In spreads pectrum (SS)watermarking of audio signals, since the watermark acts as an additive noise to the host audio signal, the most important challenge is to maintain perceptual transparency. Human perception is a very sensitive apparatus, yet can be exploited to hide some information, reliably. SS watermark embedding has been proposed, in which psycho-acoustically shaped pseudo-random sequences are embedded directly into the time domain audio signal. However, these watermarking schemes use informed detection, in which the original signal is assumed available to the watermark detector. Blind detection of psycho-acoustically shaped SS watermarking is not well addressed in the literature. The problem is still interesting, because, blind detection is more practical for audio signals and, psycho-acoustically shaped watermarks embedding offers the maximum possible watermark energy under requirements of perceptual transparency. In this thesis we study the blind detection of psycho-acoustically shaped SS watermarks in time domain audio signals. We focus on a class of watermark sequences known as random phase watermarks, where the watermark magnitude spectrum is defined by the perceptual criteria and the randomness of the sequence lies in their phase spectrum. Blind watermark detectors, which do not have access to the original host signal, may seem handicapped, because an approximate watermark has to be re-derived from the watermarked signal. Since the comparison of blind detection with fully informed detection is unfair, a hypothetical detection scheme, denoted as semi-blind detection, is used as a reference benchmark. In semi-blind detection, the host signal as such is not available for detection, but it is assumed that sufficient information is available for deriving the exact watermark, which could be embedded in the given signal. Some reduction in performance is anticipated in blind detection over the semi-blind detection. Our experiments revealed that the statistical performance of the blind detector is better than that of the semi-blind detector. We analyze the watermark-to-host correlation (WHC) of random phase watermarks, and the results indicate that WHC is higher when a legitimate watermark is present in the audio signal, which leads to better detection performance. Based on these findings, we attempt to harness this increased correlation in order to further improve the performance. The analysis shows that uniformly distributed phase difference (between the host signal and the watermark) provides maximum advantage. This property is verified through experimentation over a variety of audio signals. In the second part, the correlated nature of audio signals is identified as a potential threat to reliable blind watermark detection, and audio pre-whitening methods are suggested as a possible remedy. A direct deterministic whitening (DDW) scheme is derived, from the frequency domain analysis of the time domain correlation process. Our experimental studies reveal that, the Savitzky-Golay Whitening (SGW), which is otherwise inferior to DDW technique, performs better when the audio signal is predominantly low pass. The novelty of this work lies in exploiting the complementary nature of the two whitening techniques and combining them to obtain a hybrid whitening (HbW) scheme. In the hybrid scheme the DDW and SGW techniques are selectively applied, based on short time spectral characteristics of the audio signal. The hybrid scheme extends the reliability of watermark detection to a wider range of audio signals. We also discuss enhancements to the HbW technique for robustness to temporal offsets and filtering. Robustness of SS watermark blind detection, with hybrid whitening, is determined through a set of experiments and the results are presented. It is seen that the watermarking scheme is robust to common signal processing operations such as additive noise, filtering, lossy compression, etc.

The explosion in stereoscopic video distribution increases the concerns over its copyright protection. Watermarking can be considered as the most flexible property right protection technology. The watermarking applicative issue is to reach the trade-off between the properties of transparency, robustness, data payload and computational cost. While the capturing and displaying of the 3D content are solely based on the two left/right views, some alternative representations, like the disparity maps should also be considered during transmission/storage. A specific study on the optimal (with respect to the above-mentioned properties) insertion domain is also required. The present thesis tackles the above-mentioned challenges. First, a new disparity map (3D video-New Three Step Search - 3DV-NTSS) is designed. The performances of the 3DV-NTSS were evaluated in terms of visual quality of the reconstructed image and computational cost. When compared with state of the art methods (NTSS and FS-MPEG) average gains of 2dB in PSNR and 0.1 in SSIM are obtained. The computational cost is reduced by average factors between 1.3 and 13. Second, a comparative study on the main classes of 2D inherited watermarking methods and on their related optimal insertion domains is carried out. Four insertion methods are considered; they belong to the SS, SI and hybrid (Fast-IProtect) families. The experiments brought to light that the Fast-IProtect performed in the new disparity map domain (3DV-NTSS) would be generic enough so as to serve a large variety of applications. The statistical relevance of the results is given by the 95% confidence limits and their underlying relative errors lower than er<0.1

Este trabalho estuda o impacto energético da otimização do tamanho do payload de códigos convolucionais em um enlace sem fio ponto-a-ponto dentro de uma rede de sensores. Consideram-se dois modelos de canal, AWGN e Rayleigh, visando representar cenários com diferentes características quanto à severidade de enlace. Nesse contexto, faz-se o estudo da otimização da relação sinal-ruído, da taxa de código empregada, bem como a otimização do tamanho do payload para diferentes condições de transmissão. Os dados numéricos obtidos através de simulação demonstram que existe um ponto ótimo para o tamanho do payload, que varia com a distância de transmissão e que proporciona ganhos em termos de eficiência energética, especialmente em enlaces de curta distância. / This paper studies the impact of the payload size in the energy efficiency in a point-to-point link in a wireless sensor network using convolutional codes. Two channel models are considered, AWGN and Rayleigh, representing distinct conditions with respect to the severity of the link. In this context, signal-to-noise ratio, code rate and payload size are optimized. The numeric results obtained through simulations show that there is an optimal point for the payload size, which depends on the transmission distance, and which provides gains in the overall energy efficiency, especially in short range links.

Since the mid 1990’s, the wireless communications industry has witnessed explosive growth. The worldwide cellular and personal communication subscriber base surpassed 600 million users by late 2001, and the number of individual subscribers surpassed 2 billion at the end of 2006 [1, 2]. In order to attract and accommodate these subscribers, modern communication systems, like the Third Generation (3G) and Fourth Generation (4G) cellular networks, will have to provide attractive new features such as increased data throughput rates, greater system capacity, and better speech quality. These modern communication systems promise to have advantages such as wireless access in ways that have never been possible before, providing, amongst others services such as live television (TV) broadcasting to Mobile Stations (MS)s, multi-megabit Internet access, communication using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), unparalleled network capacity, seamless accessibility and many more. With specific, but not exclusive reference to the cellular environment, there are numerous ways to increase the data throughput rate and system capacity. From an economical perspective, it would be more efficient to add equipment to the Base Station (BS) rather than the MSs. To achieve these improvements the motivation to utilise transmit diversity’s capabilities have been identified as a key research issue in this study. Alamouti [3] proposed a transmit diversity technique using two transmit antennas and one receive antenna, providing the same diversity order than using one transmit antenna and two receive antennas. Since Alamouti’s publication in 1998, many papers in the field of Space-Time (ST) coding have been published. Current research in the field of ST coding consists of finding methods to extend the number of transmit antennas to more than four, while still achieving full rate, as well as full diversity which is the main motivation for this study. This study proposes a novel idea of breaching the limitations with ST coding theory by combining ST coding with Spread Spectrum (SS) modulation techniques in order to extend the number of transmit antennas to more than four and still achieve full rate as well as full diversity. An advantage of the proposed scheme, called Direct Sequence Space-Time Spreading (DSSTS) has over current Space-Time Spreading (STS) techniques is that it uses 50% less spreading codes. A performance evaluation platform for the DSSTS scheme was developed to simulate the performance of the scheme in a realistic mobile communication environment. A mobile communication channel that has the ability to simulate time-varying multipath fading was developed and used to evaluate the performance of the DSSTS scheme. From the simulation results obtained, it is evident that Walsh sequences that exhibit particularly good cross-correlation characteristics, cannot overcome the effect of the antenna self-noise in order to exploit the diversity gain by adding extra antennas, i.e. diversity extension. The research also showed that an optimal trade-off exists between antenna diversity and antenna created self-noise. Performance results of the DSSTS scheme in slow and fast fading channels for a different number of transmit antennas are also presented in this study. With the capacity analysis of the DSSTS scheme, it was shown that the addition of extra transmit antennas to the system indeed increased the system capacity. A further addition to this study is the investigation into the assumption that the channel should be quasi-static over the frame length of the ST code. A Space Sequence Transmit Diversity (SSTD) technique is consequently proposed that allows the transmission of the Alamouti symbols during one time interval instead of two. This relieves the ST code from the assumption that the channel should be quasi-static, allowing it to be used in a more realistic multi-user environment. A performance evaluation platform for the SSTD scheme was developed and used to obtain simulation results in a multipath fading channel. It was also shown that the proposed SSTD scheme is successful in combating the effects of multipath fading for small Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) user loads. However, as a rule of thumb, the square root of the spreading sequence length divided by two depicts the user load at which the SSTD scheme was not capable of overcoming the combined effects of Multi-User Interference (MUI) and multipath fading. / Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering / unrestricted

Ultra-wideband (UWB) communication technology offers inherent advantages such as the ability to coexist with previously allocated Federal Communications Commission (FCC) frequencies, simple transceiver architecture, and high performance in noisy environments. Spread spectrum techniques offer additional improvements beyond the conventional pulse-based UWB communications. This dissertation implements a multiple-access UWB communication system using a surface acoustic wave (SAW) correlator receiver with orthogonal frequency coding and software defined radio (SDR) base station transmitter. Orthogonal frequency coding (OFC) and pseudorandom noise (PN) coding provide a means for spreading of the UWB data. The use of orthogonal frequency coding (OFC) increases the correlator processing gain (PG) beyond that of code division multiple access (CDMA); providing added code diversity, improved pulse ambiguity, and superior performance in noisy environments. Use of SAW correlators reduces the complexity and power requirements of the receiver architecture by eliminating many of the components needed and reducing the signal processing and timing requirements necessary for digital matched filtering of the complex spreading signal. The OFC receiver correlator code sequence is hard-coded in the device due to the physical SAW implementation. The use of modern SDR forms a dynamic base station architecture which is able to programmatically generate a digitally modulated transmit signal. An embedded Xilinx Zynq ™ system on chip (SoC) technology was used to implement the SDR system; taking advantage of recent advances in digital-to-analog converter (DAC) sampling rates. SDR waveform samples are generated in baseband in-phase and quadrature (I & Q) pairs and upconverted to a 491.52 MHz operational frequency. The development of the OFC SAW correlator ultimately used in the receiver is presented along with a variety of advanced SAW correlator device embodiments. Each SAW correlator device was fabricated on lithium niobate (LiNbO3) with fractional bandwidths in excess of 20%. The SAW correlator device presented for use in system was implemented with a center frequency of 491.52 MHz; matching SDR transmit frequency. Parasitic electromagnetic feedthrough becomes problematic in the packaged SAW correlator after packaging and fixturing due to the wide bandwidths and high operational frequency. The techniques for reduction of parasitic feedthrough are discussed with before and after results showing approximately 10:1 improvement. Correlation and demodulation results are presented using the SAW correlator receiver under operation in an UWB communication system. Bipolar phase shift keying (BPSK) techniques demonstrate OFC modulation and demodulation for a test binary bit sequence. Matched OFC code reception is compared to a mismatched, or cross-correlated, sequence after correlation and demodulation. Finally, the signal-to-noise power ratio (SNR) performance results for the SAW correlator under corruption of a wideband noise source are presented.

El món de les comunicacions per la xarxa elèctrica (CXE) pot ser dividit en tres grans tipus: CXE en baix voltatge (CXE-BV), en mig voltatge (CXE-MV) i en alt voltatge (CXE-AV). En aquests últims anys, les CXE-BV han atret una gran expectació, ja que les seves capacitats han fet d'aquesta tecnologia una bona opció com alternativa pel bucle local d'accés i pel desplegament de xarxes d'àrea local, focalitzades aquestes últimes en l'entorn domèstic. A més, les CXE-BV inclouen un conjunt d'aplicacions de baixa velocitat orientades a l'operador, com la lectura automàtica de comptadors (LAC), distribució de càrrega, facturació dinàmica, etc. Per altra banda, les CXE-MV i CXE-AV, històricament lligades a tasques de telecontrol i teleprotecció, s'estan començant a considerar com un canal de comunicacions eficient i fiable. El desenvolupament de sistemes digitals i els esforços d'estandardització estan fent d'aquests canals un medi atractiu per a que els operadors elèctrics ofereixin serveis de comunicacions, ja que no necessiten invertir en infraestructura perquè la xarxa elèctrica ja està desplegada.En aquesta Tesi s'introduiran i es comentaran les particularitats de les tres xarxes elèctriques, després, es mostraran al lector les solucions tecnològiques existents pels canals de BV basats en la norma Europea CENELEC així com pels canals d'AV, mostrant que els sistemes actuals de LAC ofereixen una diversitat freqüencial molt baixa i que els mòdems CXE-AV estan ancorats en estendards antiquats.Aquest treball es mou per les tres topologies de la xarxa, particularment, en aplicacions orientades a la banda CENELEC, en mesura i modelat de canal, i en mesura i disseny del nivell físic per sistemes CXE-BV, CXE-MV i CXE-AV respectivament. Els sistemes actuals que exploten la banda CENELEC ofereixen mecanismes d'explotació de la diversitat freqüencial del canal molt limitats o nuls, donant lloc a una baixa robustesa en front a interferències i soroll de fons acolorit. Aquest treball proposa un esquema de modulació multiportadora que, mantenint una complexitat baixa, ofereix unes altes prestacions permetent un bon nivell d'explotació de la selectivitat freqüencial. Per al que a CXE-MV respecta, aquesta Tesi desenvolupa un model de canal determinístic-estadístic pels anells urbans de distribució de potència i, finalment, en sistemes CXE-AV, aquest treball proposa, basat en mesures de canal i proves de camp, un nivell físic de banda ampla capaç de incrementar la velocitat de comunicació mentre manté una baixa densitat espectral de potència limitant així la interferència a altres sistemes.PARAULES CLAU: Power line communications (PLC), low voltage (LV), medium voltage (MV), high voltage (HV), automatic meter reading (AMR), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), multicarrier spread spectrum (MC-SS), communication system design, channel measurements, channel modeling, scattering parameters. / El mundo de las comunicaciones por la red eléctrica (CRE) puede ser dividido en tres grandes tipos: CRE en bajo voltaje (CRE-BV), en medio voltaje (CRE-MV) y en alto voltaje (CRE-AV). En estos últimos años, las CRE-BV han atraído una gran expectación, ya que sus capacidades han hecho de esta tecnología una buena opción como alternativa para el bucle local de acceso y para el despliegue de redes de área local, focalizadas estas últimas en el entorno doméstico. Además, las CRE-BV incluyen un conjunto de aplicaciones de baja velocidad orientadas al operador como la lectura automática de contadores (LAC), distribución de carga, facturación dinámica, etc. Por otro lado, las CRE-MV y CRE-AV, históricamente ligadas a tareas de telecontrol y teleprotección, se están empezando a considerar como un canal de comunicaciones eficiente y fiable. El desarrollo de sistemas digitales y los esfuerzos de estandarización están haciendo de estos canales un medio atractivo para que los operadores eléctricos ofrezcan servicios de comunicaciones, ya que no necesitan invertir en infraestructura porque la red eléctrica ya está desplegada.En esta Tesis se introducirán y se comentarán las particularidades de las tres redes eléctricas, luego, se mostrarán al lector las soluciones tecnológicas existentes para los canales de BV basados en la norma Europea CENELEC así como para los canales de AV, mostrando que los sistemas actuales de LAC ofrecen una diversidad frecuencial muy baja y que los módems CRE-AV están anclados en estándares anticuados.Este trabajo se mueve por las tres topologías de red, particularmente, en aplicaciones orientadas a la banda CENELEC, en medida y modelado de canal, y en medida y diseño del nivel físico para sistemas CRE-BV, CRE-MV y CRE-AV respectivamente. Los sistemas actuales que explotan la banda CENELEC ofrecen mecanismos de explotación de la diversidad frecuencial del canal muy limitados o nulos, dando lugar a una escasa robustez frente a interferencias y ruido de fondo coloreado. Este trabajo propone un esquema de modulación multiportadora que, manteniendo una complejidad baja, ofrece unas altas prestaciones permitiendo un buen nivel de explotación de la selectividad frecuencial. Por lo que a CRE-MV respecta, esta Tesis desarrolla un modelo de canal determinístico-estadístico para los anillos urbanos de distribución de potencia y, finalmente, en sistemas de CRE-AV, este trabajo propone, basado en medidas de canal y pruebas de campo, un nivel físico de banda ancha capaz de incrementar la velocidad de comunicación mientras mantiene una baja densidad espectral de potencia limitando así la interferencia a otros sistemas.PALABRAS CLAVE: Power line communications (PLC), low voltage (LV), medium voltage (MV), high voltage (HV), automatic meter reading (AMR), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), multicarrier spread spectrum (MC-SS), communication system design, channel measurements, channel modeling, scattering parameters. / The world of Power line communications (PLC) can be divided into three main types: low voltage PLC (LV-PLC), medium voltage PLC (MV-PLC) and high voltage PLC (HV-PLC). These last years, LV-PLC has attracted a great expectation since its wideband capabilities has made this technology a suitable choice for last-mile access and in-home communications. Moreover, LV-PLC also includes a utility oriented low frequency and low speed applications, such as automatic meter reading (AMR), load distribution, dynamic billing and so on. On the other hand, MV-PLC and HV-PLC, historically oriented to teleprotection and telecontrol tasks, are being considered as a reliable communication channel. The development of digital equipment and the standardization efforts are making those channels an attractive medium for electrical utilities telecommunications services, since the network, as well as in LV-PLC, is already deployed. In this PhD dissertation, the three different PLC topologies are reviewed and the different communications techniques in such channels exposed. Then, a deep technological review of existing AMR solutions for the European CENELEC band, as well as HV-PLC systems is given, showing that existing AMR systems deliver low frequency diversity and HV-PLC systems are anchored in old fashioned standards.This work walks around the three topologies, specifically, CENELEC band utility oriented applications, channel measurement and modeling and channel measurement and physical layer design, regarding LV-PLC, MV-PLC and HV-PLC respectively. Existing CENELEC compliant systems deliver low or none frequency diversity mechanisms, yielding in a low robustness against colored noise and interference. This work propose a multicarrier based physical layer approach that, while keeping the complexity low, delivers high performance allowing a great level of frequency diversity. Focusing on MV-PLC, a hybrid deterministic-statistical channel model for urban underground rings is developed and, finally, in HV-PLC systems, this work proposes, based on measurements and field tests, a wideband physical layer in order to increase data rate while keeping low both the power spectral density and possible interference to other systems.KEYWORDS: Power line communications (PLC), low voltage (LV), medium voltage (MV), high voltage (HV), automatic meter reading (AMR), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), multicarrier spread spectrum (MC-SS), communication system design, channel measurements, channel modeling, scattering parameters.

L'estructura multiresolutiva proposada per Moran [1] té com a objectiu obtenir l'equilibri entre el cost computacional de l'adquisició sèrie i l'eficiència de l'adquisició paral•lela en sistemes d'espectre eixamplat de seqüència directa. L'adquisició i el posterior tracking són dos processos clau en la desmodulació del senyal d'espectre eixamplat, puix que sense una correcta sincronització aquesta és inviable. L'estructura multiresolutiva mostrà en la seva primera proposta un bon comportament en un canal ionosfèric de 800km [2], però el problema al que s'enfronta ara és més complex. Un canal ionosfèric des de l'Antàrtida a Catalunya, d'una longitud de 12700km, amb unes condicions de canal més agreujades per la distància i la variabilitat horària de la ionosfera en el trajecte de les ones. És amb aquest objectiu que aquest treball de tesi presenta millores a aquest algorisme d'adquisició i de seguiment amb els ulls posats en el problema a resoldre. S'han dissenyat seqüències PN adaptades a les necessitats de l'estructura multiresolutiva usant estratègies evolutives [3,4] i algorismes genètics [5], demanant a les seqüències pseudoaleatòries l'acompliment de més requisits que els originals de les seqüències PN. D'altra banda, també s'ha dissenyat un sistema d'estimació de la qualitat de l'adquisició i de control basat en lògica difusa [6], que permeti donar garanties de la robustesa de l'adquisició i alhora, millorar les prestacions de l'estructura reduint-ne el cost computacional. Finalment, s'ha realitzat un refinament del funcionament de l'estructura multiresolutiva, ajustant-ne els paràmetres d'aprenentatge dels filtres adaptatius de la mateixa per al canal ionosfèric i afegint-li la prestació de funcionar com a detector RAKE, que millora la qualitat de les dades desmodulades. Aquests nous dissenys i millores han estat contrastats amb l'estructura multiresolutiva original [1] i amb d'altres algorismes d'adquisició adaptatius basats en filtres LMS [7,8] i s'ha demostrat que les aportacions realitzades en aquest treball permeten obtenir un millor rendiment en les condicions de transmissió abordades. [1] J. A. Morán. Sistema ràpid d’adquisició per transmissió DS-SS sobre canal ionosfèric. Tesi Doctoral, Enginyeria i Arquitectura La Salle. Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona (Espanya), 2001. [2] J.A. Morán, J.C. Socoró, X. Jové, J.L. Pijoan i F. Tarrés. Multiresolution Adaptive Structure for acquisition in DS-SS receivers. International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP). Salt Lake City (EUA), 2001. [3] I. Rechenberg. Evolutionsstrategie: Optimierung technischer Systeme nach Prinzipiender biologischen Evolution. Frommann-Holzboog, Alemanya, 1973. [4] H.P. Schwefel. Evoluitonsstrategie und numerische Optimierung. Tesi Doctoral, Technische Universitat Berlin, Berlin (Alemanya), 1975. [5] D. E. Goldberg. Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization and Machine Learning. Addison-Wesley, 1989. [6] L.A. Zadeh. Fuzzy Sets. IEEE Trans. on Information and Control, 8:338–353, 1965. [7] M.G. El-Tarhuni. Application of Adaptive Filtering to Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Code Synchronization. Tesi Doctoral, Carleton University, 1997. [8] M. Han, T. Yu, C. Kang i D. Hong. A New Adaptive Code-Acquisition Algorithm Using Parallel Subfilter Structure. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 55(6):1790–1796, Novembre 2006. / La estructura multiresolutiva propuesta por Moran [1] tiene como objetivo obtener el equilibrio entre el coste computacional de la adquisición serie y la eficiencia de la adquisición paralela en sistemas de espectro ensanchado de secuencia directa. La adquisición y el posterior tracking son dos procesos clave en la demodulación de la señal de espectro ensanchado, puesto que sin una correcta sincronización ésta es inviable. La estructura multiresolutiva mostró en su primera propuesta un buen comportamiento en un canal ionosférico de 800km [2], pero el problema al que se enfronta ahora es más complejo. Un canal ionosférico desde la Antártida a Catalunya, con una longitud de 12700km, con unas condiciones de canal más agravadas por la distancia y la variabilidad horaria de la ionosfera en el trayecto de las ondas. Con este objetivo, este trabajo de tesis presenta mejoras a este algoritmo de adquisición y de seguimiento con la mirada puesta en el problema a resolver. Se han diseñado secuencias PN adaptadas a las necesidades de la estructura multiresolutiva usando estrategias evolutivas [3,4] y algoritmos genéticos [5], pidiendo a las secuencias pseudoaleatorias más requisitos que los habituales en las secuencias PN. Por otro lado, también se ha diseñado un sistema de estimación de la calidad en la adquisición y de control basado en lógica difusa [6], que permita dar garantías de la robustez en la adquisición y a su vez, mejorar las prestaciones de la estructura reduciendo el coste computacional. Finalmente, se ha realizado un ajuste del funcionamiento de la estructura multiresolutiva, ajustándose los parámetros de aprendizaje de los filtros adaptativos para el canal ionosférico y añadiendo la prestación de funcionar como detector RAKE, que mejora la calidad de los datos demodulados. Estos nuevos diseños y mejoras se han contrastado con la estructura multiresolutiva original [1] y con otros algoritmos de adquisición adaptativos basados en filtros LMS [7,8] y se ha demostrado que las aportaciones realizadas en este trabajo permiten obtener un mejor rendimiento en las condiciones de transmisión abordadas. [1] J. A. Morán. Sistema ràpid d’adquisició per transmissió DS-SS sobre canal ionosfèric. Tesis Doctoral, Enginyeria i Arquitectura La Salle. Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona (España), 2001. [2] J.A. Morán, J.C. Socoró, X. Jové, J.L. Pijoan i F. Tarrés. Multiresolution Adaptive Structure for acquisition in DS-SS receivers. International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP). Salt Lake City (EUA), 2001. [3] I. Rechenberg. Evolutionsstrategie: Optimierung technischer Systeme nach Prinzipiender biologischen Evolution. Frommann-Holzboog, Alemanya, 1973. [4] H.P. Schwefel. Evoluitonsstrategie und numerische Optimierung. Tesis Doctoral, Technische Universitat Berlin, Berlin (Alemanya), 1975. [5] D. E. Goldberg. Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization and Machine Learning. Addison-Wesley, 1989. [6] L.A. Zadeh. Fuzzy Sets. IEEE Trans. on Information and Control, 8:338–353, 1965. [7] M.G. El-Tarhuni. Application of Adaptive Filtering to Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Code Synchronization. Tesis Doctoral, Carleton University, 1997. [8] M. Han, T. Yu, C. Kang i D. Hong. A New Adaptive Code-Acquisition Algorithm Using Parallel Subfilter Structure. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 55(6):1790–1796, Noviembre 2006. / The multiresolutive structure proposed by Moran [1] attempts to reach a compromise between the computational cost of serial acquisition schemes and acquisition efficiency of parallel systems in direct-sequence spread spectrum acquisition. Acquisition and subsequent tracking are two key processes in the signal demodulation, since without proper synchronization demodulation is impossible. The multiresolutive structure in Moran’s first proposal showed a good performance on an ionospheric channel of 800km [2], but the problem we face now is more complex. A ionospheric radio channel from the Antarctica to Catalonia, 12700km in length, with worsen channel conditions due to distance and time variability of the ionosphere along the paths of the radio waves. This thesis presents improvements to this algorithm acquisition and tracking system in the aim of facing those hard channel conditions. PN sequences are designed to satisfy the needs of the multiresolutive structure [ABM05, AFSB07] using evolutionary strategies [3, 4] and genetic algorithms [5], through adding more requirements than is usually demanded. On the other hand, a fuzzy logic [6] control block has been implemented to estimate the quality of acquisition and control, evaluate the robustness of the acquisition and improve the performance of the structure by reducing its computational load. Finally, the multiresolutive structure has been adjusted, setting new values for the adaptive filter convergence parameters that refer to the ionospheric radio channel and improving the demodulated data using a RAKE detector. The new multiresolutive structure has been compared to the original multiresolutive structure [1] and to other LMS-based adaptive acquisition algorithms [7,8]. The results show that the new multiresolutive structure is competitive when comparing the original structure and also in relation to other adaptive acquisition algorithms found in state-of-the-art. [1] J. A. Morán. Sistema ràpid d’adquisició per transmissió DS-SS sobre canal ionosfèric. PhD Thesis, Enginyeria i Arquitectura La Salle. Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona (Espanya), 2001. [2] J.A. Morán, J.C. Socoró, X. Jové, J.L. Pijoan i F. Tarrés. Multiresolution Adaptive Structure for acquisition in DS-SS receivers. International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP). Salt Lake City (EUA), 2001. [3] I. Rechenberg. Evolutionsstrategie: Optimierung technischer Systeme nach Prinzipiender biologischen Evolution. Frommann-Holzboog, Alemanya, 1973. [4] H.P. Schwefel. Evoluitonsstrategie und numerische Optimierung. Tesi Doctoral, Technische Universitat Berlin, Berlin (Alemanya), 1975. [5] D. E. Goldberg. Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization and Machine Learning. Addison-Wesley, 1989. [6] L.A. Zadeh. Fuzzy Sets. IEEE Trans. on Information and Control, 8:338–353, 1965. [7] M.G. El-Tarhuni. Application of Adaptive Filtering to Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Code Synchronization. PhD Thesis, Carleton University, 1997. [8] M. Han, T. Yu, C. Kang i D. Hong. A New Adaptive Code-Acquisition Algorithm Using Parallel Subfilter Structure. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 55(6):1790–1796, November 2006.

Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία έγινε στα πλαίσια του Προγράμματος Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών Ηλεκτρονικής και Υπολογιστών, στο Τμήμα Φυσικής του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών. Αντικείμενό της αποτελεί η μελέτη του φυσικού επιπέδου συστημάτων κινητής τηλεφωνίας τρίτης γενιάς και η εξομοίωση χαρακτηριστικού καναλιού του φυσικού επιπέδου σύμφωνα με την παγκόσμια προτυποποίηση 3GPP. Στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο γίνεται ιστορική ανασκόπηση των συστημάτων προηγούμενων γενεών. Αναφέρονται βασικά προβλήματα που πρέπει να αντιμετωπίσει ένα τηλεπικοινωνιακό σύστημα καθώς και η βασική δομή των κυψελοειδών συστημάτων. Γίνεται εισαγωγή στα συστήματα τρίτης γενιάς ως προς τις απαιτήσεις, τις υπηρεσίες που προσφέρουν, την προτυποποίηση και την αρχιτεκτονική τους. Στο δεύτερο κεφάλαιο μελετώνται οι τρόποι πολλαπλής πρόσβασης με ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στην προσπέλαση με διαίρεση κωδικών. Αναλύονται τα συστήματα διάχυσης φάσματος. Γίνεται εκτενής αναφορά και υλοποίηση προγραμμάτων για τις ψευδοτυχαίες ακολουθίες και τις ακολουθίες Gold. Στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο μελετάται η δομή δικτύων επικοινωνίας κατά το μοντέλο OSI. Αναφέρονται τα επίπεδα των τηλεπικοινωνιακών συστημάτων με διεξοδική μελέτη του φυσικού επιπέδου και στις διεπαφές που χρησιμοποιεί για επικοινωνία καθώς και στις υπηρεσίες που προσφέρει. Αναλύεται η δομή όλων των φυσικών καναλιών και εξομοιώνεται η διαδικασία ενθυλάκωσης του καναλιού PRACH. Στο τέταρτο κεφάλαιο αναλύονται οι κώδικες διάχυσης των φυσικών καναλιών ανερχόμενης ζεύξης καθώς και η διαδικασία διάχυσης τους. Δημιουργούνται προγράμματα που παράγουν αυτούς τους κώδικες και γίνεται εξομοίωση της διάχυσης και της αποδιάχυσης του PRACH καναλιού. Στο πέμπτο κεφάλαιο αναφέρεται η διαδικασία κωδικοποίησης πηγής και μελετάται η PSK διαμόρφωση και αποδιαμόρφωση που χρησιμοποιούν τα συστήματα τρίτης γενιάς. Υλοποιούνται προγράμματα που εξομοιώνουν τη συνολική διαδικασία σε ενθόρυβο κανάλι AWGN μελετώντας την επίδραση του θορύβου σε μεταδιδόμενο σήμα. Όλες οι εξομοιώσεις υλοποιήθηκαν με το πρόγραμμα Matlab 7.1. / This master thesis is a part of the post-graduate course of the Physics department of the University of Patras, on Electronics and Computers. Its main objective is the study of the physical layer of 3rd generation telecommunication systems and the simulation of a particular channel, in accordance to 3GPP specifications. In the first chapter we review telecommunication systems of previous generations. We also refer to major problems that need to be dealt with and also the basic structure of cellular networks. 3rd generation telecommunication systems, their requirements, offered services, standardisation and architecture are all introduced. In the second chapter we study multiple access methods, emphasising CDMA methods. Moreover, spread spectrum systems are analysed. Finally we refer to pseudorandom and Gold sequences. Programs are created which generate these sequences. In the third chapter we look into the structure of communication networks according to the OSI model. The layers of telecommunication systems are mentioned, laying emphasis on the physical layer, the interfaces used for communication as well as the offered services. We report all physical channels and we simulate the encapsulation of the PRACH channel. In the fourth chapter we analyse the spreading and scrambling codes referring to the uplink channels. Next we point out the code allocation process. Programs are created which generate these spreading and scrambling codes and we finally simulate the spreading and de-spreading process of the PRACH channel. In the fifth chapter we outline the source coding process using PCM, and we study PSK modulation and demodulation which are used by 3rd generation telecommunication systems. We create programs that simulate the whole procedure in a noisy channel, and we study the effect of AWGN. The programs were created and the simulations were run using Matlab version 7.1.

Abstract The worldwide success of wireless communications was originally fueled by the possibility to replace existing cables with wireless solutions. This phenomenon imposed the development of security engineering as a multidisciplinary field. Although wireless solutions can reduce installation costs and allow introducing new services, the end–users expect it to have the same level of security as they would normally have with wired solutions. Secure communications is an important part of the overall security of industrial wireless communications systems (IWCS). The aim of this thesis is to develop new security engineering methodologies for IWCS. The author develops countermeasures against confidentiality and integrity attacks and carries out a security analysis covering the protocol, electromagnetic and physical layer. In the first part of the thesis, Host Identity Protocol (HIP) is utilized to secure communication in an intra–vehicular network. Simulations and measurement campaigns are also conducted to evaluate the impact of the overhead on security in a tunnel, considering line–of–sight (LOS) and non–LOS (NLOS) scenarios. Electromagnetic analysis (EMA) is an important step in the development of safety–related systems. Today, the increasing usage of smaller integrated circuit also increases the susceptibility to electromagnetic (EM) interference. From near–field (NF) to far–field (FF) transformation, a method for the evaluation of the emissions leakage is investigated. The virtual EM (VEM) interface of the device–under–test (DUT) is studied, and it is described how an adversary can exploit it for denial of service (DoS) attacks. An effective jamming attack model is studied, and the theoretical calculations are validated with experiment–based results. Finally, focusing attention on physical layer security, two algorithms are developed. Active radio frequency fingerprinting (RFF) implements the exchange of a public key during the setup of secure communication. Afterwards, utilizing a jamming receiver in conjunction with the spread spectrum (SS) watermarking technique, the watermark–based blind physical layer security (WBPLSec) protocol is presented. The analysis and results indicate how the WBPLSec seems to be a valuable technique for deploying physical layer security by creating a secure region around the receiver. / Tiivistelmä Langattoman tietoliikenteen maailmanlaajuista suosiota kiihdytti alun perin mahdollisuus korvata tietoliikennejärjestelmissä käytetyt kaapelit langattomilla ratkaisuilla. Ilmiö lisäsi myös tarvetta kehittää alan turvatekniikkaa monialaisen tutkimuksen pohjalta. Vaikka langattomat ratkaisut merkitsevät pienempiä asennuskustannuksia ja tarjoavat mahdollisuuksia luoda uudenlaisia palveluja, järjestelmien loppukäyttäjät edellyttävät kuitenkin niiden turvallisuuden olevan vastaavalla tasolla kuin langallisissa verkoissa. Myös teollisuuden langattomien tietoliikennejärjestelmen turvallisuus riippuu pitkälti viestintäkanavien turvallisuudesta. Väitöksen tavoitteena on kehittää uusia menetelmiä, joilla teollisuuden langattomat tietoliikennejärjestelmät voitaisiin turvata. Väitöksessä kehitetään toimenpiteitä tietoliikennejärjestelmien luottamuksellisuuteen ja koskemattomuuteen kohdistuvia hyökkäyksiä vastaan ja toteutetaan turvallisuusarviointi, joka kattaa järjestelmän protokollakerroksen sekä sähkömagneettisen ja fyysisen kerroksen. Väitöksen ensimmäisessä osassa hyödynnetään HIP–protokollaa (Host Identity Protocol) liikennevälineen sisäisen tietoliikennejärjestelmän turvallisuuden varmistamisessa. Lisäksi siinä kuvataan simulaatiot ja mittaushankkeet, joiden tavoitteena on arvioida käytetyn protokollan turvallisuusvaikutuksia esteettömän (line–of–sight, LOS) ja esteellisen (non–line–of–sight, NLOS) näköyhteyden tapauksissa. Sähkömagneettinen analyysi on tärkeä vaihe turvajärjestelmien kehitysprosessissa. Järjestelmissä käytetään yhä enemmän pieniä integroituja piirejä, mikä voi myös altistaa ne sähkömagneettisille (electromagnetic, EM) häiriöille. Väitöksessä tutkitaan lähikenttä–kaukokenttä -muunnokseen perustuvan arviointimenetelmän avulla sähkömagneettisen vuotosäteilyn tasoa. Lisäksi perehdytään testattavan laitteen (device under test, DUT) virtuaaliseen EM–liitäntään ja kuvataan, miten vastaavaa liitäntää voidaan hyödyntää palvelunestohyökkäyksissä. Väitöksessä tutkitaan myös tehokasta häirintämallia ja validoidaan teoreettisten laskelmien tulokset kokeellisesti. Lopuksi väitöksessä keskitytään tietoliikennejärjestelmän fyysisen kerroksen turvallisuuteen ja kehitetään kaksi algoritmia. Aktiivisen radiotaajuisen tunnistusmenetelmän avulla voidaan vaihtaa julkisia avaimia turvallista tietoliikenneyhteyttä muodostettaessa. Lisäksi esitellään vesileimausmenetelmään perustuva fyysisen kerroksen salausmenetelmä, WBPLSec. WBPLSec luo vastaanottimen ympärille suoja–alueen, minkä ansiosta se vaikuttaa analyysin ja tutkimustulosten perusteella olevan tehokas menetelmä toteuttaa fyysisen kerroksen suojaus.

The research conducted for this thesis seeks to understand issues associated with integrating a direct spread spectrum system (DSSS) transceiver on to a single chip. Various types of sequences, such as Kasami sequences and Gold sequences, are available for use in typical spread spectrum systems. For this thesis, complex spreading sequences (CSS) are used for improved cross-correlation and autocorrelation properties that can be achieved by using such a sequence. While CSS and DSSS are well represented in the existing body of knowledge, and discrete bulky hardware solutions exist – an effort to jointly integrate CSS and DSSS on-chip was identified to be lacking. For this thesis, spread spectrum architecture was implemented focussing on sub-systems that are specific to CSS. This will be the main contribution for this thesis, but the contribution is further appended by various RF design challenges: highspeed requirements make RF circuits sensitive to the effects of parasitics, including parasitic inductance, passive component modelling, as well as signal integrity issues. The integration is first considered more ideally, using mathematical sub-systems, and then later implemented practically using complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology. The integration involves mixed-signal and radio frequency (RF) design techniques – and final integration involves several specialized analogue sub-systems, such as a class F power amplifier (PA), a low-noise amplifier (LNA), and LC voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs). The research also considers various issues related to on-chip inductors, and also considers an active inductor implementation as an option for the VCO. With such an inductor a better quality factor is achievable. While some conventional sub-system design techniques are deployed, several modifications are made to adapt a given sub-system to the design requirements for this thesis. The contribution of the research lies in the circuit level modifications done at sub-system level aimed towards eventual integration. For multiple-access communication systems, where a number of independent users are required to share a common channel, the transceiver proposed in this thesis, can contribute towards improved data rate or bit error rate. The design is completed for fabrication in a standard 0.35-μm CMOS process with minimal external components. With an active chip area of about 5 mm2, the simulated transmitter consumes about 250 mW&the receiver consumes about 200 mW. AFRIKAANS : Die navorsing wat vir hierdie tesis onderneem is, beoog om kundigheid op te bou aangaande die kwessies wat met die integrasie van ‘n direkte spreispektrumstelsel (DSSS) sender-ontvanger op ‘n enkele skyfie verband hou. Verskeie tipes sekwensies, soos byvoorbeeld Kasami- en Gold-sekwensies, is vir gebruik in tipiese spreispektrumstelsels beskikbaar. Vir hierdie tesis is komplekse spreisekwensies (KSS) gebruik vir verbeterde kruis- en outokorrelasie-eienskappe wat bereik kan word deur so ‘n sekwensie te gebruik. Alhoewel DSSS en KSS reeds welbekend is, en diskrete hardeware oplossings reeds bestaan, is die vraag na gesamentlike geïntegreerde DSSS en KSS op een vlokkie geïdentifiseer. Vir hierdie tesis is spreispektrumargitektuur aangewend met die klem op KSS substelsels. Dit is dan ook die belangrikste bydrae van hierdie tesis, maar die bydrae gaan verder gepaard met verskeie RF-ontwerpuitdagings: hoëspoed-vereistes maak RF-stroombane sensitief vir die uitwerking van parasitiese komponente, met inbegrip van parasitiese induktansie, passiewe komponentmodellering en ook seinintegriteitskwessies. Die integrasie word eerstens meer idealisties oorweeg deur wiskundige substelsels te gebruik en dan later prakties te implementeer deur komplementêre metaaloksied-halfgeleiertegnologie (CMOS) te gebruik. Die integrasie behels gemengdesein- en radiofrekwensie(RF)-ontwerptegnieke – en finale integrasie behels verskeie gespesialiseerde analoë substelsels soos ‘n klas F-kragversterker (KV), ‘n laeruis-versterker (LRV), en LC-spanningbeheerde ossileerders (SBO’s). Die navorsing oorweeg ook verskeie kwessies in verband met op-skyfie induktors en oorweeg ook ‘n aktiewe induktorimplementering as ‘n opsie vir die SBO. Met sodanige induktor is ‘n beter kwaliteitsfaktor haalbaar. Hoewel enkele konvensionele substelsel-ontwerptegnieke aangewend word, word daar verskeie wysigings aangebring om ‘n gegewe substelsel by die ontwerpvereistes vir hierdie tesis aan te pas. Die bydrae van die navorsing is hoofsaaklik die stroombaanmodifikasies wat gedoen is op substelselvlak om integrasie te vergemaklik. Vir veelvoudige-toegang kommunikasiestelsels waar ‘n aantal onafhanklike gebruikers dieselfde seinkanaal moet deel, kan die sender-ontvanger voorgestel in hierdie tesis meewerk om die datatempo en fouttempo te verbeter. Die ontwerp is voltooi vir vervaardiging in ‘n standaard 0.35-μm CMOS-proses met minimale eksterne komponente. Met ‘n aktiewe skyfie-oppervlakte van ongeveer 5 mm2, verbruik die gesimuleerde sender ongeveer 250 mW en die ontvanger verbruik ongeveer 200 mW. / Thesis (PHD)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering / unrestricted