Performance of Order-statistics Constant-false-alarm-rate Detector with Noncoherent Integration and Its Application to OTH Radar

Noncoherent integration is often ed for approving performance in detection of radar signal. Order-statistics constant false alarm rate (OS-CFAR) detector has some advantages in clutter and multiple target situations. AnOS-CFAN detector with noncoherent integration after Square law envelope detector is presented and an analysis of detection performance for the chi-Square family of Swerling fluctuating targets is given. Its application to the high frequency(HF) ground wave over-the-horizon (OTH) radar is discussed as well.

Multichannel noncoherent integration detection using high range resolution profile

A multichannel noncoherent integration detection method based on high range resolution profile was presented in this paper.According to the property of the moment-generating function,the distribution characteristics of the noncoherent integrated signals with or without target presence were derived under the circumstance with noncorrelated Gaussian distribution noises.The loss of noncoherent integration was due to improper selection of integration range of cell numbers.A multichannel noncoherent integration detection scheme where the integration number in each channel varies was proposed to solve this problem.The quality of this method for detection of various targets was evaluated.A comparison of fixed integration range cell number detection and multichannel integration detection for a high range resolution profile was presented.Simulation results indicated that the principle of the method was correct and performed well for unknown physical dimension targets.The method required little prior knowledge about target and was convenient for practical implementation.

A Design Method of Noncoherent Unitary Space-Time Codes

We generalized an constructing method of noncoherent unitary space time codes (N-USTC) over Rayleigh flat fading channels. A family of N-USTCs with T symbol peroids, M transmit and N receive antennas was constructed by the exponential mapping method based on the tangent subspace of the Grassmann manifold. This exponential mapping method can transform the coherent space time codes (C-STC) into the N-USTC on the Grassmann manifold. We infered an universal framework of constructing a C-STC that is designed by using the algebraic number theory and has full rate and full diversity (FRFD) for t symbol periods and same antennas, where M, N, T, t are general positive integer. We discussed the constraint condition that the exponential mapping has only one solution, from which we presented a approach of searching the optimum adjustive factor αopt that can generate an optimum noncoherent codeword. For different code parameters M, N, T, t and the optimum adjustive factor αopt, we gave the simulation results of the several N-USTCs.

Reduced-state noncoherent MLSD method for CPM in aeronautical telemetry

Due to high spectral efficiency and power efficiency, the continuous phase modulation(CPM) technique with constant envelop is widely used in range telemetry. How to improve the bit error rate(BER) performance of CPM and keep a reasonable computational complexity is the key of the entire telemetry system and the focus of research and engineering design. In this paper, a reduced-state noncoherent maximum likelihood sequence detection(MLSD) method for CPM is proposed. In the proposed method, the criterion of noncoherent MLSD is derived for CPM when the carrier phase is unknown. A novel Viterbi algorithm(VA) with modified state vector is designed to simplify the implementation of noncoherent MLSD. Both analysis and numerical results show that the proposed method reduces the computational complexity significantly and does not need accurate carrier phase recovery, which overcomes the shortage of traditional MLSD method. Additionally, the proposed method exceeds the traditional MLSD method when carrier phase deviation exists.

Robust Non-Coherent Demodulation Scheme for Bluetooth Voice Transmission Using Linear, Extended, and Unscented Kalman Filtering

This paper presents a novel and cost effective method to be used in the optimization of the Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying (GFSK) at the receiver of the Bluetooth communication system. The proposed method enhances the performance of the noncoherent demodulation schemes by improving the Bit Error Rate (BER) and Frame Error Rate (FER) outcomes. Linear, Extended, and Unscented Kalman Filters are utilized in this technique. A simulation model, using Simulink, has been created to simulate the Bluetooth voice transmission system with the integrated filters. Results have shown improvements in the BER and FER, and that the Unscented Kalman Filters (UKF) have shown superior performance in comparison to the linear Kalman Filter (KF) and the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF). To the best of our knowledge, this research is the first to propose the usage of the UKF in the optimization of the Bluetooth System receivers in the presence of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN), as well as interferences.

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF HYBRID DS SFH/SSMA SYSTEMS OVER MULTIPATH FADING CHANNELS

Hybrid direct sequence and slow frequency hopping spread spectrum multiple access systems (Hybrid DS/SFH SSMA) operating through nonselective slow Rayleigh fading channels was investigated. Multipath and Multiple access interference was taken into account. Expressions of the average error probability for the system were derived. Analytical and numerical results on the average probability of error were presented for the system examined. Random signature sequences and hopping patterns were employed for the system. The numerical results show the effects of the value of M for M ary frequency shift keying (MFSK) modulation and Reed Solomon (RS) coding on the system’s performance. The comparison between RS coded system and noncode system shows that error correction coding is essential to improve the system’s performance.

Discovery of the Induced Superslow Optical Relaxation Processes in I_(2)

We discover superslow optical processes with relaxation time as long as 250ms in I_(2).The demonstration is performed by a series of experiments with novel considerations for I2 interacting with phase modulated laser fields,monitored by both coherent and noncoherent detection with digital frequency scale and time scale simultaneously for comparison.