Development and performance evaluation of MMSE macrodiversity reception system with delay difference correction

Kazuhiko Mitsuyama, Tetsuomi Ikeda, Tomoaki Ohtsuki

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Abstract

We have been developing a minimum-mean-square-error macrodiversity (MMSE-MD) reception system using distributed remote antennas and radio-on-fiber (RoF) links for use in live broadcasts of road races. The system selects remote antennas with good signal quality and combines their signals based on the MMSE algorithm to combat both small-scale and large-scale fading. For the system to be feasible, we have to consider propagation delay differences among diversity branches due to the RoF links and radio propagation. This paper describes a practical delay difference correction (DDC) technique that can keep signal continuity in any situation, the hardware implementation of an MMSE-MD receiver embodying the technique, and indoor and outdoor performance evaluations. Our prototype receiver perfectly corrected the propagation delay differences among diversity branches without losing signal continuity and maintained MD reception without signal outage across a wide area on an actual road-race course.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6521417
Pages (from-to)4288-4298
Number of pages11
JournalIEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Volume62
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Field experiment
  • macrodiversity (MD)
  • minimum mean square error (MMSE)
  • orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
  • prototyping
  • radio-on-fiber (RoF)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics

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