Parameter estimation and signal detection are the two key components of a wireless communication system. They directly impact the bit-error-ratio (BER) performance of the system. Several criteria have been successfully applied for parameter estimation and signal detection. They include maximum likelihood (ML), maximum a-posteriori probability (MAP), least square (LS) and minimum mean square error (MMSE) etc. In the linear detection framework, linear MMSE (LMMSE) and LS are the most popular ones. Nevertheless, these criteria do not necessarily minimize the BER, which is one of the key aspect of any communication receiver design. Thus, minimization of BER is tantamount to an important design criterion for a wireless receiver, the minimum bit/symbol error ratio (MBER/MSER). We term this design criterion as the minimum-error-probability (MEP). In this thesis, parameter estimation and signal detection have been extensively studied based on the MEP framework for various unexplored scenar-ios of a wireless communication system. Thus, this thesis has two broad categories of explorations, first parameter estimation and then signal detection. Traditionally, the MEP criterion has been well studied in the context of the discrete signal detection in the last one decade, albeit we explore this framework for the continuous parameter es-timation. We first use this framework for channel estimation in a frequency flat fading single-input single-output (SISO) system and then extend this framework to the carrier frequency offset (CFO) estimation of multi-user MIMO OFDM system. We observe a reasonably good SNR improvement to the tune of 1 to 2.5 dB at a fixed BER (tentatively at 10−3). In this context, it is extended to the scenario of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or MIMO-OFDM with pa-rameter estimation error statistics obtained from LMMSE only and checked its effect at the equalizer design using MEP and LMMSE criteria. In the second exploration of the MEP criterion, it is explored for signal detection in the context of MIMO-relay and MIMO systems. Various low complexity solutions are proposed to alleviate the effect of high computational complexity for the MIMO-relay. We also consider various configurations of relay like cognitive, parallel and multi-hop relaying. We also propose a data trans-mission scheme with a rate of 1/Ns (Ns is the number of antennas at the transmitter) with the help of the MEP criterion to design various components. In all these cases, we obtain considerable BER improvement compared to the existing solutions.

Abstract This thesis focuses on transceiver optimization for heterogeneous multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communications systems. The aim is to design decentralized beamforming methods with low signaling overhead for improved spatial spectrum utilization. A wide range of transceiver optimization techniques are covered, with particular consideration of decentralized optimization, fast convergence, computational complexity and signaling limitations. The proposed methods are shown to provide improved rate of convergence, when compared to the conventional weighted minimum MSE (WMMSE) approach. This makes them suitable for time-correlated channel conditions, in which the ability to follow the changing channel conditions is essential. Coordinated beamforming under quality of service (QoS) constraints is considered for interfering broadcast channel. Decomposition based decentralized processing approaches are shown to enable the weighted sum rate maximization (WSRMax) in time-correlated channel conditions. Pilot-aided decentralized WSRMax beamformer estimation is studied for coordinated multi-point (CoMP) joint processing (JP). In stream specific estimation (SSE), all effective channels are individually estimated. The beamformers are then constructed from the locally estimated channels. On the other hand, with direct estimation (DE) of the beamformers, only the intended signal needs to be separately estimated and the covariance matrices are implicitly estimated from the received pilot training matrices. This makes the pilot design more robust to pilot contamination. These methods show that CoMP JP is feasible even in relatively fading channel conditions and with limited backhaul capacity by employing decentralized beamformer processing. In the final part of the thesis, a relay-assisted cellular system with decentralized processing is considered, in which users are served either directly by the base stations or via relays for WSRMax or sum power minimization subject to rate constraints. Zero-forcing and coordinated beamforming provide a trade-off between complexity, in-band signaling and spectrum utilization. Relays are shown to be beneficial in many scenarios when the in-band signaling is accounted for. This thesis shows that decentralized downlink MIMO transceiver design with a reasonable computational complexity is feasible in various system architectures even when signaling resources are limited and channel conditions are moderately fast fading. / Tiivistelmä Tämä väitöskirja keskittyy lähetin- ja vastaanotinoptimointiin heterogeenisissä monikäyttäjä- ja moniantennijärjestelmissä. Tavoitteena on parantaa tilatason suorituskykyä tutkimalla hajautettuja keilanmuodostusmenetelmiä, joissa ohjaussignaloinnin tarve on alhainen. Erityisesti keskitytään hajautetun keilanmuodostuksen optimointiin, nopeaan konvergenssiin, laskennalliseen kompleksisuuteen sekä signaloinnin rajoitteisiin. Esitettyjen menetelmien osoitetaan parantavan konvergenssinopeutta ja vähentävän signaloinnin tarvetta, verrattaessa tunnettuun WMMSE-menetelmään. Nämä mahdollistavat lähetyksen aikajatkuvissa kanavissa, joissa kanavan muutosten seuraaminen on erityisen tärkeää. Näiden menetelmien osoitetaan mahdollistavan hajautetun ja priorisoidun tiedonsiirtonopeuden maksimoinnin monisolujärjestelmissä sekä aikajatkuvissa kanavissa käyttäjäkohtaisilla siirtonopeustakuilla. Pilottiavusteisten lähetys- ja vastaanotinkeilojen estimointia tutkitaan yhteislähetysjärjestelmissä. Yksittäisten lähetyskanavien estimoinnissa effektiiviset kanavat estimoidaan yksitellen, ja lähetys- ja vastaanotinkovarianssimatriisit muodostetaan summaamalla paikalliset kanavaestimaatit. Suoraestimoinnissa ainoastaan oman käyttäjän effektiivinen kanava estimoimaan erikseen. Tällöin kovarianssimatriisit saadaan suoraan vastaanotetuista pilottisignaaleista. Tämä tekee estimaateista vähemmän herkkiä häiriölle. Hajautetun yhteislähetyksen osoitetaan olevan mahdollista, jopa verrattain nopeasti muuttuvissa kanavissa sekä rajallisella verkkoyhteydellä lähettimien välillä. Viimeisessä osassa tutkitaan välittäjä-avusteisia järjestelmiä, joissa käyttäjiä palvellaan joko suoraan tukiasemasta tai välittäjä-aseman kautta. Optimointikriteereinä käytetään siirtonopeuden maksimointia sekä lähetystehon minimointia siirtonopeustakuilla. Nollaanpakottava sekä koordinoitu keilanmuodostus tarjoavat valinna laskennallisen kompleksisuuden, ohjaussignaloinnin sekä suorituskyvyn välillä. Välittäjä-avusteisen lähetyksen osoitetaan olevan hyödyllisiä useissa tilanteissa, kun radiorajanpinnan yli tapahtuvan signaloinnin tarve otetaan huomioon keilanmuodostuksessa. Tässä väitöskirjassa osoitetaan hajautetun keilanmuodostuksen olevan mahdollista verrattaen vähäisillä laskennallisilla resursseilla heterogeenisissä moniantennijärjestelmissä. Esitetyt menetelmät tarjoavat ratkaisuja järjestelmiin, joissa ohjaussignalointiresurssit ovat rajallisia ja radiokanava on jatkuvasti muuttuva.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:55:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EduardoJB.pdf: 1367282 bytes, checksum: 6b7509a3a7d719223deb44d539d92c51 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-12-16 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The introduction of new digital services in the cellular networks, in transmission rates each time more raised, has stimulated recent research that comes studying ways to increase the data communication capacity and to reduce the delays in forward and reverse links of third generation WCDMA systems. These studies have resulted in new standards, known as 3.5G, published by 3GPP group, for the evolution of the third generation of the cellular systems. In this Masters Thesis the performance of a 3G WCDMA system, with diverse base stations and thousand of users is developed with assists of the planning tool NPSW. Moreover the performance of the 3.5G techniques hybrid automatic retransmission and multi-user detection with interference cancellation, candidates for enhance the WCDMA uplink capacity, is verified by means of computational simulations in Matlab of the increase of the data communication capacity and the reduction of the delays in the retransmission of packages of information / A introdu??o de novos servi?os digitais nas redes celulares, em taxas de transmiss?o cada vez mais elevadas, tem impulsionado recentes pesquisas que v?m estudando maneiras de aumentar a capacidade de transmiss?o de dados e diminuir os atrasos nos enlaces direto e reverso de sistemas de terceira gera??o WCDMA. Esses estudos t?m resultado em novos padr?es, chamados de 3.5G, publicados pelo grupo 3GPP, para a evolu??o da terceira gera??o dos sistemas celulares. Nesta disserta??o de mestrado o desempenho de um sistema de 3G WCDMA, com diversas esta??es base e milhares de usu?rios ? analisado com aux?lio da ferramenta de projetos NPSW. Al?m disso a performance das t?cnicas de 3.5G redu??o do tamanho do quadro de transmiss?o, retransmiss?o autom?tica h?brida e detec??o multi-usu?rio com cancelamento de interfer?ncias, candidatas para amplia??o do uplink de redes WCDMA, ? verificada por meio de simula??es computacionais, na linguagem Matlab, do aumento da capacidade de transmiss?o de dados e da diminui??o dos atrasos na retransmiss?o de pacotes de informa??o. Palavras-Chave: WCDMA, UMTS, capacidade de transmiss?o, t?cnicas de 3.5G EUL, redu??o do quadro de transmiss?o, retransmiss?o autom?tica h?brida, detec??o multi-usu?rio, cancelamento de interfer?ncias

Abstract This thesis focuses on the design of coordinated downlink beamforming techniques for wireless multi-cell multi-user multi-antenna systems. In particular, cellular and cognitive radio networks are considered. In general, coordinated beamforming schemes aim to improve system performance, especially at the cell-edge area, by controlling inter-cell interference. In this work, special emphasis is put on practical coordinated beamforming designs that can be implemented in a decentralized manner by relying on local channel state information (CSI) and low-rate backhaul signaling. The network design objective is the sum power minimization (SPMin) of base stations (BSs) while providing the guaranteed minimum rate for each user. Decentralized coordinated beamforming techniques are developed for cellular multi-user multiple-input single-output (MISO) systems. The proposed iterative algorithms are based on classical primal and dual decomposition methods. The SPMin problem is decomposed into two optimization levels, i.e., BS-specific subproblems for the beamforming design and a network-wide master problem for the inter-cell interference coordination. After the acquisition of local CSI, each BS can independently compute its transmit beamformers by solving the subproblem via standard convex optimization techniques. Interference coordination is managed by solving the master problem via a traditional subgradient method that requires scalar information exchange between the BSs. The algorithms make it possible to satisfy the user-specific rate constraints for any iteration. Hence, delay and signaling overhead can be reduced by limiting the number of performed iterations. In this respect, the proposed algorithms are applicable to practical implementations unlike most of the existing decentralized approaches. The numerical results demonstrate that the algorithms provide significant performance gains over zero-forcing beamforming strategies. Coordinated beamforming is also studied in cellular multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The corresponding non-convex SPMin problem is divided into transmit and receive beamforming optimization steps that are alternately solved via successive convex approximation method and the linear minimum mean square error criterion, respectively, until the desired level of convergence is attained. In addition to centralized design, two decentralized primal decomposition-based algorithms are proposed wherein the transmit and receive beamforming designs are facilitated by a combination of pilot and backhaul signaling. The results show that the proposed MIMO algorithms notably outperform the MISO ones. Finally, cellular coordinated beamforming strategies are extended to multi-user MISO cognitive radio systems, where primary and secondary networks share the same spectrum. Here, network optimization is performed for the secondary system with additional interference constraints imposed for the primary users. Decentralized algorithms are proposed based on primal decomposition and an alternating direction method of multipliers. / Tiivistelmä Tämä väitöskirja keskittyy yhteistoiminnallisten keilanmuodostustekniikoiden suunnitteluun langattomissa monisolu- ja moniantennijärjestelmissä, erityisesti solukko- ja kognitiiviradioverkoissa. Yhteistoiminnalliset keilanmuodostustekniikat pyrkivät parantamaan verkkojen suorituskykyä kontrolloimalla monisoluhäiriötä, erityisesti tukiasemasolujen reuna-alueilla. Tässä työssä painotetaan erityisesti käytännöllisten yhteistoiminnallisten keilanmuodostustekniikoiden suunnittelua, joka voidaan toteuttaa hajautetusti perustuen paikalliseen kanavatietoon ja tukiasemien väliseen informaationvaihtoon. Verkon suunnittelutavoite on minimoida tukiasemien kokonaislähetysteho samalla, kun jokaiselle käyttäjälle taataan tietty vähimmäistiedonsiirtonopeus. Hajautettuja yhteistoiminnallisia keilanmuodostustekniikoita kehitetään moni-tulo yksi-lähtö -solukkoverkoille. Oletuksena on, että tukiasemat ovat varustettuja monilla lähetysantenneilla, kun taas päätelaitteissa on vain yksi vastaanotinantenni. Ehdotetut iteratiiviset algoritmit perustuvat klassisiin primaali- ja duaalihajotelmiin. Lähetystehon minimointiongelma hajotetaan kahteen optimointitasoon: tukiasemakohtaisiin aliongelmiin keilanmuodostusta varten ja verkkotason pääongelmaan monisoluhäiriön hallintaa varten. Paikallisen kanavatiedon hankkimisen jälkeen jokainen tukiasema laskee itsenäisesti lähetyskeilansa ratkaisemalla aliongelmansa käyttäen apunaan standardeja konveksioptimointitekniikoita. Monisoluhäiriötä kontrolloidaan ratkaisemalla pääongelma käyttäen perinteistä aligradienttimenetelmää. Tämä vaatii tukiasemien välistä informaationvaihtoa. Ehdotetut algoritmit takaavat käyttäjäkohtaiset tiedonsiirtonopeustavoitteet jokaisella iterointikierroksella. Tämä mahdollistaa viiveen pienentämisen ja tukiasemien välisen informaatiovaihdon kontrolloimisen. Tästä syystä ehdotetut algoritmit soveltuvat käytännön toteutuksiin toisin kuin useimmat aiemmin ehdotetut hajautetut algoritmit. Numeeriset tulokset osoittavat, että väitöskirjassa ehdotetut algoritmit tuovat merkittävää verkon suorituskyvyn parannusta verrattaessa aiempiin nollaanpakotus -menetelmiin. Yhteistoiminnallista keilanmuodostusta tutkitaan myös moni-tulo moni-lähtö -solukkoverkoissa, joissa tukiasemat sekä päätelaitteet ovat varustettuja monilla antenneilla. Tällaisessa verkossa lähetystehon minimointiongelma on ei-konveksi. Optimointiongelma jaetaan lähetys- ja vastaanottokeilanmuodostukseen, jotka toistetaan vuorotellen, kunnes algoritmi konvergoituu. Lähetyskeilanmuodostusongelma ratkaistaan peräkkäisillä konvekseilla approksimaatioilla. Vastaanottimen keilanmuodostus toteutetaan summaneliövirheen minimoinnin kautta. Keskitetyn algoritmin lisäksi tässä työssä kehitetään myös kaksi hajautettua algoritmia, jotka perustuvat primaalihajotelmaan. Hajautettua toteutusta helpotetaan pilottisignaloinnilla ja tukiasemien välisellä informaationvaihdolla. Numeeriset tulokset osoittavat, että moni-tulo moni-lähtö -tekniikoilla on merkittävästi parempi suorituskyky kuin moni-tulo yksi-lähtö -tekniikoilla. Lopuksi yhteistoiminnallista keilanmuodostusta tarkastellaan kognitiiviradioverkoissa, joissa primaari- ja sekundaarijärjestelmät jakavat saman taajuuskaistan. Lähetystehon optimointi suoritetaan sekundaariverkolle samalla minimoiden primaarikäyttäjille aiheuttamaa häiriötä. Väitöskirjassa kehitetään kaksi hajautettua algoritmia, joista toinen perustuu primaalihajotelmaan ja toinen kerrointen vaihtelevan suunnan menetelmään.

Network coding has emerged as an attractive alternative to routing because of the through put improvement it provides by reducing the number of channel uses. In a wireless scenario, in addition, further improvement can be obtained through Physical layer Network Coding (PNC), a technique in which nodes are allowed to transmit simultaneously, instead of transmitting in orthogonal slots. In this thesis, the design and analysis of network coding schemes are considered, for wireless two-way relaying, multi-user Multiple Access Relay Channel (MARC) and wireline networks. In a wireless two-way relay channel with PNC, the simultaneous transmissions of user nodes result in Multiple Access Interference (MAI) at there lay node. The harmful effect of MAI is the presence of signal set dependent deep channel fade conditions, called singular fade states, under which the minimum distance of the effective constellation at the relay become zero. Adaptively changing the network coding map used at the relay according to channel conditions greatly reduces the impact of this MAI. In this work, we obtain these adaptive PNC maps, which are finite in number ,by completing partially filled Latin Squares and using graph vertex coloring. Having obtained the network coding maps, the set of all possible channel realizations is quantized into a finite number of regions, with a specific network coding map chosen in a particular region and such a quantization is obtained analytically for 2λ-PSK signal set. The performance of the adaptive PNC scheme for two-way relaying is analyzed and tight high SNR upper bounds are obtained for the average end-to-end symbol error probability, in terms of the average error probability of a point-to-point fading channel. The adaptive PNC scheme is generalized for two-way relaying with multiple antennas at the nodes. As an alternative to the adaptive PNC scheme for two-way relaying, a Distributed Space Time Coding (DSTC) scheme is proposed, which effectively re-moves the effect of singular fade states at the transmitting nodes itself without any Channel State Information at the Transmitter (CSIT), and without any need to change the PNC map as a function of channel fade conditions. It is shown that the singular fade states can be viewed equivalently as vector subspaces of C2, which are referred to as the singular fade subspaces. DSTC design criterion to minimize the number of singular fade subspaces and maximize the coding gain is formulated and explicit low decoding complexity DSTC designs are provided. For the K-user MARC, in which K source nodes want to transmit messages to a destination node D with the help of are lay node R, a new PNC scheme is proposed. Use of a many-to-one PNC map with conventional minimum squared Euclidean distance decoding at D, results in a loss of diversity order due to error propagation from the relay node. To counter this, we propose a novel low complexity decoder which offers the maximum diversity order of two. Next, we consider wire line networks and explore the connections between linear network coding, linear index coding and discrete polymatroids, which are the multi-set analogue of matroids. We define a discrete polymatroidal network and show that a fractional vector linear solution over a field Fq exists for a network if and only if the network is discrete polymatroidal with respect to a discrete polymatroid representable over Fq.An algorithm to construct networks starting from certain class of discrete polymatroids is provided. Every representation over Fq for the discrete polymatroid, results in a fractional vector linear solution over Fq for the constructed network. It is shown that a linear solution to an index coding problem exists if and only if there exists a representable discrete polymatroid satisfying certain conditions which are determined by the index coding problem considered. El Rouayheb et. al. showed that the problem of finding a multi-linear representation for a matroid can be reduced to finding a perfect linear index coding solution for an index coding problem obtained from that matroid. Multi-linear representation of a matroid can be viewed as a special case of representation of an appropriate discrete polymatroid. We generalize the result of El Rouayheb et. al. by showing that the problem of finding a representation for a discrete polymatroid can be reduced to finding a perfect linear index coding solution for an index coding problem obtained from that discrete polymatroid.

[ES] La falta de empatía en niños y adolescentes son fuertes predictores de desarrollar conductas antisociales, emitir juicios morales inadecuados, dificultades en las relaciones interpersonales o conductas de acoso escolar, por lo que es necesario disponer de programas educativos que promuevan la empatía y una respuesta "orientada hacia los demás" desde edades tempranas para ayudar a fomentar un mayor bienestar social en los estudiantes. Un enfoque ampliamente utilizado para promover el aprendizaje en el contexto educativo es la gamificación dado que mejora en los estudiantes la motivación para aprender, la participación activa y la satisfacción, compartiendo la idea de utilizar experiencias de juego positivas para un propósito serio, como lograr un cambio de comportamiento, en lugar de centrarse en el entretenimiento. Se dispone en la literatura de algunas propuestas gamificadas tecnológicas para promover la empatía en la educación, sin embargo pocos trabajos integran la Realidad Aumentada (RA), una forma de juego radicalmente nueva que permite cultivar experiencias de aprendizaje inmersivas y estimulantes al combinar contenido digital superpuesto en el mundo real. Esta tecnología emergente e innovadora es compatible con los dispositivos móviles, siendo unidades asequibles con capacidades de reconocimiento de imágenes, seguimiento de objetos, detección de ubicación y orientación, siendo una solución práctica para ofrecer al usuario una experiencia RA no necesitando requisitos de hardware sofisticados. Esta tesis revela la falta de investigación sobre entornos sociales digitales para promover la empatía, existiendo evidencias de que la empatía y la respuesta prosocial/prosocialidad están significativamente relacionadas. Por ello, esta tesis propone un modelo circular de empatía híbrido derivado de los modelos existentes en la literatura y que involucra los procesos y componentes principales de esta habilidad, para promover acciones conductuales dirigidas a beneficiar o ayudar a otros, como el comportamiento prosocial. Este modelo circular se transforma en dinámicas de juego operativas a través de un modelo gamificado de aprendizaje de tareas y pasos para llevar al jugador a experimentar diversidad de escenarios o historias reflexivas (observación), organizadas en torno a un desafío o misión central desarrollada de forma individual (monousuario) o grupal (multiusuario), buscando promover emociones positivas como la empatía en términos del comportamiento prosocial (actuación). El modelo de aprendizaje está definido por espacios aumentados basados en la ubicación siendo coordenadas GPS o anclajes espaciales (espacios físicos previamente escaneados) y que puede ser adaptado a múltiples contextos de aprendizaje. En esta tesis se presentan dos estrategias gamificadas basadas en la ubicación con Realidad Aumentada Móvil. La primera EmoFindAR, con "anclajes espaciales" diseñado a nivel multiusuario con dinámica competitiva vs. colaborativa para la identificación y manipulación de estados emocionales básicos, evaluada en la educación primaria donde se observa que promueve en los estudiantes la socialización, las habilidades comunicativas y la inteligencia emocional. La segunda propuesta diseñada con el "Sistema de Posicionamiento Global (GPS)", siendo EmpathyAR para un aprendizaje individualizado y su versión multiusuario SocialTaskAR para un aprendizaje en equipo. / [CA] La falta d'empatia en xiquets i adolescents és un fort predictor de desenvolupar conductes antisocials, emetre judicis morals inadequats, dificultats en les relacions interpersonals o conductes d'assetjament escolar, per la qual cosa és necessari disposar de programes educatius que promouen l'empatia i una resposta "orientada cap als altres" des d'edats primerenques per a ajudar a fomentar un major benestar social en els estudiants. Un enfocament àmpliament utilitzat per a promoure l'aprenentatge en el context educatiu és la ludificació donat que millora en els estudiants la motivació per a aprendre, la participació activa i la satisfacció, compartint la idea d'utilitzar experiències de joc positives per a un propòsit seriós, com aconseguir un canvi de comportament, en lloc de centrar-se en l'entreteniment. Es disposa en la literatura d'algunes propostes lúdiques tecnològiques per a promoure l'empatia en l'educació, no obstant això pocs treballs integren la Realitat Augmentada (RA), una forma de joc radicalment nova que permet cultivar experiències d'aprenentatge immersives i estimulants en combinar contingut digital superposat en el món real. Aquesta tecnologia emergent i innovadora és compatible amb els dispositius mòbils, sent unitats assequibles amb capacitats de reconeixement d'imatges, seguiment d'objectes, detecció d'ubicació i orientació, sent una solució pràctica per a oferir a l'usuari una experiència RA no necessitant requisits de maquinari sofisticat. Aquesta tesi revela la falta d'investigació sobre entorns socials digitals per a promoure l'empatia, existint evidències que l'empatia i la resposta pro social estan significativament relacionades. Per això, aquesta tesi proposa un model circular d'empatia híbrid derivat dels models existents en la literatura i que involucra els processos i components principals d'aquesta habilitat, per a promoure accions conductuals dirigides a beneficiar o ajudar a uns altres, com el comportament pro social. Aquest model circular es transforma en dinàmiques de joc operatives a través d'un model ludificat d'aprenentatge de tasques i passos per a portar al jugador a experimentar diversitat d'escenaris o històries reflexives (observació), organitzades entorn d'un desafiament o missió central desenvolupada de manera individual (monousuari) o grupal (multiusuari), buscant promoure emocions positives com l'empatia en termes del comportament pro social (actuació). El model d'aprenentatge està definit per espais augmentats basats en la ubicació sent coordenades GPS o ancoratges espacials (espais físics prèviament escanejats) i que pot ser adaptat a múltiples contextos d'aprenentatge. En aquesta tesi es presenten dues estratègies lúdiques basades en la ubicació amb Realitat Augmentada Mòbil. La primera EmoFindAR, amb "ancoratges espacials" dissenyat a nivell multiusuari amb dinàmica competitiva vs. col.laborativa per a la identificació i manipulació d'estats emocionals bàsics, avaluada en l'educació primària on s'observa que promou en els estudiants la socialització, les habilitats comunicatives i la intel·ligència emocional. La segona proposta dissenyada amb el "Sistema de Posicionament Global (GPS)", sent EmpathyAR per a un aprenentatge individualitzat i la seua versió multiusuari SocialTaskAR per a un aprenentatge en equip. / [EN] The lack of empathy in children and adolescents is a strong predictor of developing antisocial behavior, resulting in inappropriate moral judgments, difficulties in interpersonal relationships or bullying behavior, which is why it is necessary to have educational programs that promote empathy and an response "oriented towards others" from an early age to help foster greater social well-being in students. A widely used approach to promote learning in the educational context is gamification since it improves students' motivation to learn, active participation and satisfaction, sharing the idea of using positive game experiences for a serious purpose, such as achieving a behavioral change, instead of focusing on entertainment. There are some technological gamified proposals in the literature to promote empathy in education, however few works integrate Augmented Reality (AR), a radically new form of gaming that allows cultivating immersive and stimulating learning experiences by combining digital content superimposed in the real world. This emerging and innovative technology is compatible with mobile devices, which are affordable units with image recognition, object tracking, location detection and orientation capabilities, a practical solution to offer the user an AR experience without needing sophisticated hardware requirements. This thesis reveals the lack of research on digital social environments to promote empathy, with evidence that empathy and prosocial response/pro-sociality are significantly related. Therefore, this thesis proposes a hybrid circular model of empathy derived from existing models in the literature involving the main processes and components of this ability, to promote behavioral actions aimed at benefiting or helping others, such as prosocial behavior. This circular model is transformed into operational game dynamics through a gamified model of learning tasks and steps to lead the player to experience a diversity of scenarios or reflective stories (observation), organized around a central challenge or mission developed in an individual (single-user) or group (multi-user), seeking to promote positive emotions such as empathy in terms of prosocial behavior (performance). The learning model is defined in terms of location-based augmented spaces being GPS coordinates or spatial anchors (previously scanned physical spaces) and that can be adapted to multiple learning contexts. In this thesis two gamified strategies based on location with Mobile Augmented Reality are presented. The first EmoFindAR, with "spatial anchors" designed at a multi-user level with competitive vs. collaborative dynamics for the identification and manipulation of basic emotional states, evaluated in primary education where it is observed that it promotes socialization, communication skills and emotional intelligence in students. The second proposal designed with the "Global Positioning System (GPS)", is EmpathyAR for individualized learning and its multi-user version SocialTaskAR for team learning. / Gracias a todos los miembros del proyecto R+D+i PID2019-108915RB-I00 por sus contribuciones brindadas y en particular a Jorge Montaner Marco por su colaboración incondicional. / López Faicán, LG. (2023). Desarrollo de habilidades empáticas mediante estrategias de gamificación basadas en realidad aumentada móvil multiusuario para el contexto educativo [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/200583

Over recent years, the research and studies have focused on innovative solutions in various aspects and phases related to the high demands on data rate and energy for fifth-generation and beyond (B5G). This thesis aims to improve the energy efficiency, error rates, low-resolution ADCs/DACs, antenna array structures and sum-rate performances of a single cell downlink broadband millimetre-wave (mmWave) systems with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation and deploying multi-user massive multiple inputs multiple outputs (MU mMIMO) by applying robust beamforming techniques and detection algorithms that support multiple streams per user (UE) in various environments and scenarios to achieve low complexity system design with reliable performance and significant improvement in users perceived quality of service (QoS). The performance of the four 5G candidate mmWave frequencies, 28 GHz, 39 GHz, 60 GHz, and 73 GHz, are investigated for indoor/outdoor propagation scenarios, including path loss models and multipath delay spread values. Results are compared to confirm that the received power and delay spread is decreased with increasing frequency. The results were also validated with the measurement findings for 60 GHz. Then several proposed design models of beamforming are studied and implemented modified algorithms of Hybrid Beamforming (HBF) approaches in indoor/outdoor scenarios over large scale fading wideband mmWave /Raleigh channels. Firstly, three beamforming based diagonalize the Equivalent Virtual Channel Matrix (EVCM) schemes with the optimal linear combining methods are presented to overcoming the self-interference problems in Quasi-Orthogonal-Space Time Block Code (QO-STBC) systems over narrowband mmWave Single-User mMIMO (SU mMIMO). The evaluated results show that the proposed beamforming based- Single Value Decomposition (SVD) outperforms the conventional beamforming and standard QO-STBC techniques in terms of BER and spectrum efficiency. Next, the proposed HBF algorithm approaches with the fully/ partially connected structures are developed and applied for sum-rate and symbol error rate (SER) performance maximization MU mMIMO-OFDM system, including HBF based on block diagonalization (BD) method Constraint/Unconstraint RF Power, Codebook, Kalman schemes. In addition, the modified near optimal linear HBF-Zero Forcing (HBF-ZF) and HBF-Minimum Mean Square Error (HBF MMSE) schemes, considering both fully-connected and partially-connected structures. Finally, Simulation results using MATLAB platform, demonstrate that the proposed HBF based codebook and most likely HBF based-unconstraint RF power algorithms achieve significant performance gains in terms SER and sum-rate efficiency as well as show high immunity against the deformities and disturbances in the system compared with other HBF algorithm schemes. / Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Republic of Iraq

[ES] Un aprovechamiento racional y ajustado de los recursos hídricos disponibles en el regadío implica la necesidad de disponer de infraestructuras que mediante conducciones a presión permitan llevar desde captación hasta la planta los volúmenes requeridos. Los sistemas de riego a presión, tanto a nivel colectivo como en parcela, permiten un alto control sobre el agua aplicada y garantizan una alta eficiencia de aplicación. La adopción de estos sistemas de riego ha llevado en los últimos 30 años a la construcción y puesta en marcha de numerosas redes colectivas de riego a presión. En el marco mediterráneo donde el modelo productivo se basa en una agricultura intensiva de parcelas de tamaño pequeño y medio (superficies medias no superiores a 0,5 ha), el sistema de distribución del agua desde la red a la parcela se realiza normalmente a través de hidrantes denominados multiusuario. La localización y capacidad hidráulica de estos elementos es un tema poco estudiado hasta la fecha. Tradicionalmente su localización y definición de los elementos que lo componen ha corrido a cargo de la propia experiencia en estos campos de los ingenieros, desconociendo en muchos casos como afectan estos parámetros al funcionamiento final de la instalación y a los costes que supone dicha inversión. Esta Tesis aborda el estudio de estos aspectos con el objetivo de obtener una metodología de cálculo basada en la utilización de los SIG que optimice tanto la ubicación de los hidrantes como el trazado de conducciones entre los mismos desde el punto de alimentación. Como punto de partida, se definió la capacidad hidráulica de los mismos en cuanto a caudal y número de tomas que pueden abastecer, dando unas recomendaciones basadas en estudios hidráulicos de las características finales que deben tener los mismos en cada caso y de las tomas individuales a parcela. Seguidamente, se abordó la problemática de la localización, relacionada directamente con el anterior punto. En este caso, mediante la utilización de distintas herramientas de geoprocesos que ofrecen los softwares basados en SIG, se obtuvieron las localizaciones que minimizan tanto los costes energéticos como los de inversión. Finalmente, obtenida la ubicación, se estableció el trazado de las conducciones desde la toma hasta cada uno de los hidrantes. En este caso, los criterios a tener en cuenta fueron función del tipo de vía por el que se pretenden trazar (camino rural, carretera, cauce, etc) llevándose a cabo mediante la elaboración de un mapa ráster de resistencias donde la solución óptima fue aquella que menos resistencia acumulada ofrecía. Para su elaboración se requirió del apoyo de metodologías de análisis Multicriterio como AHP. Toda la metodología de trabajo fue aplicada sobre doce casos de estudio reales y se comparará con el diseño de ingenieros proyectistas especialistas en el campo de la modernización de regadíos. Los resultados obtenidos mediante el uso de la metodología planteada arrojaron unos ahorros en los costes totales de hasta el 15 % respecto al dimensionado externo. En todos ellos se obtuvo la misma tendencia, pese a obtener mayor número de hidrantes multiusuario, se redujeron los costes totales de instalación de la red. Como conclusión puede decirse que la metodología aportada redujo considerablemente los costes y planteó unos criterios objetivos a la hora del diseño y dimensionado de las redes. De este modo se redujo la subjetividad aportada por el proyectista. / [CA] Un aprofitament racional i ajustat dels recursos hídrics disponibles en el regadiu implica la necessitat de disposar d'infraestructures que mitjançant conduccions a pressió permeten portar des de captació fins a la planta els volums requerits. Els sistemes de reg a pressió, tant a nivell col·lectiu com en parcel·la, permeten un alt control sobre l'aigua aplicada i garanteixen una alta eficiència d'aplicació. L'adopció d'aquests sistemes de reg ha portat en els últims 30 anys la construcció i posada en marxa de nombroses xarxes col·lectives de reg a pressió. En el marc mediterrani on el model productiu es basa en una agricultura intensiva de parcel·les de grandària petita i mitjana (superfícies mitjanes no superiors a 0,5 ha), el sistema de distribució de l'aigua des de la xarxa a la parcel·la es realitza normalment a través d'hidrants denominats multiusuari. La localització i capacitat hidràulica d'aquests elements és un tema poc estudiat fins hui. Tradicionalment la seua localització i definició dels elements que ho componen ha sigut a càrrec de la pròpia experiència en aquests camps dels enginyers, desconeixent en molts casos com afecten aquests paràmetres al funcionament final de la instal·lació i als costos que suposa aquesta inversió. Aquesta Tesi aborda l'estudi d'aquests aspectes amb l'objectiu d'obtindre una metodologia de càlcul basada en la utilització dels SIG que optimitze tant la ubicació dels hidrants com el traçat de conduccions entre els mateixos des del punt d'alimentació. Com a punt de partida, es va definir la capacitat hidràulica dels mateixos quant a cabal i nombre de tomes que poden proveir, donant unes recomanacions basades en estudis hidràulics de les característiques finals que han de tindre els mateixos en cada cas i de les preses individuals a parcel·la. Seguidament, es va abordar la problemàtica de la localització, relacionada directament amb l'anterior punt. En aquest cas, mitjançant la utilització de diferents eines de geoprocesos que ofereixen els softwares basats en SIG, es van obtindre les localitzacions que minimitzen tant els costos energètics com els d'inversió. Finalment, obtinguda la ubicació, es va establir el traçat de les conduccions des de la presa fins cadascun dels hidrants. En aquest cas, els criteris a tindre en compte van ser funció del tipus de via pel qual es pretenen traçar (camí rural, carretera, llit, etc) duent-se a terme mitjançant l'elaboració d'un mapa ráster de resistències on la solució òptima va ser aquella que menys resistència acumulada oferia. Per a la seua elaboració es va requerir del suport de metodologies d'anàlisi Multicriteri com AHP. Tota la metodologia de treball va ser aplicada sobre dotze casos d'estudi reals i va comparar amb el disseny d'enginyers projectistes especialistes en el camp de la modernització de regadius. Els resultats obtinguts mitjançant l'ús de la metodologia plantejada van llançar uns estalvis en els costos totals de fins al 15% respecte al dimensionament extern. En tots ells es va obtindre la mateixa tendència, malgrat obtindre major nombre d'hidrants multiusuari, es van reduir els costos totals d'instal·lació de la xarxa. Com a conclusió pot dir-se que la metodologia aportada va reduir considerablement els costos i va plantejar uns criteris objectius a l'hora del disseny i dimensionament de les xarxes. D'aquesta manera es va reduir la subjectivitat aportada pel projectista. / [EN] Rational and adjusted use of the water resources available in irrigation implies the need to have infrastructures that, by means of pressure pipes, can carry out the required volumes from the catchment to the plant. Pressurized irrigation systems, both at the collective level and on the plot, allow high control over the water applied and guarantee high application efficiency. The adoption of these irrigation systems has led in the last 30 years to the construction and start-up of numerous collective pressurized irrigation networks. In the Mediterranean framework, where the production model is based on intensive agriculture of small and medium-sized plots (average surfaces not exceeding 0.5 ha), the water distribution system from the network to the plot is normally carried out through of -called multi-user hydrants. The location and hydraulic capacity of these elements is a subject little studied to date. Traditionally, its location and definition of the elements that compose it have been carried out by the engineers' own experience in these fields, in many cases unaware of how these parameters affect the final operation of the installation and the costs involved in said investment. This thesis deals with the study of these aspects to obtain a calculation methodology based on the use of GIS that optimizes both the location of the hydrants and the layout of the pipes between them from the point of supply. As a starting point, their hydraulic capacity was defined in terms of flow rate and number of intakes they can supply, giving recommendations based on hydraulic studies of the final characteristics that they should have in each case and of the individual intakes on a plot. Next, the problem of location, directly related to the previous point, was addressed. In this case, by using different geoprocessing tools offered by GIS-based software, locations that minimize both energy and investment costs were obtained. Finally, once the location was obtained, the layout of the pipes from the intake to each of the hydrants was established. In this case, the criteria to be taken into account were a function of the type of road along which it is intended to be traced (rural road, highway, riverbed, etc.) carried out by preparing a raster map of resistances where the optimal solution was that that offered less accumulated resistance. For its elaboration, the support of Multicriteria analysis methodologies such as AHP was required. The entire work methodology was applied to twelve real case studies and will be compared with the design of specialist project engineers in the field of irrigation modernization. The results obtained through the use of the proposed methodology showed savings in total costs of up to 15% compared to external dimensioning. The same trend was obtained in all of them, despite obtaining a greater number of multi-user hydrants, the total costs of installing the network were reduced. In conclusion, it can be said that the methodology provided considerably reduced costs and proposed objective criteria when designing and sizing the networks. In this way, the subjectivity provided by the designer was reduced. / González Pavón, C. (2023). Optimización de la localización de hidrantes multiusuario y trazado de redes de riego a presión mediante la utilización de SIG [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/192926

Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication using multiple antennas has received significant attention in recent years, both in the academia and industry, as they offer additional spatial dimensions for high-rate and reliable communication, without expending valuable bandwidth. However, exploiting these promised benefits of MIMO systems critically depends on fast and accurate acquisition of Channel State Information (CSI) at the Receiver (CSIR) and the Transmitter (CSIT). In Time Division Duplex (TDD) MIMO systems, where the forward channel and the reverse channel are the same, it is possible to exploit this reciprocity to reduce the overhead involved in acquiring CSI, both in terms of training duration and power. Further, many popular and efficient transmission schemes such as beam forming, spatial multiplexing over dominant channel modes, etc. do not require full CSI at the transmitter. In such cases, it is possible to reduce the Reverse Channel Training (RCT) overhead by only learning the part of the channel that is required for data transmission at the transmitter. In this thesis, we propose and analyze several novel channel-dependent RCT schemes for MIMO systems and analyze their performance in terms of (a) the mean-square error in the channel estimate, (b) lower bounds on the capacity, and (c) the diversity-multiplexing gain tradeoff. We show that the proposed training schemes offer significant performance improvement relative to conventional channel-agnostic RCT schemes. The main take-home messages from this thesis are as follows: • Exploiting CSI while designing the RCT sequence improves the performance. • The training sequence should be designed so as to convey only the part of the CSI required for data transmission by the transmitter. • Power-controlled RCT, when feasible, significantly outperforms fixed power RCT.