speed. The main results will be presented in the case of high mobility context.

Simulation Model of Wireless Channel

The change of channel is caused by Doppler effect, and the degree of change is related to relative velocity in the condition of the certain carrier frequency. The multipath fading channel is independent of each other, whose amplitude obeys Rayleigh distribution and the phase obeys uniform distribution. The model of multipath time-varying transmission channel is built. Through the pro-cess of channel model building, the simulation results produced by the channel model verify the effect of the proposed model in the aspect of reducing test data. In a communication system, signal passing through the channel is involved with the process of digital modulation and demodulation. Binary sequence signal is modulated into a complex sequence in the process of modulation before the transmission in the channel, in order to accommodate the wireless channel transmission. With the increase of SNR, BER is overall slightly drops. However there exists violent fluctuation and it presents the random variation of details in the multipath channel. I employ the mathematical model of multipath time-varying channel, i.e. Jakes model to be simulated so as to compare with the AGWN channel in the same situation. Jakes model has the characteristics of the reference chan-nel compared with the AGWN. BER does not change with the increase of SNR significantly and coincides with multipath time-varying channel. The BER considerably decreases with the increase of SNR in the AGWN channel.

Doppler frequency offset estimation and diversity reception scheme of high-speed railway with multiple antennas on separated carriage

The challenges of severe Doppler effects in high-speed railway are considered. By building a cooperative antenna system; an algorithm of joint channel estimation and Doppler frequency offset （DFO） estimation is proposed based on Ricean channel model. First, a maximum likelihood estimation （MLE） algorithm for DFO is designed, show- ing that the Doppler estimation can be obtained by estimating moving velocity of the train and the path loss with the exploitation of pilots that are placed inside the frame. Then a joint detection algorithm for the receiver is proposed to exploit multi-antenna diversity gains. Last, the theoretical Crammer Rao bound （CRB） for joint channel estimation and DFO estimation is derived. The steady performance of the system is confirmed by numerical simulations. In particular, when the Ricean fading channel parameter equals 5 and the velocities of train are 100 m/s and 150 m/s, the estimation variances of DFO are very close to the theoretical results obtained by using CRB. Meanwhile, the corresponding sig- nal to noise ratio loss is less than 1.5 dB when the bit error rate is 10-5 for 16QAM signals.