A relay selection scheme based on geometric optimum in cooperative cognitive systems over mixed channels

This paper proposes a relay selection scheme based on geometric optimum principle to maximize the cognitive link＇ s connectivity with limited interference to primary user in cooperative cognitive systems. A dual-hop cognitive relay system is considered, in which the channel impulse response follows independent non-identical distribution （i. n. d. ） each hop, such as Rician, Rayleigh and Nakagami-m distribution. Then, closed-form expressions in terms of outage probability and average bit error rate （ABER） are obtained using amplify-and-forward （AF） relaying protocol over such mixed fading channels. Furthermore, the best range of the relay is derived. Extensive simulation re- suits are conducted to verify the theoretical analysis, which is useful to the network optimal design.     

Design of hybrid automatic repeat request （HARQ） for TDD-OFDM system

Reliability-based hybrid automatic repeat request （HARQ） （RB-HARQ） is a recently developed form of incremental-redundancy ARQ. It achieves good performance whereas large retransmission request packets should be fed back. In this paper, in order to reduce the number of the fed back bits, we propose a HARQ scheme applied in time duplex division orthogonal frequency division multiplexing （TDD- OFI）M） system over the slow fading channel which is named channel-based HARQ （CB-HARQ）. Because one bit which meets deep fading is always with small value of log likelihood ratio （LLR） during the process of decoding of LDPC code, the bits transmitted on the carrier with deep fading are retransmitted. At the receiver, the decoder will compute the locations of retransmission bits according to the channel fading values which are gotten by utilizing the feature of channel symmetry in TDD mode. So the indices of retransmission bits are avoided to be transmitted. Simulation results show that this method achieves better BER performance and requires much smaller request packets in feedback link.     

Hybrid Forwarding in Cooperative Communications

A cooperative communication scheme was developed in which the relay node performs hybrid forwarding, where the relay node will not forward data for a transmission pair unless the corresponding direct transmission fails, and the relay node will not forward data for a transmission pair unless the quality of the channel between the corresponding source and the relay is good. A performance analysis of the outage probability and the diversity-multiplexing tradeoff for the scheme shows that the forwarding mechanism efficiently reduces fading in wireless channels by achieving full diversity order of magnitude improvement. A considerable signal-to-noise ratio gain is provided by this scheme compared with existing cooperation schemes with fixed forwarding. This flexible forwarding mechanism enables the scheme to provide the optimal diversity-multiplexing tradeoff performance.     

Review of wideband MIMO channel measurement and modeling for IMT-Advanced systems

In October 2005,the next generation mobile communication system was officially named as the International Mobile Telecommunications-Advanced(IMT-Advanced) by the ITU Radiocommunication Sector(ITU-R).Wideband multiple input and multiple output(MIMO) channel models in multiple propagation environments are fundamental for IMT-Advanced systems and such research has been initiated since 2003.The research challenges come from the fact that the wider bandwidth(20-100 MHz) and the advanced multiple antenna technology have been proposed for the IMT-Advanced system,thus leading to higher sampling rates and multiple spatial propagation channels.In this review,four aspects of wideband MIMO channel measurement and modeling are discussed:(1) radio channel measurement procedure and equipment;(2) large scale fading models;(3) small scale fading models;and(4) MIMO channel models.In particular,the large scale fading affected by the carrier frequency is investigated for urban macrocells and it shows that the higher carrier frequency results in greater loss for non-line-of-sight(NLoS) conditions in the cities of China,for which the frequency dependent factor is 32.1.Moreover,the dense and the obviously higher buildings also lead to a larger angle spread(AS) of both the angle of arrival and angle of departure in urban macrocell scenarios.The results indicate that there is the potential to explore the MIMO technique for an IMT-Advanced system with larger ASs,which would lead to the high system capacity.The progress on MIMO models is described and some methods for simplifying geometry-based stochastic channel models(GBSM) are proposed.Finally future research topics on channel measurement and modeling are identified.     

Novel differential unitary space-time modulation schemes for fast fading channels

Differential unitary space-time modulation （DUSTM）, which obtains full transmit diversity in slowly fiat-fading channels without channel state iufonnation, has generated significant interests recently. To combat frequency-selective fading, DUSTM has been applied to each subcarrier of an OFDM system and DUSTM-OFDM system was proposed. Both DUSTM and DUSTM-OFDM, however, are designed for slowly fading channels and suffer performance deterioration in fast fading channels. In this paper, two novel differential unitary space-time modulation schemes are proposed for fast fading channels. For fast fiat-fading channels, a subatrix interleaved DUSTM （SMI-DUSTM） scheme is proposed, in which matrix-segmentation and sub-matrix based interleaving are introduced into DUSTM system. For fast frequency-selective fading channels, a differential unitary space-frequency modulation （DUSFM） scheme is proposed, in which existing unitary space-time codes are employed across transmit antennas and OFDM subcarriers simultaneouslv and differential modulation is performed between two adjacent OFDM blocks. Compared with DUSTM and DUSTM-OFDM schemes, SMI-DUSTM and DUSFM-OFDM are more robust to fast channel fading with low decoding complexity, which is demonstrated by performance analysis and simulation resuits.     

Comparison of Achievable Rates of OFDM and Single Carrier Communication Systems

This paper presents a theoretical comparison of a single carrier system and a multi-carrier system through an analysis of the achievable rate under frequency selective fading with channel state information at the receiver. A scheme was designed to compare the achievable rates of a single carrier system and an Or-thogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system. A thorough theoretical analysis of the two-path channel was conducted, and simulations were also used to analyze practical stochastic channels. Analysis and simulation results show that the achievable rates of the two approaches are comparable when the channel is flat fading. However, when the channel is frequency selective fading, the single carrier system outperforms the OFDM system. The achievable rate of the OFDM system is about 10% lower than that of the single carrier system at higher SNRs.     

Joint Source and Relay Precoding/Beamforming Algorithm for OFDM Multi-user Cooperative Relay Systems

In order to reduce the feedback load of multi-user orthogonal frequency division multiplexing （ OFDM ） -based wireless systems, a practiral limited bits feedback precoding algorithm is proposed with direct source-destination link based on amplify-and- forward cooperative relay network under frequency selective fading channels. Using joint minimum mean square error（MMSE） filter, the receiving decoding matrix is designed for each user in the paper. Source precoding （beamforming） matrix is optimized with convex function of weight mean square error （MSE）. Relay precoding matrix is obtained under MSE decomposition and convex optimization. The precoding matrix index is fed back for clustered subcarrier of OFDM with limited feedback. Then using interpolation algorithm, all precoding matrices are achieved at base station （BS） and relay nodes. Simulations indicate the effectiveness of the proposed limited feedback joint precoding and beam_formlng design. The proposed method can improve bit error rate （BER） performance and obtain better sum-rate performance in contrast to existing algorithms. It displays the BER performance is close to that of the unquantified precoding feedback method.     

Single carrier frequency domain equalization and diversity combining for cooperative systems

A low-complexity single carrier frequency-domain equalizer(SC/FDE)and diversity combiningmethod for cooperative systems with demodulate-and-forward relaying over frequency-selective channels isproposed.At the relay nodes,linear SC/FDE is adopted and normalized correlation coefficient is intro-duced to derive an equivalent source-to-relay-destination(S-R-D)channel that is highlighted in thisstudy.At the destination,a joint SC/FDE and diversity combining receiver is proposed by utilizing the e-quivalent S...     

Performance Prediction of Packet Mobile Communication through Wireless Multipath Fading Channel Modeling

This paper presents a software simulator applicable to multipath fading channels in urban environments of mobile communication networks. The simulator is constructed by a two-state Markov model and several statistical models for simulating the characterizations of different environments. A core idea of the simulator is to construct a Rice distribution-based multipath fading module produced by a modified Gans Doppler power spectrum,and in combination with a Markov model to predict the time-dependent characteristics of packet in different radio circumstances. It can simply predict the packet performance of the future channel and evaluate the relations between the radio channel and the modulation schemes,error control protocols and channel coding. Simulation results demonstrate that it is a reliable and efficient method.     

Selective transmission and channel estimation in massive MIMO systems

Massive MIMO systems have got extraordinary spectral efficiency using a large number of base station antennas, but it is in the challenge of pilot contamination using the aligned pilots.To address this issue, a selective transmission is proposed using time-shifted pilots with cell grouping, where the strong interfering users in downlink transmission cells are temporally stopped during the pilots transmission in uplink cells.Based on the spatial characteristics of physical channel models, the strong interfering users are selected to minimize the inter-cell interference and the cell grouping is designed to have less temporally stopped users within a smaller area.Furthermore, a Kalman estima-tor is proposed to reduce the unexpected effect of residual interferences in channel estimation, which exploits both the spatial-time correlation of channels and the share of the interference information. The numerical results show that our scheme significantly improves the channel estimation accuracy and the data rates.     

An efficient channel estimator for OFDM system with sparse multipath fading

A channel estimator used in sparse multipath fading channel for orthogonal frequency division multi-plexing(OFDM)system is proposed.The dimension of signal subspace can be reduced to improve theperformance of channel estimation.The simplified version of original subspace fitting algorithm is em-ployed to derive the sparse multipaths.In order to overcome the difficulty of termination condition,weconsider it as a model identification problem and the set of nonzero paths is found under the generalizedAkaik...     

Optimal power allocation for amplify-and-forward in single relay non-cooperative systems

<正> For a single-relay amplify-and-forward (AF) non-cooperative system,an optimal power proportionbetween source and relay is considered.Aiming to minimize end-to-end bit error rate (BER) and maximizeattainable rate,both large-scale path loss and small-scale Rayleigh fading are taken into account.Aclosed form expression to allocate power in optimal proportion at source is obtained.Simulation resultsshow that the proposed scheme to distribute power can minimize BER under any channel conditions.     

Inter-carrier Interference Analysis for MIMO-OFDM Systems in High-Speed Train Environment

The orthogonality between the subcarriers of multipleinput multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing( MIMO-OFDM) systems is destroyed due to the Doppler frequency offset,particularly in the high-speed train( HST) environment,which leads to severe inter-carrier interference( ICI). Therefore,it is necessary to analyze the mechanism and influence factor of ICI in HST environment. In this paper, by using a non-stationary geometry-based stochastic model( GBSM) for MIMO HST channels, ICI is analyzed through investigating the channel coefficients and the carrier-to-interference power ratio( CIR). It is a fact that most of signal energy spreads on itself and its several neighborhood subcarriers. By investigating the amplitude of subcarriers, CIR is used to evaluate the ICI power level. The simulation results show that the biggest impact factor for the CIR is the multipath number L and the minimum impact factor K; when the train speed υR 400 km / h,the normalized Doppler frequency offset ε 0. 35,the CIR tends to zero,and the communication quality will be very poor at this condition. Finally,bit error rate( BER) is investigated by simulating a specific channel environment.     

Computation speedup in the dynamic simulation of MEMS by macromodels

A doubly clamped microbeam actuated by electrostatic force with squeezed gas film damping is a well-known and standard micro-device in microelectromechanical system (MEMS) for many researchers to demonstrate how reduced-order dynamic macromodel is an effective way to faithfully capture the device behaviors. However it still takes time to directly recompute the time-dependant nonlinear terms in macromodels which are generated by a proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method with Galerkin procedure at every time step during the macromodel simulation. This paper proposes two methods for speeding up the computation of macromodel simulations. In the first method, the computation speedup is achieved based on the concept of precomputation upon the basis functions are available. In the second method, cubic splines approximation is used to interpolate the basis functions and their first and second derivatives, and spatial integration is performed by application of the Gaussian quadrature. Numerical results show both methods could enhance the efficiency of the macromodel simulation compared with our previous computation results     

LBLP: Link-Clustering-Based Approach for Overlapping Community Detection

Recently, complex networks have attracted considerable research attention. Community detection is an important problem in the field of complex networks and is useful in a variety of applications such as information propagation, link prediction, recommendation, and marketing. In this study, we focus on discovering overlapping community structures by using link partitions. We propose a Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)-Based Link Partition (LBLP) method, which can find communities with an adjustable range of overlapping. This method employs the LDA model to detect link partitions, which can calculate the community belonging factor for each link. On the basis of this factor, link partitions with bridge links can be found efficiently. We validate the effectiveness of the proposed solution by using both real-world and synthesized networks. The experimental results demonstrate that the approach can find a meaningful and relevant link community structure.     

Evaluation of earthquake-induced structural damages by wavelet transform

The dynamic behavior of inelastic structures during an earthquake is a complicated non-stationary process that is affected by the random characteristics of seismic ground motions. The conventional Fourier analysis describes the feature of a dynamic process by decomposing the signal into infinitely long sine and cosine series, which loses all time-located information. However, both time and frequency localizations are necessary for the analysis of an evolutionary spectrum of non-stationary processes. In this paper, an analytical approach for seismic ground motions is developed by applying the wavelet transform, which focuses on the energy input to the structure. The procedure of identification of the instantaneous modal parameters based on the continuous wavelet transform (CWT) is given in detail. And then, a novel method using the auto-regressive moving average (ARMA), called "prediction extension”, is presented to remedy the edge effect during the numerical computation of the CWT. The effectiveness of the method is verified by the use of the benchmark model developed by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Finally, a scale model with three-storey reinforced concrete frame-share wall structure is made and tested on a shaking table to investigate the relation between the dynamic properties of structures and energy accumulation and its change rates during the earthquake. The results have shown that the wavelet transform is able to provide a deep insight into the identity of transient signals through time-frequency maps of the time variant spectral decomposition.     

Detecting the breakup of spiral waves in small-world networks of neurons due to channel block

The breakup of a spiral wave by blockade of sodium and potassium channels in a small-world network of Hodgkin-Huxley neurons is investigated in detail.The influence of ion channel block in poisoned excitable membrane patches of a certain size is measured,by varying channel noise and channel densities resulting from the change in conductance,For example,tetraethylammonium is known to cause a block(poisoning) of potassium channels,while tetrodotoxin blocks sodium channels.We observed the occurrence of spiral waves,which are ordered waves believed to play an important role in facilitating the propagation of electric signals across quiescent regions of the brain.In this paper,the effect of channel block was measured by the factors xK and xNa,which represent the ratios of unblocked,or active,ion channels,to the overall number of potassium or sodium ion channels,respectively.To quantify these observations,we use a simple but robust synchronization measure,which succinctly captures the transition from spiral waves to other collective states,such as broken segments resulting from the breakup of the spiral wave.The critical thresholds of channel block can be inferred from the abrupt changes occurring in plots of the synchronization measure against different values of xK and xNa.Notably,small synchronization factors can be tightly associated with states where the formation of spiral waves is robust to mild channel block.     

Development of microwave-induced thermo-acoustic tomography prototype system

Due to its advantages in both contrast and resolution compared with conventional microwave or ultrasound imaging system, microwave-induced thermo-acoustic tomography （MITAT） has received more and more concerns in biologic tissue image field. In this paper, an integrated prototype of MITAT system is presented. Using this system, some basic experiments for biologic tissue objects with high water-content imbedded in fatty material have been done. In the MITAT experiments, the signals generated by two porcine muscle tissue strips with millimeter order scale in cross-section were collected. Images with both good contrast and resolution were obtained. In order to demonstrate the advantages of MITAT, some ultrasonic experiments were studied using a commercial ultrasonic linear array system. The comparisons of the results of both systems show the good performance of the MITAT prototype system for the detection of high water content targets, which is generally the same as the tumor in biologic tissue.     

Design and Numerical Simulation of Low-Fiber Hollow Spindle in Air-Jet Vortex Spinning

Based on the mechanical system of free-end fibers and the analysis of pulling free-end fibers out of the spun yarn during spinning,a low-fiber hollow spindle is designed and the air distribution of fluent field is simulated numerically. The negative pressure effect is much bigger at the top of low-fiber hollow spindle than that in Murata No.861,which is more conducive for single fiber to get into the channel of hollow spindle. The tangential velocity in 0-3 mm at the top of hollow spindle increases and the fluctuation of radial velocity is much stronger,which enhance the wrapping effect. In the addition,the distribution of axial velocity remains the same.     

Model and implementation of communication link management supporting high availability

Despite the rapid evolution in all aspects of computer technology, both the computer hardware and software are prone to numerous failure conditions. In this paper, we analyzed the characteristic of a computer system and the methods of constructing a system , proposed a communication link management model supporting high availability for network applications, Which will greatly increase the high availability of network applications. Then we elaborated on heartbeat or service detect,fail-over, service take-over, switchback and error recovery process of the model. In the process of constructing the communication link, we implemented the link management and service take-over with high availability requirement, and discussed the state and the state transition of building the communication link between the hosts, depicted the message transfer and the start of timer. At Last, we applied the designed high availability system to a network billing system, and showed how the system was constructed and implemented, which perfectly satisfied the system requirements.