Ces travaux de recherche portent sur les systèmes de communication radio-sur-fibre aux fréquences millimétriques supérieures à 60 GHz. Cette thèse s’articule autour de trois problématiques cruciales pour ces systèmes : la mesure du bruit de phase des signaux millimétriques instables générés par voie optique, la suppression de l’impact du bruit de phase sur les performances des systèmes de communications radio-sur-fibre par l’utilisation de techniques de conversion de fréquence non-cohérente, et enfin l’étude de l’impact du bruit d’intensité sur les performances des systèmes à détection non-cohérente. La première partie du travail présente une nouvelle technique de détection numérique du bruit de phase, capable de mesurer le bruit de phase à n’importe quelle fréquence millimétrique générée par voie optique et donc le plus souvent instable. Il est possible de mesurer le bruit de phase pour une large gamme de fréquences de décalage, allant de fréquence très proches de la porteuse à des bruits lointains grâce à l’adaptation de la résolution fréquentielle de la mesure. Cette mesure se fait de plus sans l’approximation des petits angles, très souvent utilisés. Dans la deuxième partie, un système de communication millimétrique basé sur une détection non-cohérente est étudié. L’étage de conversion de fréquences électrique permettant l’analyse des signaux est réalisé avec une détection d’enveloppe, ce qui permet de s’affranchir des variations de phase et de fréquence de la porteuse générée par voie optique. Pour terminer, des études théoriques et expérimentales sont menées sur l’impact du bruit d’amplitude sur les systèmes radio-sur-fibre utilisant ce type de détection non-cohérente. Les simulations, basées sur des modèles théoriques, sont capables de déterminer quel bruit est prédominant lors des mesures d’EVM parmi les bruits optiques et électriques. Cette technique s’appuie sur l’observation de l’évolution de l’EVM sur la puissance optique reçue. / This Ph.D. investigates the radio over fiber communication systems at mm-wave frequencies higher than 60 GHz. The thesis elaborates on three crucial issues in these systems including:phase noise measurement of unstable optically generated mm-wave signals, elimination ofphase noise impact on performance of radio over fiber systems using non-coherent down conversion technique, and studying the amplitude noise impacts on performance of system based on these detectors. In the first part of this work, a new digital phase noise measurement technique is presented which is able to extract the phase noise of any unstable mm-waveoptically generated signal. This technique is able to measure the phase noise for a widerange of offset frequencies from close-in phase noise to far noise floor by adapting frequency resolution of measurement and without considering small angle approximation. In the second part, we present a radio over fiber system at mm-wave frequency based on non-coherent electrical frequency down conversion stage using an envelope detector which is robust against phase and frequency fluctuations of the optically generated carrier signal. Finally, a the oreticaland experimental study of amplitude noise impact on performance of radio over fiber systemsbased on non-coherent receivers is presented. In this study, a simulation technique based ontheory is developed which is able to determine, among different optical and electrical noise, the one which has the dominant effect on EVM results. This simulation technique is based onobserving the EVM evolution versus received optical power.

With the introduction of Internet of Things (IoT) technology in several sectors, wireless, reliable, and energy-saving communication in distributed sensor networks are more important than ever. Thereby, wake-up technologies are becoming increasingly important as they significantly contribute to reducing the energy consumption of wireless sensor nodes. In an indoor environment, the use of wireless sensors, in general, is more challenging due to signal fading and reflections and needs, therefore, to be critically investigated. This paper discusses the performance analysis of wakeup receiver (WuRx) architectures based on two low frequency (LF) amplifier approaches with regard to sensitivity, power consumption, and package error rate (PER). Factors that affect systems were compared and analyzed by analytical modeling, simulation results, and experimental studies with both architectures. The developedWuRx operates in the 868MHz band using on-off-keying (OOK) signals while supporting address detection to wake up only the targeted network node. By using an indoor setup, the signal strength and PER of received signal strength indicator (RSSI) in different rooms and distances were determined to build a wireless sensor network. The results show a wake-up packets (WuPts) detection probability of about 90% for an interior distance of up to 34 m.

Radio tomographic imaging (RTI) is a novel device-free localization technique which utilizes the changes in radio signals caused by obstruction to enable various sensing applications. However, the deployment of these applications is hindered by the energy-expensive radio sensing techniques employed in these systems. In this thesis, we tackle this issue by introducing a novel way to realize a battery-free RTI sensor. We go through the design process and produce and evaluate a working prototype that operates on minuscule amounts of energy. Our design reduces power consumption by orders of magnitude compared to traditional RTI sensors by eliminating the energy-expensive components used in current RTI systems, enabling battery-free operation of RTI sensors. We demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of our system in a boundary crossing scenario. We Discuss its limitations and tackle some of the security threats correlated with the deployment of such a system. / Radiotomografisk avbildning (RTA) är en ny, anordningsfri lokaliseringstekniksom utnyttjar förändringarna i radiosignaler orsakat av obstruktioner för att möjliggöraolika avkänningsapplikationer. Utvecklingen av dessa applikationer hindrasemellertid av de energiineffektiva radioavkännande tekniker som användsi dessa system. I denna avhandling behandlar vi problemet genom att introduceraen ny metod för att skapa en batterifri RTA-sensor. Vi går igenom konstruktionsprocessenoch producerar och utvärderar en arbetsprototyp som kräver minusklermängder energi. Vår design minskar energiförbrukningen signifikantjämfört med traditionella RTA-sensorer, genom att eliminera de energiineffektivakomponenterna som används i dagens RTA-system, vilket möjliggör batterifridrift av RTA-sensorer. Vi demonstrerar effektiviteten och noggrannheten hos vårtsystem i ett gränsöverskridande scenario. Vi diskuterar begränsningarna och taritu med några av de säkerhetshot som är korrelerade med utplaceringen av ettsådant system.