Abstract
Multiple point-to-point (p2p) communication links that share noncontiguously available spectrum via noncontiguous orthogonal frequency division multiple access (NC-OFDMA) are considered in this paper. NC-OFDMA divides the spectrum into orthogonal subcarriers and assigns nonoverlapping subsets of these subcarriers to each of the links. Such a setup is motivated by the need for dynamic and opportunistic access of a large pool of spectrum that is fragmented due to the presence of incumbent transmissions. The transmissions of the p2p links are assumed to be asynchronous, i.e., the start and end of the NC-OFDM symbol is not time synchronized across the links. In such a setting, this paper studies the inter-carrier-interference (ICI) arising from the loss of orthogonality between the subcarriers due to (a) the asynchronous nature of the communications and (b) the frequency offset between the links. An analytical characterization of this ICI reveals that in the absence of transmit power control, the impact of this ICI can be severe enough to disable the concurrent transmissions of the other p2p links. Experimental results using a Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) platform validate our analysis and show that the negative effects of asynchronous transmission which are particularly significant at high SNR. To remedy this, a decentralized synchronization scheme is presented wherein beacons appended to the transmitted signal are used to enable timing coordination between two NC-OFDM links, thereby eliminating the ICI resulting from asynchronous transmission. Effectiveness of such a scheme is validated using experiments. In cases where such timing coordination cannot be enabled, our analysis is then used to provide guidelines on the choice of basic system parameters for the p2p links such as the number of contiguous subcarriers to be allocated to a link and length of guard band and range of operating SNRs to mitigate the effect of asynchronous NC-OFDM transmission.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2017 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781509028306 |
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| State | Published - May 5 2017 |
| Event | 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2017 - Baltimore, United States Duration: Mar 6 2017 → Mar 9 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2017 |
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| Other | 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2017 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Baltimore |
| Period | 3/6/17 → 3/9/17 |
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computer Networks and Communications
Keywords
- USRP platform
- asynchronous communication
- cognitive radio
- frequency offset
- guard band allocation
- noncontiguous OFDM
- time offset
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Impact of asynchronous transmissions in noncontiguous OFDMA. / Kumbhkar, Ratnesh; Sridharan, Gokul; Mandayam, Narayan; Seskar, Ivan; Kompella, Sastry.
2017 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. 7920788 (2017 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2017).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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T1 - Impact of asynchronous transmissions in noncontiguous OFDMA
AU - Kumbhkar, Ratnesh
AU - Sridharan, Gokul
AU - Mandayam, Narayan
AU - Seskar, Ivan
AU - Kompella, Sastry
PY - 2017/5/5
Y1 - 2017/5/5
N2 - Multiple point-to-point (p2p) communication links that share noncontiguously available spectrum via noncontiguous orthogonal frequency division multiple access (NC-OFDMA) are considered in this paper. NC-OFDMA divides the spectrum into orthogonal subcarriers and assigns nonoverlapping subsets of these subcarriers to each of the links. Such a setup is motivated by the need for dynamic and opportunistic access of a large pool of spectrum that is fragmented due to the presence of incumbent transmissions. The transmissions of the p2p links are assumed to be asynchronous, i.e., the start and end of the NC-OFDM symbol is not time synchronized across the links. In such a setting, this paper studies the inter-carrier-interference (ICI) arising from the loss of orthogonality between the subcarriers due to (a) the asynchronous nature of the communications and (b) the frequency offset between the links. An analytical characterization of this ICI reveals that in the absence of transmit power control, the impact of this ICI can be severe enough to disable the concurrent transmissions of the other p2p links. Experimental results using a Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) platform validate our analysis and show that the negative effects of asynchronous transmission which are particularly significant at high SNR. To remedy this, a decentralized synchronization scheme is presented wherein beacons appended to the transmitted signal are used to enable timing coordination between two NC-OFDM links, thereby eliminating the ICI resulting from asynchronous transmission. Effectiveness of such a scheme is validated using experiments. In cases where such timing coordination cannot be enabled, our analysis is then used to provide guidelines on the choice of basic system parameters for the p2p links such as the number of contiguous subcarriers to be allocated to a link and length of guard band and range of operating SNRs to mitigate the effect of asynchronous NC-OFDM transmission.
AB - Multiple point-to-point (p2p) communication links that share noncontiguously available spectrum via noncontiguous orthogonal frequency division multiple access (NC-OFDMA) are considered in this paper. NC-OFDMA divides the spectrum into orthogonal subcarriers and assigns nonoverlapping subsets of these subcarriers to each of the links. Such a setup is motivated by the need for dynamic and opportunistic access of a large pool of spectrum that is fragmented due to the presence of incumbent transmissions. The transmissions of the p2p links are assumed to be asynchronous, i.e., the start and end of the NC-OFDM symbol is not time synchronized across the links. In such a setting, this paper studies the inter-carrier-interference (ICI) arising from the loss of orthogonality between the subcarriers due to (a) the asynchronous nature of the communications and (b) the frequency offset between the links. An analytical characterization of this ICI reveals that in the absence of transmit power control, the impact of this ICI can be severe enough to disable the concurrent transmissions of the other p2p links. Experimental results using a Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) platform validate our analysis and show that the negative effects of asynchronous transmission which are particularly significant at high SNR. To remedy this, a decentralized synchronization scheme is presented wherein beacons appended to the transmitted signal are used to enable timing coordination between two NC-OFDM links, thereby eliminating the ICI resulting from asynchronous transmission. Effectiveness of such a scheme is validated using experiments. In cases where such timing coordination cannot be enabled, our analysis is then used to provide guidelines on the choice of basic system parameters for the p2p links such as the number of contiguous subcarriers to be allocated to a link and length of guard band and range of operating SNRs to mitigate the effect of asynchronous NC-OFDM transmission.
KW - USRP platform
KW - asynchronous communication
KW - cognitive radio
KW - frequency offset
KW - guard band allocation
KW - noncontiguous OFDM
KW - time offset
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T3 - 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2017
BT - 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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