This thesis develops a mathematical framework for analyzing the average bit error rate performance of five different selection diversity combining schemes over slow, frequency non-selective Rayleigh, Nakagami-m and Ricean fading channels. Aside from the classical selection diversity, generalized selection combining and the "maximum output" selection methods, two new selection rules based on choosing the branch providing the largest magnitude of log-likelihood ratio for binary phase shift keying signals (with and without phase compensation in the selection process) are also investigated. The proposed analytical framework is sufficiently general to study the effects of dissimilar fading parameter and unequal mean received signal strengths across the independent diversity paths. The effect of branch correlation on the performance of a dual-diversity system is also studied. The accuracies of our analytical expressions have been validated by extensive Monte-Carlo simulation runs. The proposed selection schemes based on the log-likelihood ratio are attractive in the design of low-complexity rake receivers for wideband CDMA and ultra wideband communication systems. / Master of Science

The area of wireless transceiver design is becoming increasingly important due to the rapid growth of wireless communications market as well as diversified design specifications. Research efforts in this area concentrates on schemes that are capable of increasing the system capacity, providing reconfigurability/reprogrammability and reducing the hardware complexity. Emerging topics related to these goals include Software Defined Radio, Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) Systems, Code Division Multiple Access, Ultra-Wideband Systems, etc. This research adopts space diversity and statistical signal processing for digital interference suppression in wireless receivers. The technique simplifies the analog front-end by eliminating the anti-aliasing filters and relaxing the requirements for IF bandpass filters and A/D converters. Like MIMO systems, multiple antenna elements are used for increased frequency reuse. The suppression of both image signal and Co-Channel Interference (CCI) are performed in DSP simultaneously. The signal-processing algorithm used is Independent Component Analysis (ICA). Specifically, the fixed-point Fast-ICA is adopted in the case of static or slow time varying channel conditions. In highly dynamic environment that is typically encountered in cellular mobile communications, a novel ICA algorithm, OBAI-ICA, is developed, which outperforms Fast-ICA for both linear and abrupt time variations. Several practical implementation issues are also considered, such as the effect of finite arithmetic and the possibility of reducing the number of antennas.

Η χρήση διαφορισμού σε συστήματα κινητών επικοινωνιών είναι μία ευρέως χρησιμοποιούμενη τεχνική για την καταπολέμηση των διαλείψεων που παρατηρούνται στις ραδιοζεύξεις. Στην παρούσα διατριβή παρουσιάζονται διάφοροι τρόποι και τεχνικές για την μελέτη της απόδοσης συστημάτων που κάνουν χρήση διαφορισμού στον δέκτη. Οι τεχνικές διαφορισμού που μελετώνται είναι ο διαφορισμός ίσου κέρδους (equal-gain combining) και ο διαφορισμός επιλογής (selection combining). Επιπλέον, στα πλαίσια της διατριβής αυτής, υποθέτουμε ότι ο δέκτης λειτουργεί σε κανάλια μη-επιλεκτικών συχνοτήτων με βραδείες διαλείψεις (flat and slow fading channels), ενώ το εκπεμπόμενο σήμα υφίσταται διαλείψεις κατά Rayleigh, Nakagami-m, Rice ή Hoyt. Αποδεικνύεται ότι η απόδοση του συστήματος στο οποίο ο δέκτης κάνει χρήση διαφορισμού εξαρτάται σε μεγάλο βαθμό από: • τη συσχέτιση μεταξύ των καναλιών διαφορισμού και • τη διαφορά της ισχύος μεταξύ των καναλιών διαφορισμού. Για να μελετηθεί η απόδοση ενός ΔΕ που λειτουργεί σε συσχετισμένα Nakagami-m κανάλια παρουσιάζεται παρουσιάζονται για πρώτη φορά σε κλειστή μορφή η συνάρτηση πυκνότητας πιθανότητας (ΣΠΠ) Nakagami-m μεταβλητών με εκθετική συσχέτιση, ενώ η αντίστοιχη συνάρτηση αθροιστικής κατανομής (ΣΑΚ) που προκύπτει έχει τη μορφή πολλαπλών άπειρων αθροισμάτων. / Diversity reception has been successfully used in wireless communications systems to mitigate the negative effect of channel fading. This thesis deals with the performance analysis of wireless systems employing receiver diversity. The diversity schemes studied are selection combining (SC) and equal-gain combining (EGC). We assume that the receiver operates in flat and slow fading channels and that the signal undergoes Rayleigh, Nakagami-m, Rice or Hoyt fading. As it will be shown, the performance of the diversity system depends greatly on: • the correlation among the diversity branches, • the average power imbalance of the received signals In order to study the performance of a SC receiver operating in correlated Nakagami-m fading channels, we first present a statistical analysis of correlated Nakagami-m random variables (rvs). The probability density function (pdf) of exponentially correlated Nakagami-m rvs is presented in closed-form, while the corresponding cumulative distribution function (cdf) has the form of multiple converging infinite series. Furthermore, bounds for the truncation of the infinite series.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:37:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RICHARD JOHN LINTULAHTI OLANDIM.pdf: 2276167 bytes, checksum: 0d3c0536034c612074740ab02558a1be (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-25 / In Brazil, the broadcasting system for television content in high definition is the ISDB-Tb. Although robust, the content transmission in this system, like in any radio frequency propagation, can suffer from external attenuating factors, such as distortion by multipath propagation. One of the techniques used in radio communications for minimizing the effects of this type of distortion is the spatial diversity reception, which uses multiple antennas connected to a single receiver. The signals, received by different antennas, are combined, in a technique known as MRC or Maximal Ratio Combiner, so that the output signal-to-noise ratio is greater than the individual signal-to-noise ratios, allowing the successfully decoding of the received content, even though the individual signal in each antenna does not have sufficient quality to be decoded independently. This study aims to establish a method of spatial diversity in receiving television signals in ISDB-Tb, pondering between the advantages and disadvantages of their use in edge regions of coverage, where the reception of the Brazilian digital TV system is not yet total. / No Brasil, o sistema de radiodifusão para conteúdos televisivos em alta definição é o ISDB-Tb. Apesar de robusto, a transmissão de conteúdos neste sistema, como qualquer propagação em radiofrequência, pode sofrer com fatores externos atenuantes, como por exemplo a distorção por propagação em multi-percurso. Uma das técnicas utilizadas em radiocomunicação para que se minimizem os efeitos deste tipo de distorção é a diversidade espacial na recepção, que utiliza múltiplas antenas conectadas a um mesmo receptor. Os sinais, recebidos pelas diferentes antenas, são trabalhados em uma técnica conhecida como MRC ou Combinação de Máxima Razão, de modo que a relação sinal-ruído de saída seja maior do que as relações sinal-ruído individuais, permitindo a decodificação do conteúdo com sucesso, mesmo que os sinais individuais em cada antena não tenham qualidade suficiente para serem decodificados independentemente. Este estudo tem como objetivo propor um método de diversidade espacial na recepção de sinais televisivos no padrão brasileiro ISDB-Tb, ponderando entre as vantagens e desvantagens de sua utilização em regiões de borda de cobertura, onde a recepção do sistema brasileiro de TV digital ainda não é total.