Radio repeaters in communication systems are used to extend the coverage where the base stations cannot reach directly, such as indoors, in tunnels, and obstructed mobile reception areas. The repeaters in the downlink receive signals from base stations, amplify them, and then retransmit them. In case of this, the receiving antenna may receive the signals from the transmitting antenna of the repeater, and therefore introduce oscillation. To minimize the oscillation and keep the system stable, there should be a suitable isolation between transmitting and receiving antennas. Isolation margin estimation for wide-band signals can be achieved by applying auto-correlation. However, there are still important applications in narrow-band technologies such as Global Systems for Mobile Communication (GSM). Although the GSM is not the latest technology in communication systems and has been largely surpassed by 3G, 4G, and 5G in terms of data capabilities, it is still widely used in many parts of the world such as commercial voice communication in rural areas, safety-critical transmissions in railways and so on. The auto-correlation functions are hard to use since the auto-correlation response is generally wider than that of wide-band signals. In this project, attempts are made to find more accurate estimation methods. Channel estimation method is chosen as the central focus of this project. This project simulated methods such as frequency correction and channel estimation and evaluated the performance of the algorithms. The simulation results indicate that the channel estimation algorithm performs well when the signal-to-noise ratio is 80dB and the feedback signal power is 55dB lower than the wanted signal. It also provides a result that the estimation results are accurate when the power of the feedback signal is approximately 20dB higher than the noise signal. / Radio repeatrar i kommunikationssystem används för att utöka täckningen där basstationer inte kan nå direkt, såsom inomhus, i tunnlar och i områden med blockerad mobil mottagning. Repeatrarna i nedlänken tar emot signaler från basstationer, förstärker dem och sänder sedan ut dem igen. I detta fall kan den mottagande antennen ta emot signalerna från repeatrarnas sändande antenner och därmed introducera oscillation. För att minimera oscillationen och hålla systemet stabilt bör det finnas en lämplig isolation mellan sändande och mottagande antenner. Isoleringsmarginaluppskattning för bredbandsignaler kan uppnås genom att tillämpa autokorrelation. Det finns dock fortfarande viktiga tillämpningar inom smalbands teknologier som Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM). Även om GSM inte är den senaste tekniken inom kommunikationssystem och har i stor utsträckning överskridits av 3G, 4G och 5G när det gäller datamöjligheter, används det fortfarande i stor utsträckning i många delar av världen, såsom kommersiell röstkommunikation på landsbygden, säkerhetskritiska överföringar inom järnvägar och så vidare. Autokorrelationsfunktionerna är svåra att använda eftersom autokorrelationsresponsen generellt är bredare än för bredbandsignaler. I det här projektet görs försök att hitta mer exakta uppskattningmetoder. Kanaluppskattningsmetoden väljs som den centrala fokusen för detta projekt. Detta projekt simulerade metoder som frekvenskorrigering och kanaluppskattning och utvärderade prestandan hos algoritmerna. Simuleringsresultaten indikerar att kanaluppskattningsalgoritmen fungerar bra när signal-brusförhållandet är 80dB och feedbacksignalens effekt är så låg som 55dB. Den ger också ett resultat som visar att uppskattningsresultaten är korrekta när feedbacksignalens effekt är ungefär 20dB högre än brussignalens.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T14:52:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jose Igor Santos de Oliveira.pdf: 3257339 bytes, checksum: 08e579c1308bf514ca6256e089894a3b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-09-21 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The level measurement, besides the applications in reservoirs of industrial processes, as in the industries chemical, pharmaceutical, chemical petroleum, of I refine of alumina etc, it is applicable also in reservoirs exposed outdoors, such as dikes, lakes and ponds, dams and other. To measure level in most of the cases has great impact in the people's safety, of the environment, and of the involved process, besides influencing in the quality of the final product. Level in several ways can be measured that space from a simple float to a sophisticated system for time of flight of waves that processes the information that returns after the emission of a sign. System as that can use several types of waves to take the information of the transmission, the most common are microwaves, infrared and the ultrasonic ones. In that work a method is described that is used of the technique of the time of flight with the use of ultrasonic waves in association with the adaptive filtering to determine the location of the levels of the liquids contained in a container of known height. It is made a study of robustness of the method with base in simulations, through the variation of the relationship sign noise and of the sampling tax, in comparison with the results obtained with the use of Hilbert Transform, Fourier Transform and Wavelet Transform, considering the time of processing and the measurement uncertainty. / A medição de nível, além das aplicações em reservatórios de processos industriais, como nas indústrias químicas, farmacêuticas, petroquímicas, de refino de alumina etc., é aplicável também em reservatórios expostos ao ar livre, tais como diques, lagos e lagoas, barragens e outros. Medir nível na maioria dos casos tem grande impacto na segurança das pessoas, do meio ambiente, e do processo envolvido, além de influenciar na qualidade do produto final. Pode-se medir nível de diversas formas que vão desde um simples flutuador até um sofisticado sistema por Tempo de Vôo de ondas que processa a informação que retorna na forma de eco refletido após a emissão de um sinal. Um Sistema como esse pode utilizar diversos tipos de ondas para levar a informação da transmissão, as mais comuns são microondas, infravermelhas e as ultra-sônicas. Nesse trabalho descreve-se um método que se utiliza da técnica do Tempo de Vôo com o uso de ondas ultra-sônicas em associação com a filtragem adaptativa para determinar a localização dos níveis dos líquidos contidos em um recipiente de altura conhecida. É feito um estudo de robustez do método com base em simulações, através da variação da relação sinal ruído e da taxa de amostragem. Compara-se com os resultados obtidos com o uso da Transformada de Hilbert, Transformada de Fourier e da Transformada Wavelets, considerando o tempo de processamento e a incerteza na medição.