This document proposes two novel beamforming methodologies that employ passive RF devices to enhance received signal strength through passive, scattering-based beamforming. It develops models to describe RF signal propagation between nodes in the presence of scattering devices. It also formulates the problem of selecting devices to maximize received power at the destination node. Two distributed beamforming algorithms are proposed - one based on Taguchi methods and one using learning automata - to identify suitable scattering devices without requiring precise timing synchronization. Simulation results show the proposed approaches can achieve power improvements over line-of-sight signals of 37.5dB and 33dB, respectively, for a 100-device network.
Investigation and Analysis of SNR Estimation in OFDM systemIOSR Journals
Estimation of signal to noise ratio (SNR) of received signal and to transmit the signal effectively for
the modern communication system. The performance of existing non-data-aided (NDA) SNR estimation methods
are substantially degraded for high level modulation scheme such as M-ary amplitude and phase shift keying
(APSK) or quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM).In this paper SNR estimation proposed method which uses
zero point auto-correlation of received signal per block and auto/cross- correlation of decision feedback signal
in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system. Proposed method can be studied into two types;
Type 1 can estimate SNR by zero point auto-correlation of decision feedback signal based on the second
moment property. Type 2 uses both zero point auto-correlation and cross-correlation based on the fourth
moment property. In block-by-block reception of OFDM system, these two SNR estimation methods can be
possible for the practical implementation due to correlation based the estimation method and they show more
stable estimation performance than the earlier SNR estimation methods.
Satellite Telemetry Data Transmission Immunity from the ASI and Jamming Using...IOSRJECE
In the satellite telemetry command, controlling the power of the uplink signal, radiated away from the Earth to the spacecraft and downlink signal, radiated toward the Earth form the spacecraft is very important. The Uplink is transmitted at high power because of the unlimited power, while downlink should be controlled in power because of limited spacecraft power resources. This results in a lower Power Spectral Density (PSD) for the downlink and higher PSD for the uplink, which in many cases the uplink power due to be strong enough to reach the satellites at GEO would often also violate the PSD limits in the other orbits satellite telemetry signals like LEO. In addition due to long distance between the Earth and satellite, the received signals at the both terrestrial and transponder receivers are extremely week and strongly influenced by intentional interference (like jamming) or inadvertent interferences (such as the ASI). Spreading spectrum can solve the PSD problems for both directions but consumes a wide bandwidth. Fortunately, signals can be distinguished by using different spreading codes, allowing for CDMA. The Pseudo Noise (PN) spreading codes allow using many satellites or users (located in one satellite) the same frequency with overlapping signals simultaneously and also range measurement as useful ability to track the spacecraft in the space by the expanding value of the PN codes (Doppler Shift).[1] This paper specially considers to satellite telemetry data transmission immunity from the interference using Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) based on CDMA namely DS-CDMA (Direct Sequence-CDMA) by the unique properties correlation functions of the Gold and M-Sequence codes. Also the codes are examined in the fading channels, Reyleigh and AWGN, in terms of the BER vs. Eb/No to compare the practical results with theoretical values.
Investigation and Analysis of SNR Estimation in OFDM systemIOSR Journals
Estimation of signal to noise ratio (SNR) of received signal and to transmit the signal effectively for
the modern communication system. The performance of existing non-data-aided (NDA) SNR estimation methods
are substantially degraded for high level modulation scheme such as M-ary amplitude and phase shift keying
(APSK) or quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM).In this paper SNR estimation proposed method which uses
zero point auto-correlation of received signal per block and auto/cross- correlation of decision feedback signal
in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system. Proposed method can be studied into two types;
Type 1 can estimate SNR by zero point auto-correlation of decision feedback signal based on the second
moment property. Type 2 uses both zero point auto-correlation and cross-correlation based on the fourth
moment property. In block-by-block reception of OFDM system, these two SNR estimation methods can be
possible for the practical implementation due to correlation based the estimation method and they show more
stable estimation performance than the earlier SNR estimation methods.
Satellite Telemetry Data Transmission Immunity from the ASI and Jamming Using...IOSRJECE
In the satellite telemetry command, controlling the power of the uplink signal, radiated away from the Earth to the spacecraft and downlink signal, radiated toward the Earth form the spacecraft is very important. The Uplink is transmitted at high power because of the unlimited power, while downlink should be controlled in power because of limited spacecraft power resources. This results in a lower Power Spectral Density (PSD) for the downlink and higher PSD for the uplink, which in many cases the uplink power due to be strong enough to reach the satellites at GEO would often also violate the PSD limits in the other orbits satellite telemetry signals like LEO. In addition due to long distance between the Earth and satellite, the received signals at the both terrestrial and transponder receivers are extremely week and strongly influenced by intentional interference (like jamming) or inadvertent interferences (such as the ASI). Spreading spectrum can solve the PSD problems for both directions but consumes a wide bandwidth. Fortunately, signals can be distinguished by using different spreading codes, allowing for CDMA. The Pseudo Noise (PN) spreading codes allow using many satellites or users (located in one satellite) the same frequency with overlapping signals simultaneously and also range measurement as useful ability to track the spacecraft in the space by the expanding value of the PN codes (Doppler Shift).[1] This paper specially considers to satellite telemetry data transmission immunity from the interference using Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) based on CDMA namely DS-CDMA (Direct Sequence-CDMA) by the unique properties correlation functions of the Gold and M-Sequence codes. Also the codes are examined in the fading channels, Reyleigh and AWGN, in terms of the BER vs. Eb/No to compare the practical results with theoretical values.
PAPR Reduction in OFDM using New Hybrid Techniquesijtsrd
With the advancement in age and its growing demands, there has been fast production in the field of communication system. Signals, which were sent at the beginning in the analog form, are being sent more and more in the digital form now in these days. For improved transmission, even single carrier waves are being recouped by multi carriers' waves. Multi carrier systems like CDMA and OFDM are now a days being implemented commonly. In the OFDM system, orthogonally placed subcarriers are used to send the data from the transmitter end to the receiver end. Presence of guard band in this communication system deals with the ISI issues and noise is mitigated by larger number of sub carriers. But the large PAPR Peak to Average Power Ratio of these signals have some unsuitable effects on the communication system. In this research work we have focused on the OFDM System and have implemented various techniques to reduce the PAPR in the OFDM system so that this system can be used more commonly and energetically. Vikas kumar | Preeti Sondhi "PAPR Reduction in OFDM using New Hybrid Techniques" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-5 , August 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd27820.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/other/27820/papr-reduction-in-ofdm-using-new-hybrid-techniques/vikas-kumar
Resource Allocation in MIMO – OFDM Communication System under Signal Strength...Kumar Goud
Abstract: - Multiple Inputs and Multiple Output (MIMO) and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system have the potential to attain high capability on the propagation setting. The aim of this paper is that the adaptive resource allocation in MIMO-OFDM system uses the water filling formula. Water filling answer is enforced for allocating the ability so as to extend the data rate. The overall system capability is maximised subject to the constraints on total power, signal to noise quantitative relation, and proportionality. Channel is assumed as a flat attenuation channel and therefore the comparison is created for various 2×2, 2×3, 3×2 and 4×4 MIMO-OFDM systems and water filling formula with allotted power. Supported the capability contribution from the relaying terminal, a brand new parameter referred to as cooperation constant is introduced as an operate of the relaying sub channel. This parameter is employed to switch the target parameter of the subcarrier allocation procedure. Fairness-oriented [Fading Channel] and throughput-oriented [Near finish Channel] algorithms square measure elite from the literature to check the planned technique. Each algorithms square measure changed to use the mean of cooperation constant within the objective parameter of the subcarrier allocation procedure and shown to own a much better total turnout with none sacrifice.
Keywords - MIMO-OFDM; Water filling Algorithm; Subcarrier Resource Allocation
Single Mode Optical Fiber in Rof System Using DWDMIJERA Editor
Performance analysis was carried out to find the effect of crosstalk in a WDM system. Firstly, analysis of BER
was carried out without crosstalk. Then analysis of BER with crosstalk was done. Using equation for crosstalk,
number of channels was plotted using matlab. System parameters were optimized for a particular crosstalk.
Objective of the thesis work
Performance Analysis is carried out to find the effect of crosstalk due to optical cross connect in a DWDM
system considering a WDM based optical cross connect (OXC). An analysis is carried out to find the amount of
crosstalk due to OXC. The bit error rate performance degradation due to crosstalk is evaluated for OXC
parameter and number of wavelengths per fiber. The optimum parameters such as optimum number of channels
and hops are determined.
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Narrowband Spectrum Sensing for Different Fading Channels for Cognitive Radio...IJMERJOURNAL
Abstract: Nowadays the demand of applications of wireless communication has increased rapidly which causes the scarcity of radio spectrum. To empower future wireless communication services, the radio spectrum management is a very important factor. Cognitiveradio is a promising technology which provides an innovative way to improve utilization efficiency of available electromagnetic spectrum by sensing spectrum and shares it without harmful interference to other users. Narrowband spectrum sensing is the technique where the bandwidth of active primary transmitter in the vicinity of cognitive radio is less than the coherence bandwidth of channel. Fading is one of the greatest impairment of narrowband spectrum sensing. It is deflection of the attenuation. It influences a signal over certain propagation media.A communication channel that experiences fading isknown as fading channel. The effects of fading can be reduced by several fading models. In this paper, performanceanalysis of several realistic fading models on narrowband channel using energy detection method is employed. Finally, performance comparison of various fading models is guaranteed through simulation.
BEHAVIOUR OF OFDM SYSTEM AND REDUCTION OF ITS PAPR BY USING SELECTIVE MAPPING...IAEME Publication
The OFDM technique divides the total bandwidth into many narrow sub-channels and sends data in parallel. It has various advantages, such as high spectral efficiency, immunity to impulse interference and, frequency selective fading without having powerful channel equalizer. But one of the major drawbacks of the OFDM system is high PAPR. OFDM signal consists of lot of independent modulated subcarriers, which created the problem of PAPR. It is impossible to send this high peak amplitude signals to the transmitter without reducing peaks. So we have to reduce high peak amplitude of the signals before transmitting. Communication is one in all the numerous features of existence. A new DSI-SLM method for PAPR reduction in OFDM system state that the phase sequence and dummy sequences added to the signal improves the PAPR reduction in OFDM signals whereas less hardware resources and less time are required to achieve the desired result.
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
[1] is a method of encoding digital data on multiple carrier
frequencies. OFDM[1] has developed into a popular scheme
for wideband digital communication, whether wireless or
over copper wires, used in applications such as digital television
and audio broadcasting, DSL Internet access, wireless networks,
powerline networks, and 4G mobile communications. In the
Several wireless standards such as IEEE 802.11a[2] and
HiperLAN2[3].The orthogonality of the subcarriers is no longer
maintained which results in ICI (Inter carrier Interference)[4]
.ICI reduction techniques achieve a better SNR and BER in
OFDM at zero phase noise variance . This technique will use a
large number of closely spaced orthogonal subcarriers to avoid
phase noise. It provides high data rates with sufficient robustness
to radio channel damages. A major problem in OFDM is carrier
frequency offset error between the transmitted and received
signals. Due to this the orthogonality of the subcarriers is no
longer maintained which results in ICI (Inter carrier
Interference). In this paper, we used the ICI self-cancellation
technique and reduced the ICI and improved the BER and SNR
we are also calculate the SNR=15db and 20db at different phase
noise variance.
Smart Antenna Report for third year Electronics and Communication Students .
Smart Antenna is a really nice topic to discover and present for third year students of electronics and communication engineering branch. So this Report covers it all .
Loss Calculation in Free Space Optical CommunicationsIJERA Editor
Free space optical (FSO) system is an alternative approach to replace the general optical
communication in many applications .In this system signal is propagating through the air as a transmission
medium. At present FSO system are capable of handling the data up to 2.5 Gbps. It supports audio, video and
data through air as a transmission media. This will use optical carrier in the infrared and visible regions to
establish the links. In this paper we calculated different losses in the system and specified various advanced
methods for the future FSO. It also finds in many applications such as Military, Metro network extension,
Telecommunication networking and Last-mile access.
PureWave White Paper : Multiple Antenna Processing For WiMAXGoing Wimax
Wireless operators face a myriad of obstacles, but fundamental to the performance of any system are the propagation characteristics that restrict delivery of signal power, and deployment scenarios that create interference. Broadband applications further exacerbate these problems and continue to create interesting challenges for system designers.
An Effective Approach for Colour Image Transmission using DWT Over OFDM for B...IJMTST Journal
Image transmission over the fading channels without degrading the perceptual quality is a challenging task while mitigating the power consumption in many fields such as broadband networks, mobile communications, Image sharing and video broadcasting. Also, it is not possible to resend the lost packets every time in many applications such as video broadcasting. Here, an effective approach for color image transmission has been proposed with power saving approach over OFDM system. Experimental results shows that the reception quality of received image is good enough with various peak signal to noise ratios also saved 60% of energy.
This report discusses the planning Associate in
nursing the implementation of an OFDM system
in several information module schemes like MQPSK,
M-QAM. First, a short introduction is
provided by explaining the background and the
specification of the project. Then the report deals
with the system model, every block of the OFDM
system is represented (IFFT, FFT, Cyclic prefix,
modulation / reception, Channel estimation, bit
error rate). System design is analyzed. The
transmission techniques, further because the
system parameters for transmission and reception
are explained well. Finally, the results are
provided.
PAPR Reduction in OFDM using New Hybrid Techniquesijtsrd
With the advancement in age and its growing demands, there has been fast production in the field of communication system. Signals, which were sent at the beginning in the analog form, are being sent more and more in the digital form now in these days. For improved transmission, even single carrier waves are being recouped by multi carriers' waves. Multi carrier systems like CDMA and OFDM are now a days being implemented commonly. In the OFDM system, orthogonally placed subcarriers are used to send the data from the transmitter end to the receiver end. Presence of guard band in this communication system deals with the ISI issues and noise is mitigated by larger number of sub carriers. But the large PAPR Peak to Average Power Ratio of these signals have some unsuitable effects on the communication system. In this research work we have focused on the OFDM System and have implemented various techniques to reduce the PAPR in the OFDM system so that this system can be used more commonly and energetically. Vikas kumar | Preeti Sondhi "PAPR Reduction in OFDM using New Hybrid Techniques" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-5 , August 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd27820.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/other/27820/papr-reduction-in-ofdm-using-new-hybrid-techniques/vikas-kumar
Resource Allocation in MIMO – OFDM Communication System under Signal Strength...Kumar Goud
Abstract: - Multiple Inputs and Multiple Output (MIMO) and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system have the potential to attain high capability on the propagation setting. The aim of this paper is that the adaptive resource allocation in MIMO-OFDM system uses the water filling formula. Water filling answer is enforced for allocating the ability so as to extend the data rate. The overall system capability is maximised subject to the constraints on total power, signal to noise quantitative relation, and proportionality. Channel is assumed as a flat attenuation channel and therefore the comparison is created for various 2×2, 2×3, 3×2 and 4×4 MIMO-OFDM systems and water filling formula with allotted power. Supported the capability contribution from the relaying terminal, a brand new parameter referred to as cooperation constant is introduced as an operate of the relaying sub channel. This parameter is employed to switch the target parameter of the subcarrier allocation procedure. Fairness-oriented [Fading Channel] and throughput-oriented [Near finish Channel] algorithms square measure elite from the literature to check the planned technique. Each algorithms square measure changed to use the mean of cooperation constant within the objective parameter of the subcarrier allocation procedure and shown to own a much better total turnout with none sacrifice.
Keywords - MIMO-OFDM; Water filling Algorithm; Subcarrier Resource Allocation
Single Mode Optical Fiber in Rof System Using DWDMIJERA Editor
Performance analysis was carried out to find the effect of crosstalk in a WDM system. Firstly, analysis of BER
was carried out without crosstalk. Then analysis of BER with crosstalk was done. Using equation for crosstalk,
number of channels was plotted using matlab. System parameters were optimized for a particular crosstalk.
Objective of the thesis work
Performance Analysis is carried out to find the effect of crosstalk due to optical cross connect in a DWDM
system considering a WDM based optical cross connect (OXC). An analysis is carried out to find the amount of
crosstalk due to OXC. The bit error rate performance degradation due to crosstalk is evaluated for OXC
parameter and number of wavelengths per fiber. The optimum parameters such as optimum number of channels
and hops are determined.
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Narrowband Spectrum Sensing for Different Fading Channels for Cognitive Radio...IJMERJOURNAL
Abstract: Nowadays the demand of applications of wireless communication has increased rapidly which causes the scarcity of radio spectrum. To empower future wireless communication services, the radio spectrum management is a very important factor. Cognitiveradio is a promising technology which provides an innovative way to improve utilization efficiency of available electromagnetic spectrum by sensing spectrum and shares it without harmful interference to other users. Narrowband spectrum sensing is the technique where the bandwidth of active primary transmitter in the vicinity of cognitive radio is less than the coherence bandwidth of channel. Fading is one of the greatest impairment of narrowband spectrum sensing. It is deflection of the attenuation. It influences a signal over certain propagation media.A communication channel that experiences fading isknown as fading channel. The effects of fading can be reduced by several fading models. In this paper, performanceanalysis of several realistic fading models on narrowband channel using energy detection method is employed. Finally, performance comparison of various fading models is guaranteed through simulation.
BEHAVIOUR OF OFDM SYSTEM AND REDUCTION OF ITS PAPR BY USING SELECTIVE MAPPING...IAEME Publication
The OFDM technique divides the total bandwidth into many narrow sub-channels and sends data in parallel. It has various advantages, such as high spectral efficiency, immunity to impulse interference and, frequency selective fading without having powerful channel equalizer. But one of the major drawbacks of the OFDM system is high PAPR. OFDM signal consists of lot of independent modulated subcarriers, which created the problem of PAPR. It is impossible to send this high peak amplitude signals to the transmitter without reducing peaks. So we have to reduce high peak amplitude of the signals before transmitting. Communication is one in all the numerous features of existence. A new DSI-SLM method for PAPR reduction in OFDM system state that the phase sequence and dummy sequences added to the signal improves the PAPR reduction in OFDM signals whereas less hardware resources and less time are required to achieve the desired result.
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
[1] is a method of encoding digital data on multiple carrier
frequencies. OFDM[1] has developed into a popular scheme
for wideband digital communication, whether wireless or
over copper wires, used in applications such as digital television
and audio broadcasting, DSL Internet access, wireless networks,
powerline networks, and 4G mobile communications. In the
Several wireless standards such as IEEE 802.11a[2] and
HiperLAN2[3].The orthogonality of the subcarriers is no longer
maintained which results in ICI (Inter carrier Interference)[4]
.ICI reduction techniques achieve a better SNR and BER in
OFDM at zero phase noise variance . This technique will use a
large number of closely spaced orthogonal subcarriers to avoid
phase noise. It provides high data rates with sufficient robustness
to radio channel damages. A major problem in OFDM is carrier
frequency offset error between the transmitted and received
signals. Due to this the orthogonality of the subcarriers is no
longer maintained which results in ICI (Inter carrier
Interference). In this paper, we used the ICI self-cancellation
technique and reduced the ICI and improved the BER and SNR
we are also calculate the SNR=15db and 20db at different phase
noise variance.
Smart Antenna Report for third year Electronics and Communication Students .
Smart Antenna is a really nice topic to discover and present for third year students of electronics and communication engineering branch. So this Report covers it all .
Loss Calculation in Free Space Optical CommunicationsIJERA Editor
Free space optical (FSO) system is an alternative approach to replace the general optical
communication in many applications .In this system signal is propagating through the air as a transmission
medium. At present FSO system are capable of handling the data up to 2.5 Gbps. It supports audio, video and
data through air as a transmission media. This will use optical carrier in the infrared and visible regions to
establish the links. In this paper we calculated different losses in the system and specified various advanced
methods for the future FSO. It also finds in many applications such as Military, Metro network extension,
Telecommunication networking and Last-mile access.
PureWave White Paper : Multiple Antenna Processing For WiMAXGoing Wimax
Wireless operators face a myriad of obstacles, but fundamental to the performance of any system are the propagation characteristics that restrict delivery of signal power, and deployment scenarios that create interference. Broadband applications further exacerbate these problems and continue to create interesting challenges for system designers.
An Effective Approach for Colour Image Transmission using DWT Over OFDM for B...IJMTST Journal
Image transmission over the fading channels without degrading the perceptual quality is a challenging task while mitigating the power consumption in many fields such as broadband networks, mobile communications, Image sharing and video broadcasting. Also, it is not possible to resend the lost packets every time in many applications such as video broadcasting. Here, an effective approach for color image transmission has been proposed with power saving approach over OFDM system. Experimental results shows that the reception quality of received image is good enough with various peak signal to noise ratios also saved 60% of energy.
This report discusses the planning Associate in
nursing the implementation of an OFDM system
in several information module schemes like MQPSK,
M-QAM. First, a short introduction is
provided by explaining the background and the
specification of the project. Then the report deals
with the system model, every block of the OFDM
system is represented (IFFT, FFT, Cyclic prefix,
modulation / reception, Channel estimation, bit
error rate). System design is analyzed. The
transmission techniques, further because the
system parameters for transmission and reception
are explained well. Finally, the results are
provided.
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A SURVEY ON OPTIMIZATION BASED SPECTRUM SENSING TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE ISI AND ...IJNSA Journal
Cognitive radio is emerging technologies in OFDM based wireless systems which are very important for spectrum sensing. By using cognitive radio (CR) high data can be transferred with low bit error rate. The key idea of OFDM is to split the total transmission bandwidth into the subcarriers which further reduce the intersymbol interference (ISI) and peak to average power ratio(PAPR) in the signal. There are many optimization based spectrum sensing techniques are existing for efficient sensing purpose but each has its own advantages and disadvantages. This leads to start the comprehensive study for reducing PAPR and ISI(Intersymbol interference) in terms of FPGA based partial configuration. In the first part of review OFDM characteristics of the signal has compared with several optimizations based ISI reduction techniques. The second part is to compare the various spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive radio engine and its application in FPGA.
Beamforming with per antenna power constraint and transmit antenna selection ...sipij
In this paper, transmit beamforming and antenna selection techniques are presented for the Cooperative
Distributed Antenna System. Beamforming technique with minimum total weighted transmit power
satisfying threshold SINR and Per-Antenna Power constraints is formulated as a convex optimization
problem for the efficient performance of Distributed Antenna System (DAS). Antenna Selection technique is
implemented in this paper to select the optimum Remote Antenna Units from all the available ones. This
achieves the best compromise between capacity and system complexity. Dual polarized and Triple
Polarized systems are considered. Simulation results prove that by integrating Beamforming with DAS
enhances its performance. Also by using convex optimization in Antenna Selection enhances the
performance of multi polarized systems.
Rate Adaptation for Time Varying Channels Using Distributed Relay Selectionpaperpublications3
Abstract: Fixed systems used in cooperative communication suffer from multiplexing loss and low spectral efficiency due to the half duplex constraint of relays. To improve the multiplexing gain, successive relaying is proposed. This allows concurrent transmission of the source and relays. However, the severe inter-relay interference becomes a key challenge. Here Rate Adaptation for Time Varying Channels Using Distributed Relay Selection is proposed, which is capable of adapting the relay’s rate using distributed relay selection.
A trade-off design of microstrip broadband power amplifier for UHF applications IJECEIAES
In this paper, the design of a Broadband Power Amplifier for UHF applications is presented. The proposed BPA is based on ATF13876 Agilent active device. The biasing and matching networks both are implemented by using microstrip transmission lines. The input and output matching circuits are designed by combining two broadband matching techniques: a binomial multi-section quarter wave impedance transformer and an approximate transformation of previously designed lumped elements. The proposed BPA shows excellent performances in terms of impedance matching, power gain and unconditionally stability over the operating bandwidth ranging from 1.2 GHz to 3.3 GHz. At 2.2 GHz, the large signal simulation shows a saturated output power of 18.875 dBm with an output 1-dB compression point of 6.5 dBm of input level and a maximum PAE of 36.26%.
Performance evaluation of dual backhaul links RF/FSO for small cells of 5G c...IJECEIAES
Radio frequency (RF) backhaul links between the wireless stations especially between small cells stations such as relay stations (RSs) are insufficient with high capacities and huge number of users for 5G cellular networks. An alternative solution is using free space optics (FSO) communications, however, there are limitations in this system. In this paper we proposed a mixed of RF link together with FSO link. Using hardselector between them and programmatically controlled according of quality of links to overcome the obstacles faced the transfer of high data. Based on the outage probability of each links an algorithm is proposed to select the optimal link and provide the power consumption with guaranteed high quality of the link. The analytical expressions for the outage probability and ergodic capacity are derived. The numerical results show the effectiveness of proposed model in terms of connectivity and capacity compared to other links.
Performance Analysis of Distributed Spatial Multiplexing with Multi-hop Ampli...IJCSEA Journal
This paper describes a frame work investigating the performance of distributed spatial multiplexing (DSM) in cooperative multi-hop cellular networks. The cooperative communication in cellular networks gives us leverage to get the inherent advantages of its random relay locations and the direction of the data flow. However, traditional centralized relay selection needs considerable overhead and signaling. In our proposed work, threshold based relay selection is adopted based on the received signal strength (RSS) and Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR). The best relay chosen will transmit jointly with source using Amplify and forward (AF) protocol. The evaluation is performed with bit error rate (BER) and energy per bit for distributed spatial multiplexing scheme with multi-hop networking.
Open Source SDR Frontend and Measurements for 60-GHz Wireless ExperimentationAndreaDriutti
Summary of Open Source SDR Frontend and Measurements for 60-GHz Wireless Experimentation
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PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF BARKER CODE BASED ON THEIR CORRELATION PROPERTY IN MU...ijistjournal
Spread-spectrum communication, with its inherent interference attenuation capability, has over the years become an increasingly popular technique for use in many different systems. They have very beneficial and tempting features, like Antijam, Security, and Multiple accesses. This thesis basically deals with the pseudo codes used in spread spectrum communication system. The cross-correlation and auto-correlation properties of the long Barker Code are analyzed. It has been seen that the length of the code, autocorrelation and cross-correlation properties can help us to determine the best suitable code for any particular communication environment. We have tried to find out the code with suitable auto-correlation properties along with low cross-correlation values. Barker code has good auto-correlation properties and we have found the pairs with the low cross- correlation so that they can be used in multi-user environment.
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF BARKER CODE BASED ON THEIR CORRELATION PROPERTY IN MU...ijistjournal
Spread-spectrum communication, with its inherent interference attenuation capability, has over the years become an increasingly popular technique for use in many different systems. They have very beneficial and tempting features, like Antijam, Security, and Multiple accesses. This thesis basically deals with the pseudo codes used in spread spectrum communication system. The cross-correlation and auto-correlation properties of the long Barker Code are analyzed. It has been seen that the length of the code, autocorrelation and cross-correlation properties can help us to determine the best suitable code for any particular communication environment. We have tried to find out the code with suitable auto-correlation properties along with low cross-correlation values. Barker code has good auto-correlation properties and we have found the pairs with the low cross- correlation so that they can be used in multi-user environment.
EFFICIENT ANALYSIS OF THE ERGODIC CAPACITY OF COOPERATIVE NON-REGENERATIVE RE...ijwmn
In this paper, we proposed a novel efficient method of analyzing the ergodic channel capacity of the
cooperative amplify-and-forward (CAF) relay system. This is accomplished by employing a very tight
approximate moment generating function (MGF) of end-to-end signal-to-noise ratio of 2-hop multi-relay
system, which is In this paper, we proposed a novel efficient method of analyzing the ergodic channel
capacity of the cooperative amplify-and-forward (CAF) relay system. This is accomplished by employing a
very tight approximate moment applicable to myriad of fading environments including mixed and
composite fading channels. Three distinct adaptive source transmission policies were considered in our
analysis namely: (i) constant power with optimal rate adaptation (ORA); (ii) optimal joint power and rate
adaptation (OPRA); and (iii) fixed rate with truncated channel inversion (TCIFR). The proposed frame
work based on the novel approximate MGF method is sufficiently general to encapsulate all types of fading
environments (especially for the analysis of the mixed fading case)and provides significant advantage to
model wireless system for mixed and composite fading channel. In addition to simplifying computation
complexity of ergodic capacity for CAF relaying schemes treated in literature, we also derive closed form
expressions for the above three adaptive source transmission policies under Nakagami-m fading with i.n.d
statistics. The accuracy of our proposed method has been validated with existing MGF expressions that are
readily available for specific fading environments in terms of bounds, and via Monte Carlo simulations.
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In this paper, we proposed a novel efficient method of analyzing the ergodic channel capacity of the
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1. IOSR Journal of Engineering (IOSRJEN) www.iosrjen.org
ISSN (e): 2250-3021, ISSN (p): 2278-8719
Vol. 05, Issue 01 (January. 2015), ||V2|| PP 22-35
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Distributed Beamforming Using Multi-Antenna Backscattering
Network
Vikram Surendra1
, Maciej Zawodniok2
1
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Missouri S&T, Rolla, USA
2
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Missouri S&T, Rolla, USA
Abstract: - This paper proposes two novel beam-forming methodologies, which employ passive RF devices to
enhance received signal through a passive, scattering based beam forming. Currently available backscattering
systems, e.g. the radio frequency identification (RFID), suffer from a poor communication in an environment
with multiple passive devices. The intermediate antennas create severe scattering environment with nulls. In
contrast, the proposed approach changes the scattering properties of a subset of the multiple antennas such that
the received signal strength and quality is maximized. The schemes employ Taguchi system and Learning
Automaton to quickly identify such a suitable set of scattering intermediate devices. The theoretical limits of
these schemes are studied mathematically and in simulations. For a 100-device network, the proposed schemes
achieve power improvements over the line of sight equal to 37.5dB and 33dB for Taguchi and Learning
Automaton-based schemes respectively. Moreover, the schemes are shown to perform well in an environment
with the Rayleigh fading.
Keywords: - RFID networks, Beamforming, scattering, Learning automata, Taguchi method,
I INTRODUCTION
In recent years, a passive scattering based wireless communication is an attractive alternative to the
traditional, active transmission systems. The main benefits are a low power, inexpensive, and often battery-less
design since the device requires less power to operate and can be implemented as a system-on-a-chip (SOC).
The most commercialized backscattering solution is the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system with
passive RFID tags that communicate a unique identification to an active reader. Furthermore, such systems are
increasingly employed in sensing applications [1][2][3]. The low power, small form factor wireless sensors have
potential to make the concept of a “smart dust” a reality. However, due to path loss and signal fading in wireless
links, the communication range of passive systems is limited to no more than several tens of feet. Furthermore,
such passive devices often harvest energy from the original RF signal transmitted by the reader/base station.
There is a minimal amount of RF power required to wake and power such a passive device up. Consequently, in
presence of fading channel, for example due to shadowing and multipath propagation, a passive device is often
unable to receive sufficient energy to operate and successfully communicate. This limits the usage of
backscatter-based communication to short-range wireless applications.
Several works studied this issue in the RFID systems with passive tags [1][2][3][23]. A typical
deployment of RFID system includes a large number, densely placed passive devices, called RFID tags. Such
scenario creates sever fading environment with number of nulls where tags cannot be read. The existing works
focus on static design improvements, for example a tag’s antenna redesign, or experimentally test the
performance in different system configuration, e.g. antenna types and placement. In contrast, the proposed work
aims at dynamically adjust the scattering properties of the multiple tags to improve the received signal and
improve effective communication range.
Several approaches have been proposed in the literature to extend the range of communication in
wireless networks including an active beam forming, a relaying network, and the RAKE receivers [4][7][8][9].
However, these works are not suitable for passive, backscatter-based systems since they often require active-
transmission devices and precise synchronization. For instance, in a non-regenerative relaying network, the
relay nodes scale the signal received from a source, and retransmit it to destination. However, passive devices
are not capable of retransmitting an amplified signal due to power limitation; thus making the non-regenerative
relaying approach unsuitable. Another approaches present in the literature include a RAKE receiver and an
active beamforming. In general those relay on time-synchronization of the signal replicas such that they can be
coherently combined together. For example, RAKE receiver collects and coherently adds time-delayed replicas
of the received signal. While it could be implemented at a capable, advanced reader/base station, the passive
devices have neither sufficient energy nor time resolution capabilities to implement such a RAKE receiver.
Similarly, antenna-array based beamforming cannot be implemented at the passive devices. Moreover, a
distributed beamforming require significant time synchronization among the transmitters to achieve coherent
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signal at the receiver. The inexpensive and energy-constrained design of passive devices, for example RFID
tags, makes such beamforming approaches impractical. The main reason is that such passive, backscattering
transceivers are unable to perform complex signal processing operations and computations.
In the past, the authors have proposed a passive beamforming method to improve SNR in a
backscattering network [10]. This preliminary study employed a brute force (B-F), Taguchi-based, and Learning
Automata (LA) based beamforming algorithms. It is assumed that the intermediate passive devices could be set
to operate in one of two modes: scattering and inhibition where the device either scatters the reader’s signal or
minimizes the scattering. The proposed approach selects the states of intermediate devices such that the received
signal strength and quality is maximized. In contrast to the preliminary results in [10], this paper revises the
proposed approach and introduces two novel beamforming methods: a Taguchi- and LA-based, which increase
SNR in a passive RFID network under realistic, large-scale scenarios with random topologies. Also, the
selection of the scheme’s design parameters is studied here. The exhaustive search of the brute force (B-F)
method, while impractical for more than few tags, provides a reference, optimal selection of scattering tags.
The main contributions of this paper are: (1) development of a model that describes RF signal
propagation between two nodes in the presence of scattering devices distributed, (2) development of a scheme
for distributed beamforming using Taguchi system and LA that achieve the maximum power possible using
individual scattering devices, and (3) theoretical study of the performance, and (4) a comparative performance
study for the discussed schemes.
The paper is organized as follows. In section II, the background is presented. Section III defines the
problem statement. The proposed algorithms are discussed in details in Section IV. The simulation results are
presented in Section V, and conclusions are given in Section VI.
II BACKGROUND
In a wireless passive scattering scenario an original RF signal impinges antennas of all intermediate
devices and is scattered on all of them. Consequently, at the destination, the original signal is received as a
summation of several components, including line-of-sight signal (LOS), multipath, and scattering copies. In the
best scenario, these components may constructively interfere thus increase strength and quality of the received
signal. However, more often a destructive interference occurs thus impeding the communication. In general, to
compensate for phase difference of replicas of an original signal in a distributed beam forming, synchronization
has been studied in the literature [11][12][13][14]. The method of random phase adjustment at the transmitter is
discussed in [11] a feedback signal is sent indicating whether the signal-to-noise ratio has improved or worsened
and the transmitters adjust their phases accordingly. The concept of division of nodes into master and slave
nodes is discussed in [12] where the slave nodes estimates the distance from the master node and calculate the
delay and phase. The problem is addressed in [13] by using a 1-bit feedback register at the receiver and the
phase adjustment is done according to the feedback from it. The work in [14] starts with the correlation of noise
and the design of the relay gains based on the addition of copies of desired signal. While most of the previous
works focus on the time synchronization to compensate for the scattering induced fading, the added complexity
and overhead of the synchronization renders those methods impractical.
Conversely, the same scattering phenomenon could be used to boost the SNR at the destination. In
general, scattering devices can be divided in two groups: (a) the devices that have constructive interference, and
(b) the ones that have destructive interference. Instead of correcting phase errors, the system could activate
scattering only for the intermediate devices that create the constructive interference. The rest of devices should
be set to absorb the signal to avoid injecting a destructive scattering. When the appropriate passive devices are
selected the constructive interference does improves the received signal. As a result, a distributed, passive
beamforming is realized. The increased signal strength and quality allows for either higher transmission
(modulation) rates or extended communication range or reduce power consumption.
The main challenge addressed by the proposed approaches is the selection of the best set of the
scattering intermediate devices while minimizing the overhead and convergence time. The schemes have to
maximize the received power and SNR. In contrast to traditional beamforming, which employs an antenna
array, the proposed approach does not require precise timing and synchronization among the individual
antennas.
In this paper, the learning automata (LA) and Taguchi approaches are proposed and studied for
scenarios with over 100 intermediate, passive devices, e.g. RFID tags. The proposed LA-based scheme
randomly selects combinations of tags and analyses the corresponding outcomes (signal strength and quality).
Subsequently, this scheme learns which actions are more beneficial and adjusts the probability of their selection
next time. The second proposed scheme employs a Taguchi system, where for subsequent periods carefully
selected sets of tags are selected for scattering. The Taguchi-based system optimizes tradeoff between number
of experiments and the optimality of the device selection. The Taguchi-based analysis indicates which devices
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improve the received signal strength and SNR. In contrast to other approaches, the Taguchi-based scheme takes
the non-linear interactions among the individual devices into account.
III PROBLEM STATEMENT
First, the scattering is discussed in the context of the proposed beamforming approach. Then, the received signal
composition is modeled and the device selection problem is defined.
Destructive Constructive
Figure 1. An efficient algorithm should select constructive tags and deactivate destructive ones.
III.1 A scattering network of passive RFID tags
The concept of a distributed beam forming using a scattering network is shown in Fig. 1. We consider a
communication link between the transmitter, , and the receiver, . In between there are N scattering devices,
which are assumed to be passive components whose scattering properties can be varied. Notably, such passive
devices, for example the RFID passive tags, are small and inexpensive since they have simple, integrated
design, and require no batteries to operate. When the transmitter, , interrogates a target device, , the
intermediate devices will generate scattered copies of the signal. The N non-unisonous signals interfere with the
LOS signal at the receiver, . These signals arrive with variable delays, or offsets, depending on their position
and scattering property, i.e. the antenna and chip impedance. Such a scattering based multipath propagation
contributes to the already existing channel fading and lowers overall signal quality. Potentially, the combined
signal at the destination will become stronger when the phase shifts align. However, in a random topology the
effect is often negative due to phase mismatch among the signals. Generally, variation of phase occurs due to
three factors: (a) distance: scattered signals propagate through a different-length paths thus introducing phase
variation; (b) medium: channel properties variation may also cause phase shift; and (c) reflection/scattering: the
reflecting/scattering object may cause a phase shift due to electric properties. It is well understood that when an
electromagnetic field encounters an object, transmitted and reflected fields will be produced:
Er= Γ Ei (1)
Et= Τ Ei= (1+ Γ) Ei (2)
where Ei , Er and Et are respectively incident, reflected, and transmitted fields, and Γ is reflection coefficient.
Za
ZLantenna
Figure 2. Simplified circuitry of RFID tag
(b)
(a)
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A simplified model of the internal circuits of a RFID tag is depicted in Fig. 2; where Za is the complex
impedance of tag’s antenna and ZL is the complex impedance of chip of the tag. The reflection coefficient Γ is
equal to:
Γ= (3)
Two modes of operations are expected from a RFID tag: scattering and inhibition. In scattering mode,
the tag switches to ZL=∞ acting as a reflecting object. In ZL=∞ reflection coefficient will be Γ=1, giving no
amplitude or phase shift to the reflecting signal. In inhibition mode, the scattered energy should be minimized
by setting its impedance . Overall, the reflected signal energy and its phase shift is modeled as:
(4)
III.2 Signal propagation in a scattering network of passive devices
Consider a single tone transmitted from an active transmitter, for example an RFID reader. The
received signal in a presence of a network of scattering passive devices can be written as
, (5)
where is received signal at destination, c0, c1, c2,… are attenuation coefficients and t1,t2,… are related
time delay of received signal from reader (LOS). Then, the received power of the signal (1), can be written as
(6)
where Pi and are the power and phase shift related to the scattering node. Assuming the intermediate
passive devices are scattering the signal, the power attenuation from each node at destination is calculated by
(7)
where is transmitted power from reader, , are antenna gains of the reader and tag respectively, is
operating wavelength, and is the fading coefficient. Let with and are respectively the
distance from reader to intermediate node and from the intermediate and the destination node. Applying (7) to
(6) the received signal power can be modeled as
(8)
where is the carrier frequency. The passive devices, for example the passive RFID tags, harvest energy from
the RF signal to power internal circuitry. For a passive receiver, there is a minimum power, , that is required
to activate it, that is . This constraint can be used to derive a theoretical limit on the distance
between the active reader and passive receiver:
. (9)
After transformation we get following condition
(10)
Remark 1: The condition (10) simplifies to when only LOS signal is considered.
Remark 2: In a realistic, random topology, the phase shifts, , are not aligned coherently thus adding to the
destructive interference. The resulting fading and low read-rate is widely observed for the RFID systems in
scenarios with multiple tags.
III.3 Problem formulation
Let’s consider scattering network of N passive devices, e.g. RFID tags, randomly placed in a square of
m×m meters as shown in Fig. 1. The target device, which the reader wants to communicate with, is located at
the farthest distance to the reader. The desired goal is to maximize the power available at the destination tag.
Let’s define X as a random variable taking values from a set , where “1” indicates that the
corresponding passive device is scattering, and “0” indicates that the device has a negligible scattering power.
Then, indicates the set of variables which shows the scattering status of all tags. For two
tags, j and k, the received power can be written as
, (11)
where and are power coefficient related to tag j and k respectively, and is the power coefficient related
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to the interaction of these two signals at destination tag. Also, Xj and Xk are the variables taken from and are
equal to 1.
Remark 3: The power coefficients are typically unknown in real deployments. Hence, a set of
experiments would have to be carried out to determine their values.
In general, there can be M out of N tags that do scatter the reader’s signal to the destination tag and the
generalized power equation can be rewritten as
(12)
Remark 4: For k= , we use below notation to show a total k states
, where is an element array of the
state from the total of k states. The variable is the element out of the total elements of the state
out of a total states, i.e.
Each term in (12) shows summation of received power from the tags and m=1,2,…,M. The term
indicates the power coefficient related to that set of tags in the received power model. Equation 12 can be
written as
(13)
By substituting M with N in 13, will be a function of .
(14)
We are interested in maximizing equation 15.
(15)
To maximize (16), all combination of tags for N=1,2, …, shouldbe examined to find the combination
which achieves maximum possible power
(16)
The simple, brute force approach is to evaluate all possible combination and select the best
combinations of intermediate devices. In ideal channel condition, this will determine the optimal solution to
(15). It requires knowing all parameters in (15), which are not known in a realistic scenario. Moreover, the
number of combination to be evaluated increase at the order of . Consequently, the brute force approach is
impractical for large networks due to the time and processing overheads.
IV THE PROPOSED BEAM FORMING SCHEMES
IV.1 Taguchi-based method
Taguchi system evaluates the effect of multiple variables on a performance metric [19][20][21]. It
employs orthogonal arrays to minimize number of experiments that have to be carried out while maximizing the
amount of available information. The analysis of the results corresponding to the orthogonal array leads to the
selection of the variables that optimize performance. The proposed Taguchi-based method of selecting the best
set of scattering tags is shown next. The performance and low overhead is demonstrated in both theoretical and
simulation analysis. Although Taguchi method does not guarantee the optimal solution all possible scenarios, it
does approach the optimal solution. In concert with the quick convergence it is an appropriate solution for
realistic deployment.
IV.1.1 Orthogonalisation in the Taguchi method
Vectors in an orthogonal array form a basis, i.e. any vector can be expressed as a linear combination of
the basis vectors. In the proposed scheme, the vectors correspond to the states of the intermediate devices, as in
(14). Hence, the orthogonal array will form the basis for any combination of scattering devices.
Lemma. A combination of a particular set of N tags can be shown by
(17)
where is the power coefficient, also takes value from {0,1}, indicating whether Yi is included in showing
this set of tags and U is the operator for XOR.
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Proof. It is well proven that, to show any combination of N elements we can find P sets from themselves so that
(18)
In a matrix format (18) can be expressed as
(19)
where takes values from {0,1} and we define . Using , any set of different combination of
tags can be written using XOR operator. Thus, Equation (14) can be shown as
(20)
In (17), is defined based on N tags or N X’s. As N increases, however, using (19) might not be very
easy since the length of also would increases. To solve this problem, in this paper, we used orthogonal arrays
of table 1 to write equation (14) based on orthogonal combination of tags. Thus, according to OA(8,5,2,2),
introduced in table 1, we divide all tags in groups of 5. By using 8 orthogonal arrays in table 1, we write
equation (14) as
(21)
where is the number of groups and is the jth
orthogonal array in the ith
group of tags.
Table 1. Orthogonal array in Taguchi scheme
Y X1 X2 X3 X4 3X5
O
A
Device
1
Device
2
Device
3
Device
4
Device 5
SNR
Y1 1 1 1 1 1 SNR1
Y2 1 1 1 0 0 SNR2
Y3 1 0 0 1 1 SNR3
Y4 1 0 0 0 0 SNR4
Y5 0 1 0 1 0 SNR5
Y6 0 1 0 0 1 SNR6
Y7 0 0 1 0 1 SNR7
Y8 0 0 1 1 0 SNR8
IV.1.2 The proposed Taguchi-based device selection approach
The proposed scheme selects the passive devices for scattering if their Taguchi coefficient, which is
presented below, is positive. Considering the power at the destination devices written as (21), we proceed to
detailing the Taguchi approach. The search for solution in a large domain X faces scalability issues in
convergence time and complexity. Instead, we proposed to transform the problem into a smaller domain
(orthogonal array).
Orthogonalisation Linearization
)(Xf )(Yg T
X
Selection
Taguchi box
Taguchi
computation
Y
i
SNR
Figure 2. Taguchi block diagram
A block diagram of Taguchi method is depicted in Fig. 2. The Taguchi analysis estimates the weighted
coefficient corresponding to each , i.e. tag. The coefficient orders the devices based on their impact on the
combined power at the receiver. In fact, the Taguchi algorithm transforms the nonlinear formulation (15) to a
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linear problem. In this paper, we name this coefficient as a Taguchi coefficient and represent as TX
. The SNR
value is calculated for each set of as follows:
=10 log (22)
where is calculated upon the status of X’s in array. The Taguchi coefficient of Xk, device is calculated
as
(23)
Taguchi coefficient is a measure of being effectiveness of variable in comparison to the other X’s.
The effect of the device increases with its Taguchi coefficient. All devices whose Taguchi coefficient is
negative should be considered as negatively contributing devices since their presence in a given set reduced the
received power.
(24)
Accordingly, all devices are sorted on the Taguchi coefficient
{S’} first , where S’ is the set of scattering nodes, and K is a number to
be chosen. Table 1 shows an example Taguchi array with 8 orthogonal vectors. The vectors model the S space,
. The equivalent are calculated based on SNR of each set of .
IV.2 Learning Automata
Learning automata is a feedback oriented, adaptive algorithm for a system whose input has to be
selected in such a way that its output performance is maximized. In this paper, the LA is applied to search the
best combination of passive devices to be used in scattering to the destination node. The proposed LA-based
scheme selects a set of devices based on corresponding probabilities. The probabilities are updated based on the
received power when the selected devices are set to scatter the signal. The update equations are chosen such that
the probability of the positive, desired devices increases over time. We have considered and studied
performance of several variants of the LA-based schemes with varying group sizes and update gains. The details
of the scheme are presented next.
IV.2.1 The proposed LA-based approach
Our model is represented using a quintuple as it is described hereafter. Let’s
consider 1,2,…,N RFID tags as it is depicted in Fig. 1. Tags are randomly set in groups of size GS which leaves
groups. We define k groups as k actions, , taken by system. Next, we define k
system states for our model by . Current state of system shows the last action taken by the
system and it is updated each time a response is received from the environment to determine next action by the
system. The response from environment is called and is measured at reader side. A response is considered a
rewarding ( ) when the total measured power is higher than LOS; and a penalty ( ) when it is lower
than LOS. The feedback from environment is exerted to the system by updating current state and through State
Transition Function, , which is a function of current system state and the response from environment.
State transition function is composed of a set of probabilities representing the probability of a transition between
a state i and any other state, say j, and is shown by . Thus, at each state should be held. State
transition function is updated each time a response is received from environment to rather intensify or weaken
the probability of sets.
Corollary. The described passive RFID network is a P-model, variable structure automaton.
Proof. A P-model LA is a model in which the input from environment takes only two values. Further, a
LA whose state transition coefficients are variable over time is categorized in variable structure automaton,
contrary to fixed-structure automaton where state transition coefficients are independent of time intervals.
The proposed LA based approach starts as a pure chance automaton. Since no prior information is
available, no action preferred. Hence, the algorithm starts with k. Let’s assume
action is taken. Consequently, we set and pth
group will scatter to destination and the rest
will be silent. Based on the received response from environment, a transition among states is performed by State
Transition Function , and are state and response of environment at
time n. At this stage, our model is changed to a variable structure automaton and State Transition Function is
updated consequently based on a linear Reinforcement Scheme with probability update gain . Upon receiving a
constructive response from environment, a last action is rewarded by increasing its probability:
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. (25)
When the received power decreases, that is the interference is destructive, the last (“failed”) action is penalized
by decreasing its probability:
(26)
The state transition matrix (STM) is calculated as . If during updating
process a state transition coefficient, e.g. , reduces to zero, that action, in this case p, is omitted from
state transitions. To maintain :
(27)
Since a transition to a state means the same action should be taken state transition coefficients can be
viewed as . The output of the system is characterized by Output Function:
. By using state transition matrix, output coefficients are calculated as
. This implies , where is the probability of a transition from state i
to j. By choosing a next action is determined by LA and this process will iteratively continue. After
several iterations, device groups with negative effect on the received power have their probability decreased and
are omitted. In contrast, the probabilities increase for groups that improve the received power, and they will be
selected for scattering. When a state transition coefficient reaches a design threshold, , i.e.: , the
updating process stops. The groups with probabilities higher than the desired threshold are selected for
scattering: .
V SIMULATION RESULTS
The performance of the proposed schemes is evaluated in simulations using MATLAB. The
convergence time and the received power are two main metrics used for comparison. A network of passive
scattering devices is considered, as illustrated in Fig. 1 with network and cell dimension set to 4m, 0.25m
respectively. We assume that there is a communication link that controls scattering of the devices. The
simulations assume the following parameters: , , , Γ=0.1 and f=100 MHz.
For Taguchi method we used OA (8,5,2,2) , shown in Table 1, to orthogonalize the space of N
scattering variables of RFID tags. All tags with are considered as scatterers to destination tag.
Figure 4. Signal strength for the LA-based scheme with varying grouping scheme,
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On the other hand, successful application of the LA requires tuning of its design parameters: group size
(GS), probability update gain ( ), convergence criteria ( ) and . Optimal values of these parameters depends on
number of factors including network size and topology, channel conditions, etc. In this work, we varied these
parameters to understand their impact on the performance. Overall, there is a general guidance for selecting the
LA design parameter selection. For a large “stop” threshold, , the LA will take longer to converge and only the
strongest groups will be selected. The groups with smaller constructive interference will be omitted thus
resulting in a suboptimal solution. On the other hand, for a very small , LA converges quickly thus preventing
the LA from discovering all the groups that improve the signal strength. Thus, a careful and informed selection
of is needed. Also, the group size has an impact on the proposed beamforming performance. For small group
size, , the number of groups is high and they start with low probability. Consequently, the convergence time
increases with the number of groups. However, the final selection can be more precise if smaller groups are
considered. In contrast, for large group sizes, , the convergence is faster since they start with high initial
probability.
Fig. 4 shows performance of LA using groups of Gs = 1, 5, and 10 devices, while “stop” threshold is
set to , and respectively. The final selection threshold is set to = . The LA variant with Gs =
1 achieves the highest power since the selection considers each individual devices. The devices are evaluated
independently from each other and only those that contribute positively to received power will have high
probability at the end of the learning period. In contrast, the larger groups contain randomly selected devices
that do not have coherent phase shift.
We also examined performance of using different probability update gain ( ) in LA. Large gain
results in larger changes in the state coefficients thus speeding up the convergence time. However, as
convergence time decreases the performance of the final device set decreases, as observed in Fig. 5 illustrates
for varying network size. The LA-based scheme achieves the lowest power for . In such case, the final
selection includes only few groups, which cannot achieve more than -24dB power. In contrast, for the
probability update steps are small thus increasing convergence time. However, the extended learning period may
result in LA singling out only the strongest groups due to the absorbing behavior of LA [4][5][6]. In contrast,
cases with and result in best balance between convergence speed and selection accuracy.
Figure 5. Signal strength for the LA-based scheme, Gs=5
V.1 Random topology results in ideal and fading channel
Next, the performance of proposed schemes is compared for both ideal (free space) and Rayleigh
fading channel. For Rayleigh fading case, the power is averaged over three measurements before using in the
calculations to address the volatility of the fading channel. For Taguchi-based scheme, all devices with
are selected. For LA-based scheme, the following parameters and gains are used: , GS=1, 5,
and N/4. The latter corresponds to dividing the network in four random groups, LA-1/4. Convergence criteria is
set to , , and 0.5 respectively for LA-1, LA-5, and LA-1/4. For comparison, we simulate cases for
schemes (a) “ALL” where all devices scatter to the destination, (b) LOS with only direct signal present (no
scattering), (c) a brute force (B-F) method that selects the optimal device set, and (d) a Constructive Phase
algorithm (Cns-PH). The Constructive Phase algorithm (Cns-PH) approach assumes that the phase shift for all
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scattering devices had been measured individually. Then, it selects only the devices with a constructive phase
with respect to LOS, i.e. .
Remark: Both the brute force (B-F) and Constructive Phase algorithm (Cns-PH) approaches while
resulting in large received power have significant limitations when practical implementation is considered. For
larger networks, the brute force (B-F) scheme is extremely slow and requires large memory and time overhead.
Hence, it is evaluated for less then N<15 device networks. In case of Cns-PH, the precise phase measurements
are required, which is difficult due to complexity of the hardware and relatively small signals from individual
scattering devices.
Fig. 5. Performance of algorithms in ideal conditions
Figure 6. Performance in Rayleigh fading
Figs 6 and 7 show the performance of all algorithms based on the number of devices for the ideal and
the Rayleigh fading. In those cases it determines the optimal selection with the most power for both ideal and
fading environment. Overall, it is observed that all algorithms achieve more power than LOS. Fig. 6 shows that
the Cns-PH approaches the optimal solution given by the B-F scheme for N<15. Moreover, the Taguchi-based
scheme achieves similar performance as the Cns-PH. This illustrates that Taguchi coefficient for tags is a good
approximation of the accurate, non-linear solution (15). In small networks, N<20, the LA-5 achieves more
power than other LA schemes. If N>20, the LA-1 outperforms the LA-5. For LA-1/4, it is observed that since
only ¼ of randomly grouped tags are selected as scatterers its achieved power is lower than for other algorithms.
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For the “ALL” baseline, it is observed that when N<30 tags are destructively added while by increasing N, the
cumulative power at destination tag slightly increases.
Fig. 7 illustrates the results for a fading channel. In general, the fading of a realistic channel results in
reduction of the power when compared with Fig. 6. Also, all but Cns-PH schemes maintain relative performance
to each other. In case of Cns-PH, the phase shift of each device cannot be estimated precisely; hence, the device
selection is not accurate. Also, the B-F achieves the highest power even in the fading environment.
Figure 8. Processing time
Fig. 8 shows the required time for all algorithms to select their scatterers including both convergence
time for algorithms (simulation iterations) and propagation delays. It is observed that Taguchi algorithm requires
more time than the other algorithms, and increases with network size. In contrast, the LA needs a relatively
constant time to determine the solution since the convergence criterion for LA is not adaptive. Consequently, it
converges faster at the expense of a lower, achieved power level. For the ALL and Cns-PH cases, the required
time is approximately propagation time since no repeated trials have to be performed.
Figure 9. N=100 , f=100 MHz
Fig. 9 shows achieved power at destination based on the dimension of network when N=100. As
network dimension increases the scatterers are able to attain less power at destination. Also, the relative order of
algorithms based on performance is the same as in Fig. 6. One interesting phenomenon is that for algorithms
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which do not select individual devices, i.e. ALL, LA-1/4, and to some extent LA-5, the decrease in power is
periodically fluctuating. The reason is that as the network dimension increases, the average number of positive
and negative scatterers varies. Thus, for certain network dimensions the devices are more likely to cause a
constructive interference at destination. This phenomenon is more pronounced in the ALL scenario.
Figure 10. Rayleigh fading, N=100 , f=100 MHz
However, in Fig. 10, where a Rayleigh fading is included, these periodic variations are no longer
observed since the changes due to fading overshadow the dimension impact. Further, the Cns-PH faces a
significant decline in received power since the fading prevents it from accurately estimating the phase shifts.
Consequently, the set of selected devices is sub optimal in realistic scenarios.
Figure 11. N=100 , M=4
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Figure 12. N=100 , M=4
Fig. 11 shows the variation of power based on frequency at destination. Again, the order of
performance is kept as in Fig. 6. Moreover, it is understood that by increasing frequency the achieved power
decreases. This phenomenon can be verified through Equation (7) whereas there is a direct relationship between
wavelength and achieved power. Again in fading environment, as shown in Fig. 12, the algorithms achieve less
power with Cns-PH suffering the largest decrease.
VI CONCLUSIONS
We proposed and evaluated two novel beamforming schemes based on the Learning Automaton and
Taguchi system frameworks. The schemes have been shown to improve the received signal strength and quality
for multi-device, passive RFID network. We demonstrated that in ideal condition the achieved performance for
Learning Automaton with GS=1 is 68 dB higher than LOS for N=100 devices. Moreover, we showed that in
ideal condition the Taguchi-based approach achieves 75dB higher power then the LOS but requires more
processing time than other methods. In Rayleigh fading environment with 100 nodes, we observed the 37.5 dB
and 33dB improvement over LOS respectively for Taguchi-based and LA-1 schemes. Future works include
studying the effect of using orthogonal arrays of different lengths in the Taguchi method, and adaptively setting
design parameters of the Learning Automata based scheme.
VII ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.
0954031. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of
the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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