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Spectral efficiency, spectrum efficiency or bandwidth efficiency refers to the information rate that can be transmitted over a given bandwidth in a specific communication system. It is a measure of how efficiently a limited frequency spectrum is utilized by the physical layer protocol, and sometimes by the medium access control (the channel access protocol). Link spectral efficiency The link spectral efficiency of a digital communication system is measured in bit/s/Hz, or, less frequently but unambiguously, in (bit/s)/Hz. It is the net bit rate (useful information rate excluding error-correcting codes) or maximum throughput divided by the bandwidth in hertz of a communication channel or a data link. Alternatively, the spectral efficiency may be measured in bit/symbol, which is equivalent to bits per channel use (bpcu), implying that the net bit rate is divided by the symbol rate (modulation rate) or line code pulse rate. Link spectral efficiency is typically used to analyze

Effect of intelligent antennas on radio system planning and on mitigation

Juliane Iten Chaves Simoes

Smart antennas have been recently applied to improve the capacity and the performance of second generation wireless mobile communication systems. In general, smart antennas reduce the effects of multipath fading and improve the signal-to-noise-plus-interference ratio (SNIR). Additional advantages such as channel capacity increase in urban areas, coverage extension in urban areas and spectrum efficiency in general can be obtained with the aid of smart antennas at the base station. Drawbacks are the cost, and both hardware and software complexity. Smart antennas promise a clear advantage in multi-service traffic scenario in comparison with non-adaptive antenna techniques. It is generally accepted that the adaptive antennas technique will be a key enable for the success of the European third generation mobile communication system known as Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS). The first part of this thesis presents two types of smart antenna systems: switched beam antennas and adaptive arrays. It introduces statistical models for them and investigates the performance measures of cellular radio systems with and without smart antennas deployed at base stations. Employing Monte-Carlo methodology, a tool has been developed to analyze the interference between two different systems that share the same geographical area and have neighboring frequency channels. The statistical smart antennas model has been used to verify the mitigation of the interference compared with others antennas used at the base station. These simulations have been done for TDMA, FDMA and CDMA systems. Wireless communication operating at different frequencies on the non-ionizing radiation (NIR) region of the electromagnetic spectrum has greatly increased in the last few decades, with important benefits for the population. These include mobile communication, such as cellular telephone systems. However, the radiated electromagnetic field levels increased substantially in areas where people may stay during long periods each day. This may result in long-term exposure to the population. International guidelines and standards were developed aiming at protecting the population, and limiting the maximum radiation produced. The methods used by regulation authorities to evaluate the field levels at places of sensitive use yield very conservative results. They need thus to be refined prior to the introduction of adaptive antennas. In the second part of the thesis, a 3D ray tracing tool is developed to predict the propagation for real scenarios using UMTS systems. This tool takes into account 3D radiation diagrams and multipath propagation. It was used in real scenarios to compare the real field levels with the levels obtained by the approximate methods defined by the regulation standards. Finally, this tool was used to predict the field levels in a scenario containing smart antennas. Scenario not foreseen in the method described in the standards.

EPFL2008

Coded SC-FDMA for broadband satellite return links

Stefano Rosati

In this paper we deal with Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) as uplink air interface of broadband satellite networks. Interestingly, SC-FDMA enables a significant increase of the spectral efficiency with respect to the state-of-the-art single-carrier systems. However, as witnessed by the recent specification of the Second Generation DVB Interactive Satellite System (DVB-RCS2) standard [1], in this context, the single-carrier solutions are still preferred to multicarrier ones. This choice is mainly due to the problem of the high vulnerability of multicarrier modulations to the synchronization offsets, phase noise, and, nonlinear distortion effects. In this paper we present a solution to these problems, by proposing a coded SC-FDMA system which including a Joint Multi-User (JMU) Estimation method, and a state-of-the-art Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) coding scheme. Accurate simulations considering, synchronization offsets, phase noise, and, nonlinear distortion effects, show that the present solution can effectively guarantee the quality of service necessary to support new interactive and on-demand services in a satellite scenario. © 2012 IEEE.

Ieee Computer Soc2012

Effect of intelligent antennas on radio system planning and on mitigation

Juliane Iten Chaves Simoes

EPFL2008