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Title: | FPGA implementation of generalized maximal ratio combining receiver diversity | Authors: | Ayoubi, Rafic Daba, Jihad S. Minkara, Rania |
Affiliations: | Department of Computer Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering |
Keywords: | Femto-internet cells Generalized maximal ratio combining Lyapunov fractal dimension Pipelining technique Wireless SIMO channels |
Subjects: | Field programmable gate arrays | Issue Date: | 2010 | Part of: | International journal of electronics and communication engineering | Volume: | 4 | Issue: | 8 | Start page: | 912 | End page: | 916 | Abstract: | In this paper, we study FPGA implementation of a novel supra-optimal receiver diversity combining technique, generalized maximal ratio combining (GMRC), for wireless transmission over fading channels in SIMO systems. Prior published results using ML-detected GMRC diversity signal driven by BPSK showed superior bit error rate performance to the widely used MRC combining scheme in an imperfect channel estimation (ICE) environment. Under perfect channel estimation conditions, the performance of GMRC and MRC were identical. The main drawback of the GMRC study was that it was theoretical, thus successful FPGA implementation of it using pipeline techniques is needed as a wireless communication test-bed for practical real-life situations. Simulation results showed that the hardware implementation was efficient both in terms of speed and area. Since diversity combining is especially effective in small femto- and picocells, internet-associated wireless peripheral systems are to benefit most from GMRC. As a result, many spinoff applications can be made to the hardware of IP-based 4th generation networks. |
URI: | https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/2017 | Open URL: | Link to full text | Type: | Journal Article |
Appears in Collections: | Department of Computer Engineering |
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