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Adaptive Overlap-Add Equalization For Mb-Ofdm Ultra-Wideband, Darryn Lowe, Xiaojing Huang Oct 2006

Adaptive Overlap-Add Equalization For Mb-Ofdm Ultra-Wideband, Darryn Lowe, Xiaojing Huang

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A zero-pad can be used with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) for low-complexity robustness against multipath interference. In this paper, we use adaptive overlap-add (OLA) equalization for improvements of up to 0.6 dB improvement when used with multi-band OFDM (MB-OFDM) ultra-wideband in multipath channels. A theoretical model that relates the size of OLA window to post-equalizer signal-to-noise ratio is derived. An approximating algorithm is then developed that is suitable for low-complexity implementation, with Monte Carlo simulations used to quantify the performance improvements. We conclude that adaptive OLA equalization is computationally simple and can be implemented while remaining fully compliant with …


Ultra-Wideband Mb-Ofdm Channel Estimation With Complementary Codes, Darryn Lowe, Xiaojing Huang Oct 2006

Ultra-Wideband Mb-Ofdm Channel Estimation With Complementary Codes, Darryn Lowe, Xiaojing Huang

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In this paper, we design complementary codesets that significantly improve the quality of channel estimation in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication systems, with a focus on the recent MB-OFDM ultra-wideband (UWB) standard. The proposed time-domain OFDM channel estimation technique incurs only a nominal increase in computational complexity and is able to be readily retrofitted into the existing MB-OFDM standard. The underlying complementary codesets, found via an evolutionary algorithm, combine with the existing preamble synchronization sequences to yield asymptotically ideal auto-correlation functions (ACFs). We show how improvements exceeding 1 dB can be achieved in end-to-end packet error rate relative to …


Adaptive Low-Complexity Mmse Channel Estimation For Ofdm, Darryn Lowe, Xiaojing Huang Oct 2006

Adaptive Low-Complexity Mmse Channel Estimation For Ofdm, Darryn Lowe, Xiaojing Huang

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In this paper we present extremely low-complexity adaptive infinite impulse response (IIR) filters that approximate minimum mean square error (MMSE) channel estimation in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. We show how the packet error rate (PER) can be significantly improved over conventional zero-forcing (ZF) estimation without incurring a significant increase in computational complexity. All quantitative results are provided in the context of multi-band OFDM (MB-OFDM) ultra-wideband (UWB) with standard IEEE channel models.


Scarcely Populated Uwb-Ir Systems With Interleaved Coding-Modulation On Multipath Fading Channels, Michal M. Pietrzyk, Keni Popovski, Tadeusz A. Wysocki, Beata J. Wysocki, Jos H. Weber Jan 2006

Scarcely Populated Uwb-Ir Systems With Interleaved Coding-Modulation On Multipath Fading Channels, Michal M. Pietrzyk, Keni Popovski, Tadeusz A. Wysocki, Beata J. Wysocki, Jos H. Weber

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Interleaved coding-modulation (ICM) is a recently proposed method for ultra-wideband impulse radio (UWB-IR) systems. ICM exploits the concept of chip interleaving, allowing to alleviate the problem of inter-symbol and inter-pulse interference commonly present in high data rate UWB-IR systems. In this paper, previous work on ICM is extended to scarcely populated multi-user scenarios. A novel design of a deterministic chip interleaver based on time-hopping hyperbolic congruence sequences is proposed. Furthermore, the main parameters of the random and hyperbolic interleavers are reviewed. The obtained results indicate that the proposed type of interleaver yields similar performance to random interleavers but with the …