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April 25th, 2012

TwoWayWireless Two Way Wireless


AmirK.Khandani Amir K. Khandani
M.Sc.TehranUniversity,Ph.D.McGillUniversity

CanadaResearchChair RIMNSERCIndustrialResearchChair E&CEDepartment,UniversityofWaterloo khandani@uwaterloo.ca, 5198851211ext 35324

Canada Research Chairs


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Outline
1. Introduction (page3) 2. FirstStageofRFCancellation:AntennaDesign(page15) 3. SecondStageofRFCancellation:ActiveCancellation(page39) 4. CancellationandSignalRecoveryatBaseband(page46) 5. SupportingAsynchronousClients(page53) 6. NetworkApplications(page56) 7. SecurityApplications:UnbreakableSecurity(page63) 7 S it A li ti U b k bl S it ( 63) 8. SecurityApplications:EnhancingSecurity(page70) 9. ANewParadigm: MediabasedWireless(page73) 9 A New Paradigm: Mediabased Wireless (page 73) 10. PerturbingtheRFChannel (page87) q y Q (p g ) 11. Conclusion&FrequentlyAskedQuestions(page89)
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Introduction:
ReviewofMainObjectives

Establishingtwowaywirelesslinkswithcomplete overlapintime andfrequency,withsupportfor:


Halfduplexclients,aswellasfullduplexclients Asynchronousclients(joiningwithoutpriorcoordination) Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna systems MultipleInputMultipleOutput(MIMO)antennasystems.
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Motivation
Currentwirelesssystemsareoneway:
TimeDivisionDuplex:Eithertalkorlisten(walkietalkieapproach) Frequency Division Duplex: Use two different bands to talk/listen FrequencyDivisionDuplex:Usetwodifferentbandstotalk/listen ThereisnoteventwowayOFDMA,nortwowayCDMA.

Twowaywirelessistheoreticallypossible,but y yp , complicatedduetolargeamountofselfinterference. Twowaycommunicationsisusedinordinaryphones, DSL,wirelesswithhighlydirectionalantennas,free spaceoptics,andfiber. Impactonwirelessnetworks(e.g.,cellular,WLAN)is expectedtobehigherthanaboveearlierapplications.


Addressesnetworkingandsecurityissues,inadditionto dd k d dd doublingtherate.
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ABriefLiteratureSurvey
1. 2. K.Tsubouchi,H.Nakase, A.Namba,K.Masu,Fullduplextransmissionoperationofa2.45GHzasynchronous b h k b ll d l f h spreadspectrumusingaSAWconvolver,IEEETransactionsonUltrasonics,FerroelectricsandFrequencyControl, Sept.1993 (Res.Inst.ofElectr.Commun.,TohokuUniv.,Japan) UsesdifferentCDMAcodesineachdirections,singleantenna S.Chen,M.A.Beach,J.P.McGeehan,Divisionfreeduplexforwirelessapplications, ElectronicsLetters,Jan. , , , p pp , , 1998,(CentreforCommun.Res.,BristolUniv.) Firsttruefullduplex,separateTXandRXantennas AmirK.Khandani,Methodsforspatialmultiplexingofwirelesstwowaychannels,USpatent,filedOct.2006 (provisionalpatentfiledOct.2005),issuedOct.2010 Analogcancellationusingmultipleantennas A l ll ti i lti l t B.Radunovic,D.Gunawardena,P.Key,A.Proutiere,N.Singh,V.Balan,G.Dejean,RethinkingIndoorWireless: LowPower,LowFrequency,Fullduplex,"MicrosoftTechnicalReportMSRTR2009148",July2009 AnalogcancellationusingnoisecancellingchipQuellan QHx220 M.DuarteandA.Sabharwal, Full DuplexWirelessCommunicationsUsingOff The ShelfRadios:Feasibilityand M Duarte and A Sabharwal FullDuplex Wireless Communications Using OffTheShelf Radios: Feasibility and FirstResults,AsilomarConferenceonSignals,Systems,andComputers,Nov.2010(plusthreemorereferences fromthesameteamtofollow) Analogactivecancellation J.Choiy,M.Jainy,K.Srinivasany,P.Levis,S.Katti,"AchievingSingleChannel,FullDuplexWireless Communication,"Mobicom2010,Sept.2010 C i ti " M bi 2010 S t 2010 Basedonantennasetupfirstintroducedinspeakerspatentabove Analogcancellationusingnoise cancellingchipQuellan QHx220 AnnouncementbyStanfordUniversity(Feb.2011):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiQb5NdDWgk Basedonthesetupinreference6aboveandreference11(seenextpage) Based on the setup in reference 6 above and reference 11 (see next page) AnnouncementsbyRiceUniversity(Sept.2011):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXMwn2mm0VY Basedonthesetupinreference5aboveandreferences9,10,12(seenextpage) 5

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ABriefLiteratureSurvey(cont.) A Brief Literature Survey (cont.)


A.Sahai,G.PatelandA.Sabharwal,"PushingtheLimitsofFullduplex: DesignandRealtimeImplementation",Ricetechreport,Feb.2011 10. M.Duarte,C.DickandA.Sabharwal,"ExperimentaldrivenCharacterization of,FullDuplexWirelessSystems",submittedtoIEEETransactionson WirelessCommunications,June2011 11. M.Jain,J.Choi,T.Kim,D.Bharadia,S.Seth,K.Srinivasan,P.Levis,S.Katti,P. Sinha,"Practical,Realtime,FullDuplexWireless",Mobicom,Sept.2011 12. E.Everett,M.Duarte,C.Dick,andA.Sabharwal,"ExploitingDirectional DiversityinFullduplexCommunications",AsilomarConference,Nov.2011 300+morereferences(articlesandpatents)onfullduplexwireless,active cancellation,etc.,withnooverlapwiththeworkpresentedhere. 9.

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WhatisNeww.r.t. SpeakersIssuedPatent?
Newmethodsforantennadesign NewRFandbase bandprocessingbrings New RF and baseband processing brings degradationinSNRduetoselfinterference closetozero. Supportforasynchronousclients Support for asynchronous clients (superimposednetworking) SupportforMIMO Newapplicationsforfullduplexwireless New applications for full duplex wireless Hardware,RFandDSPcomplexitiesare virtuallythesameashalfduplexunits.

Figure extracted from speakers patent issued in 2010 same antenna setup reported in references 6 (Sept 2010) and 7 (Feb. 2011)

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HardwareImplementation
Radio:802.11
20Mhzbandwidth@2.4Ghz ISMband,64toneOFDM, transmissionpowerof30dBm. transmission power of 30dBm. Similarresultswereobtained forthe5GhzISMband.

Hardware:
Lyrtech Softwaredefinedradio platform,offtheshelf componentsmadefor802.11, nostrictrequirementonsize, no strict requirement on size complexity,accuracy
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HardwareImplementation p

ImplementationonLyrtech softwaredefinedradio platform(realtimeonDSP/FPGA). ested outdoo & ( a s ) doo e o e ts Testedinoutdoor&(harsh)indoorenvironments


Worksasreliablyasaonewaysysteminsimilarconditions
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BasicSetup(UserMultiplexing)
Client Access Point TX/RX Mt TX Antennas Mr RX Antennas Client

Client

Supports Mt TX & Mr RX dimensions over each OFDM tone

DivideOFDMtonesamongseveralclients(i.e.,OFDMA) withtwowaycommunicationsovereachtone with two way communications over each tone


Simple/smallantennas,simplesignalprocessing,offtheshelfhardware SupportforMIMOineachtone Clientsdonotneedtobesynchronized Clientsdonotrequiretohavefullduplexcapability
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Benefits
Aparadigmshiftinwirelessnetworking:
Efficiency of WiFi is around 5%10% due to its MAC EfficiencyofWiFi isaround5% 10%duetoitsMAC. Cellularnetworkshaveahigherefficiency,butatthecostofan expensiveinfrastructure.
Tooexpensiveaswemovetowardssmallerandsmallercells

Significantimpactonsecurity D bli B d id h i h l DoublingBandwidthwithlowercomplexitythanMIMO l i h MIMO

LikelytohaveahigherimpactthanTurbocode,MIMO, SDMA,IA,asitimpactsnetworkingandsecurityissues. SDMA IA as it impacts networking and security issues Twowaywirelesschannelisdifferent,andinmany applicationsmorepowerfulthantwoonewaychannels. applications more powerful than two oneway channels
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Contributions*
1. 1 2. Interferencemitigationinanalogdomain: Interference mitigation in analog domain:
Antennadesign,Signalinjection/Correctivebeamforming

Complementarystagesofdigitalsignalprocessing:
I t f Interferenceremoval,Signalreconstruction l Si l t ti Handlingasynchronousclients

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Applicationoftwowaywireless:
Mediabasedwireless:anewparadigminconnectivity Facilitatingmultinodecooperativecommunications
SDMAinbothuplinkanddownlink I t f InterferenceCancellationintwoneighboringnodes C ll ti i t i hb i d

FacilitatingMACandQoS requirements Securityenhancement Secretkeygeneration S tk ti Higherrateinapointtopointlinkbybettersynchronization, improvingARQ,AdaptiveCodingandModulation,PowerControl,etc)

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(bymyteam):Implementation,andextensivemeasurements. (b t ) I l t ti d t i t
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* Ideas and algorithms throughout this work are speakers contributions. He is sole inventor on patents, and following UW IP policy 73, owner of the IP. Negotiations for IP commercialization involve only the speaker. Copyright 2012 by A. K. Khandani

HistoryofthisWork History of this Work


Basichardwareimplementationfunctionalinlate2009 Avoid publicizing due to: Avoidpublicizingdueto: Aimingforastrongerimpactbyamorematuresystem
Earlierreporteddesignsin1990wereforgottenasthesolutiondidnot , yg y y meetindustrialstandards,theygenerallyhaveaverylimited functionalityintermsoferrorperformance,bandwidth,etc.,and needacontrolled/laboratoryenvironmenttoestablisheventhebasic connection,andconsequentlyarefarfromwhatindustryneeds.

IP protection of different aspects IPprotectionofdifferentaspects WhyNow? Itismature:


Cannot be moved forward (at least not fast enough) without industrys Cannotbemovedforward (atleastnotfastenough)withoutindustry s involvementandwideracademicresearch.

Academicduty:
Knowledgesharingtoavoidrediscoveries.

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Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
Implementation Team: ImplementationTeam:
R.Hernandez,M.Baratvand,H.Attia

Generousandvisionaryfinancialsupportfrom:
Salaries:
OntarioMinistryofResearch&Innovation(ORFRE) Natural Sciences & Eng Research Council of Canada (NSERC Strategic NaturalSciences&Eng.ResearchCouncilofCanada(NSERCStrategic &NSERCDiscovery) CanadaResearchChairProgram

Equipment:
CanadaFoundationforInnovation(CFI) OntarioMinistryResearch&Innovation(ORFRI)

UW UWgeneralsupportandliberalIPpolicy l t d lib l IP li
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FirstStageofRFCancellation: g AntennaDesign

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ObjectiveinAntennaDesign Objective in Antenna Design


Firstpart:separateantennasareusedforTX&RX.
TX antenna RX antenna

Parasitic elements

SmallS12=S21:Asinusoidatterminalsofoneantenna shouldinducealow(ideallyzero)signalatterminals ( y ) g oftheotherone.


Thisshouldbethecaseoveralargefrequencyrange.

SmallS11&S22:Goodradiation/reception
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Remarks
Lowcouplingrequirementintwowaywireless isdifferentfromthatofMIMO. i diff tf th t f MIMO LowCouplinginMIMO:
Antennagainstoadistantantennashouldbe independentofeachother. Hardtosatisfyinantennasareveryclose.

LowCouplinginTwowayWireless:
TXandRXantennasinagivenunitshouldnot induceastrongsignaloneachother. Noobviousrestrictiononantennaseparation
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StartingPoint Starting Point


Nearfieldworkstoouradvantage:
Strongbutpredictable,andasaresult,totally manageable

Maxwellequationsindicate:
Linearity Geometricalsymmetryin:
Construct(shape,material,boundaryconditions),and Excitation(antennafeedterminals)

causegeometricalsymmetryinwave. Symmetryinwavecanbeusedtocancelsignals.
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MaxwellEquationsforaSingleFrequency M ll E ti f Si l F
Linearity: A sinusoidal excitation results in a Linearity:Asinusoidalexcitationresultsina sinusoidalfieldofthesamefrequencyata pointofinterest (unlessthesystemdoesnot point of interest (unless the system does not radiate/dissipateenergy). Field equations for a single frequency : Fieldequationsforasinglefrequency:
D = j B B = J + j D oD = oB = 0
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D : ElectricField(EField) B : MagneticField(Mfield) J : Current : Frequency


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PairwiseSymmetricalAntennas
EachantennaisSelfSymmetrical:
Two arms are image of each other with respect to a plane of Twoarmsareimageofeachotherwithrespecttoaplaneof symmetry(construct&excitation). Notethatarmscanoverlap(applicabletopatchstructures).

TwoantennasareMutuallySymmetrical:
Antennashaveseparateplanesofsymmetry,andareinvariant underreflectionintheplaneofsymmetryofeachother.
I1

> <
I2 I1

I2

-I2

I1 I2

I2 I1

Examples in 2-D
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-I1

Examples in 3-D
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EffectofSymmetry
Forasymmetricalantenna,wehave:
Theorem1: Fi ld Th 1 Fieldcomponents(E&H)areinvariantunderany t (E & H) i i t d symmetrywhichdoesnotchangedirectionoftheTXinput current,andareinvariantwithsignchangeunderasymmetry whichchangesthedirectionoftheTXinputcurrent. y
r r D(r ) = j B(r ) D(-x,y,z) r r B(r ) = J + j D(r ) r r D(r ) = (r ) D(r (r r B(r ) = 0 r D(-x,-y,z) ( , ) r = (x, y, z)
D(x,y,z) x -x DoesnotFlipsJ -y Flips J p -z DoesnotflipJ

x
D(x,-y,z)

y z

z
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EffectofSymmetry
ForpairwisesymmetricalTX/RX,wehave:
Theorem2: S12=S21=0independentoffrequency. p q y Proof: FollowsrelyingonTheorem 1andintegratingEfield overthelineconnectingtheterminaloftheRXantenna. y
x y z -x DoesnotFlipsJ -y Flips J -z DoesnotflipJ
+d

TX

-d
RX

+d J x

E(x) = E(x) V =
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E(x)dx = 0
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AMoreRigorousProof
ApplyingPoynting'stheoremtoasymmetrical surface(symmetricalwithrespecttotheplane surface (symmetrical with respect to the plane ofsymmetryofTXantenna)surroundingthe RXantennapredictszeroenergyflow. RX antenna predicts zero energy flow.
y
Poyntings vectors on symmetrical points on surface 1,1 cancel each other, similarly 2,2, etc. , , y , , For every Poyntings vector, there is another one with similar magnitude and opposite direction. 1 2 2 1 TX

RX

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NumericalResultsUsingHFSS Numerical Results Using HFSS

> < > < ><


S1290dB 90dB S1290dB 90dB S122dB 2dB
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Triple wiseSymmetricalAntennas Triplewise Symmetrical Antennas


Anytwoantennasarepairwisesymmetrical; nocouplingbetweenanypair
DiagonalSmatrix(independentoffrequency) EachantennacanswitchbetweenTXandRXmodes asynchronousofotherones.

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GeneralizationstoMIMO
Twosetsofantennasineachunit,TXandRX Each antenna in TX set is pairwise symmetrical EachantennainTXsetispair wisesymmetrical w.r.t.allantennasinRXsetandviceversa. A straightforward approach: Astraightforwardapproach:
UsethesymmetricalplanesofTXandRXantennas to generate more elements in each set togeneratemoreelementsineachset
Can ff f C suffer from poor S11 To improve S11, arms can be brought closer by p g y placing g antennas on different PCB layers.
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MIMOin3D(ZeroCoupling) ( p g)
Moreflexible(easiertoimplement)duetothe possibilityofreflectionsinthreedimensions. possibility of reflections in three dimensions

Antennascanbeplacedinanyorder,andcanbe ofdifferentlengthsformultibandoperation. f diff t l th f lti b d ti


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Remarks
Efieldofasymmetricalantennaisorthogonalto itsplaneofsymmetrybisectingitsfeedterminals. it l f t bi ti it f d t i l
+++ + +

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LowCouplingDesignin2D Low Coupling Design in 2D


Placeonesetoftheantennasalongthe t l f th th () symmetryplaneoftheotherone(s).

Shape of arms & spacing between antennas is adjusted to compensate for non-zero width of antennas. horizontal antennas

S1270dB

S12110dB

Optimum spacing between vertical/horizontal antenna is very small.


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MIMOin2D(LowCoupling) MIMO in 2 D (Low Coupling)


4 Antenna MIMO

Shapeofarms&spacingbetweenantennasis adjustedtocompensatefornonzerowidthof horizontalantennas,aswellasforMIMO requirements(independentgains). g y Onearmcanbegeneratedbyreflectioninthe groundplane:Monopolevs.Diploe


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SymmetryinConstruct: Shape,Feed,MaterialandParasiticElements Sh F d M t i l dP iti El t

Parasitic Elements: Human body surroundings PCB layers circuit placement etc body, surroundings, layers, placement, etc. Elements are added towards providing balance with unavoidable/occasional parasitic elements (e.g.. Human body, tower, installation wall, container box, etc.).
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NumericalResultsUsingHFSS Numerical Results Using HFSS

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NumericalResultsUsingHFSS Numerical Results Using HFSS

(1)

(3)

(2)

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NumericalResultsUsingHFSS Numerical Results Using HFSS

(1)

(2)

(3)

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NumericalResultsUsingHFSS Numerical Results Using HFSS

(1) (2) (3)

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Remarks
Smallcouplinginsymmetricalstructuresisnot p , duetopolarization,norduetoantenna null.
Neitherismeaningfulfornearfield.

Question: Are the sufficient conditions (based Question:Arethesufficientconditions(based onprovidedsymmetryconditions)for decoupledantennasnecessarytoo? decoupled antennas necessary too?
NotclearwithoutconsideringeffectonS11,S22.
A more comprehensive theoretical analysis should Amorecomprehensivetheoreticalanalysisshould includevaluesofS11,S22. Forthesymmetricalantennasintroducedhere,low couplingisachievedwithgoodvaluesforS11,S22.
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2.4Ghz band, Circuit area~ 7cm x 8 cm, S11 & S22 are around -15dB
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SecondStageofRFCancellation: Second Stage of RF Cancellation: ActiveCancellation

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ActiveCancellation Active Cancellation


Formananalogsignaltosubtractinthereceive chainpriortoA/Dtoreduceselfinterference
RFsignalcombiningiswellestablished,e.g.,I/Q combineriscommonlyused. Canbealsodonebybeamformingwithineachunit
CorrectiveBeamforming

Particularlyusefulifadditionaltransmitchainsare availablewithintheunit il bl ithi th it


Mostpracticalsystemshaveseveralmodesofoperation (dependingoncircumstances/requirements)toimprove (depending on circumstances/requirements) to improve performanceandalsoenablevarioustradeoffs
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D/AErrorinSignalInjection D/A Error in Signal Injection


Areasonablequestion:Issignalinjectionjust hidingtheproblembyreplacingtheissueof A/DerrorbyandanequivalentD/Aerror? NO:D/Aoperationislinearanditseffectis y q cancelledbysubsequentinterference cancellationinbaseband. NO: Error caused by possible numerical NO:Errorcausedbypossiblenumerical inaccuracies(e.g.,FFT/IFFT)canbecomputed digitally,andcompensatedindigitaldomain. digitally and compensated in digital domain
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CorrectiveBeamforming forReducingSelfinterference
Multiple transmit antennas are used to create null on Multipletransmitantennasareusedtocreatenullon thereceiveantenna(s).
Example of two TX and one RX antennas: ExampleoftwoTXandoneRXantennas:
TX RX TX

RestrictiononthespacingislessthanMIMOrequirements (nullcreationiseasierthanindependentgainrequirement). ( ll i i i h i d d i i ) MultipleTXantennasmayalreadyexistintheunitto supportdifferentmodesofoperationfortheunit. support different modes of operation for the unit.
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Simplification:Corrective f h l BeamformingwithAuxiliaryTX
RX Auxiliary TX ( (ATX) ) TX

Signal injection is a form of ATX

AuxiliaryTX(ATX)canhaveasimplestructureintermsofsize,feed, grounding,length,etc (creatingnullissimple). ATX ATXcanhaveahighcouplingwithRXandtransmitwithlowpower. h hi h li i h RX d i i hl ATXcanbeoneoftheantennasusedinMIMOmode(asTXor TX/RXwithcirculator)andswitchedtoactasATX,whenneeded. TX/RX with circulator) and switched to act as ATX, when needed. MultipleATXcanbeusedforMIMO (flexiblesize/spacing).
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AnotherFormofDecoupled Antennasin3D(realityof2D)
Diploe Patch

Generalization toMIMO
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CombinedDesign: MultiterminalAntennas l l
Transmit receive and active cancellation are combined Transmit,receiveandactivecancellationarecombined intoasinglearmaboveground usingpatchantennas.
RX ATX TX1

Patch

TX

RX ATX RX TX2

Diploe p
TX

Shape of corner cuts and various sizes are optimized for best radiation efficiency and proper coupling.
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GeneralizationtoMIMO: EachRadiohasSharedTX/RXAntennas E h R di h Sh d TX/RX A t


ATX ATX TX TX

Configuration I
RX RX

TX ATX

RX

TX

ATX

RX

Configuration II
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SignalRecoveryatBaseband Signal Recovery at Base band

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InterferenceRemovalinBaseband Interference Removal in Base band


1) Pilots(disjointintime)aretransmittedfromeach TXantennatomeasurecorrespondingchannel, resultingin:1 + 1 , 2 + 2 2) Selfcancellingpilotswithprecoding(afterfixing theweightings)aresentsimultaneously:

2 (1 + 1 )( + ) 1 ( 2 + 2 )( + ) = ( ( 2 1 1 2 ) + ( 2 1 1 2 ) ) ( ) where ( 2 1 1 2 ) 0 Residual selfinterference channel: 2 1 1 2 Residualself interferencechannel:


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InterferenceRemovalinBaseband I t f R li B b d
3) + :OFDMdatawithcomputationalerror OFDM d ih i l
2 (1 + 1 )( + ) 1 ( 2 + 2 )( + ) = ( 2 1 1 2 ) + ( 2 1 1 2 )

( 2 1 1 2 ) iscancelledbybaseband selfinterferencecancellation(equalization). self interference cancellation (equalization) ( 2 1 1 2 ) iscompensateddigitally(all itscomponentsareknown). it t k )


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Base bandInterferenceRemoval& Baseband Interference Removal & ClippedSignalReconstruction


AnalogsignalcanbeclippedpriortoA/Dandthe clippedpartisthendigitallycompensated (accountingforonlytheTXsignal). ( ti f l th TX i l)
Clipping thresholds Clipped signal

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ExampleofPerformance Example of Performance


Antennastructureshowninearliervideoclip Transmitpowerabout30dBm(typicalforcell phonepower). ResidualSelfInterferencetoNoiseRatio:
Antennastructurealone:about40dB Aftercorrectivebeamforming:about2dB After baseband subtraction: about 0.4dB Afterbase bandsubtraction:about0.4dB
NOTE:Observeddegradationislessthantypical degradationsduetovariousmismatchesinsignaling betweenseparate ( (distant)TX/RXunits. ) /
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EffectsofDifferentCancellation AlgorithmsinBaseband(Realtime) Algorithms in Base band (Real time)


Dipole Antennas

RX TX TX

20MHZ bandwidth@2.4Ghz, S11 & S22 around -15dB @ , Important: Implementation is based on using two transmit antennas and corrective beam-forming. This is merely for the ease of implementation and also ease of measurements. In practice, Copyright 2012 by A. K. Khandanisignal injection after LNA would achieve the same goal.

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EffectsofDifferentCancellation AlgorithmsinBaseband(Realtime) Algorithms in Base band (Real time)


Patch over ground plane

RX

ATX

TX

20MHZ bandwidth@2.4Ghz, S11 & S22 around -15dB


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SupportingAsynchronousClients

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Implemented in time domain

Implemented in OFDM domain

Implemented in time d ti domain i

Unit A TX unit

Unit B

4th stage: 3rd stage: reconstruction cancellation

2nd stage: 1st stage: cancellation cancellation

Base-band: Base-band: Base-band: RF: Compensating synchronous asynchronous Auxiliary for intentional cancellation & cancellation Transmission clipping & A/D equalization & listening (ATX) residual signal id l i l

RX unit Unit U it C

Receive and transmit connections are established to two separate clients in an asynchronous manner. Unit A is listening to detect a valid incoming signal, while transmitting to unit B. This is made possible by the 2nd stage of self-cancellation which is synchronous with unit As As transmit signal but not necessarily synchronous with signal, the incoming signal from Unit C.
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Implemented in time domain


2nd stage: cancellation
Base-band: B b d asynchronous cancellation & listening

Unit A TX unit

Unit B

Wake-up Signal

1st stage: cancellation


RF: Auxiliary Transmission (ATX)

RX unit Unit C

4th stage: 3rd stage: reconstruction cancellation t ti ll ti


Base-band: Base-band: Compensating synchronous for intentional cancellation & clipping & A/D equalization residual signal

Implemented in time domain

Implemented in OFDM domain

A different implementation of the cancellation algorithms in which the time-domain filter coefficients are extracted from the corresponding OFDM values obtained in the 3rd stage, and the operation of the main self-interference cancellation algorithm in 3rd stage is decoupled g g p from the time-domain filter in the second cancellation stage.
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NetworkApplications N t k A li ti

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WLANTraffic:Bursty,DelaySensitive&Inefficient y, y UWCampus:Totalof1400wirelessAPsacross campusserving4200activewirelessIP campus serving 4200 active wireless IP


Intheory,eachAPshouldsupportatleastaround54Mbits/sec TheyusuallyinstallanadditionalAPifthetypicalnumberofclients connectingtoanAPexceeds10mostofthetime
Wirelesstrafficin Wi l t ffi i theentirecampus

~1800users ~150Mbits/sec

Numberofwirelessusers intheentirecampus

Average=70Kbits/sec/user(up+downlinks)Peak=80Kbits/sec/user(up+downlinks)
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ABusyAccessPointintheLibrary

APsupports3.4Mbits/sec(up+downlinks) whichisis6%ofitspeakdatarate

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ANewConcept:
SuperimposedNetworkingforControlSignaling Superimposed Networking for Control Signaling
Controlsignaling,particularlysignalinginuplinkrequiredtojoin thenetwork,isaprimarybottleneck. th t k i i b ttl k Methodsdescribedforhandlingasynchronoususersenable superimposingahalfduplex,lowbitrate,lowpower,easyto p p g p , , p , y detectnetworkforcontrolsignalingontopofthenetworkof primaryfullduplexdatalinks. F t Featuresofsuperimposedlinks: f i d li k
Separatedfromtheprimaryfullduplexdatalinksincodedomain.
UsetimemultiplexingandCSMAamongthemselves,butconventionalproblems areavoidedastheseoperateinparallelwiththeprimaryfullduplexdatalinks. Havealowspectralefficiency,butthisisnotanissueascontrolsignalinghasa minorloadontheoverallthroughput. PHY i d i d PHYisdesignedsuchthatfullduplexlinkscandetectandcanceltheinterference h th t f ll d l li k d t t d l th i t f causedbythesuperimposedcontrollink.
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HighlightofNetworkApplications g g pp
Possibilityofsupportingtwowayasynchronouslinkswith multipleclientssolvesmanyofMAC,resourceallocation/QoS, schedulingissuesinwirelessnetworks. Twoneighboringnodes,bylisteningtoeachotherwhile transmitting,canformadistributedAlamouti code. transmitting can form a distributed Alamouti code
UsefulinthedesignofMAC Usefulinmultipleaccessscenarios,e.g.,twoclientssenddatatothesame accesspoint. i t

Feedbacklinkisusefulinsendingpilots,inARQ,inadaptive transmission,etc.
Example:Onenodecanbroadcastasetofpilotstobeusedbyallnetwork nodesasreference.

Nodes have an indication of the level of interference by listening Nodeshaveanindicationofthelevelofinterferencebylistening whiletransmitting.


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Interference Channel InterferenceChannel


C11 TX1 C21 G12 C12 G21 G22 C22 TX2 RX2 RX1 G11

R1 andR2 arefiltersatreceiversofnodesTX1 andTX2,respectively. and R are filters at receivers of nodes TX and TX , respectively. Tocancelinterference,weneed:

G21 R1 = G21C11 G11C21


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G12 R2 = G12C22 G22C12


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StabilityCondition: SatisfiedbyAdjustingTX/RXGains Satisfied by Adjusting TX/RX Gains


r1 r1 = C11 t1+ C21 t2 R1 t1 C11 C12 G11 t1 = R1 r1+ s1 G12

+
s1

+ +
r1 = G11 t1+ G21 t2

r2

t2 = R2 r2+ s2 R2 t2

C22 C21 G22 G21

r2 = C12 t1+ C22 t2 + s2

r2 = G12 t1+ G22 t2

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SecurityApplications: y pp OnetimePad(Vernam Cipher)

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UnbreakableSecurity: VernamCipher,OnetimePad h d
Vernam Cipher, Onetime Pad: Bitwise XOR of a VernamCipher,One timePad:Bit wiseXORofa (nonreusable)maskwiththemessage
Z X
+

Y=X+Z(mod2),X,Y,Zarebinary,I(X;Y)=0

Generalization:
Z X
+

Y=X+Z(mod2),X,Y,Zareangle,I(X;Y)=0

Happens naturally in wireless transmission Happensnaturallyinwirelesstransmission


Needtochange/trackthechannelandusePSKmodulation.
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UnbreakableSecurity: OnetimePadusingChannelPhase
B i Id BasicIdea:
Twopartiesuse(commonrandom)phasevaluestoscramble eachPSKtransmission. each PSK transmission Errorsincommonphasevaluesarecorrectedbytheoverall channelcode.

Challenges:
Synchronizingthetwopartiestoagreeonphase. ProvidinganewcommonrandomphaseforeachPSKsymbol.

Twowaywirelesssolvesbothabovechallenges
Leakage(selfinterference)helps
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Key(commonrandomphase)Generation
t
Bob TX1/RX1 TX2/RX2 TX1/RX1 Bob

t+1

t+1
TX2/RX2

t t+1

TX1/RX1

Alice

TX2/RX2

TX1/RX1

Alice

TX2/RX2

AtOFDMsymbolt1,AliceandBobmeasuretheirloopbackchannelsfromBob/TX1toBob/RX2 andfromAlice/TX2toAlice/RX1(sendlowpowerpilotsafterscramblingandloopbackineachunit) AtOFDMsymbolt,Alice/TX1sendspilots(afterscrambling)toBob/RX2,who(usingBob/TX1) At OFDM symbol t Alice/TX1 sends pilots (after scrambling) to Bob/RX2 who (using Bob/TX1) forwardsittoAlice/RX2. AtOFDMsymbolt+1,Bob/TX2sendspilots(afterscrambling)toAlice/RX1,who(usingAlice/TX2) forwardsittoBob/RX1. Thetwounits,knowingtheirloopbackchannelsandrelyingonreciprocity,computethe Th i k i h i l b k h l d l i i i h channel:(Alice/TX1 Bob/RX2)x(Bobloopback)x(Bob/TX1 Alice/RX2)x(Aliceloopback)tobeused akey.Thisispossibleasup/downconversionateachunitisperformedusingthesamecarrier/clock.
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SketchofProof
Bob B b TX1/RX1 TX2/RX2

? ? ? ?
Eve

Alice TX1/RX1 TX2/RX2

Therearefourlegitimateantennasandfourtransmissions. There are four legitimate antennas and four transmissions.


Keypoint:Thereisasingletransmissionfromeachlegitimateantenna.

EvehasalargenumberofdistributedantennaswithhighSNR.
EachofEvesantennasreceivesfoursignals,buteachsignalisthrougha channelwithanunknownphaseandconveysnousefulinformation.
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KeyGeneration:ASimplerApproach
TX1&TX2ineachunitareusedtocreateanullattheircorrespondingRX.
Beamforminggainsaremeasured(quietly)ineachunit.

Eachunittransmitsthesumofitsreceivedsignalanditsinput,i.e.,I1, I2. g p
I1,I2,O1,O2 (basebandsignals)spanatwodimensionalspace. I1 O1 RX I2 Bob TX1/TX2 RX O2

O1 I2 O1 I1

G21 = 1 G12G21 I =0
1

O2 I1

G12 = 1 G12G21 I =0
2

Alice G12 G21 TX1/TX2

=
I 2 =0

O2 I2

=
I1 =0

1 1 G12G21

O1 = I1 + I 2

O2 = I1 + I 2

Alice/Bobsend(simultaneously)pilotsA/B,followedbyA/B,respectively.
EachunitobtainstwoequationswhichareusedtofindphasevaluesofAG12andBG21. Forhighersecurity,onlyoneofthetwophasevaluesisused. Channelsareperturbed(atbothunits)priortothenextround.
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KeyGeneration:ASimplerApproach y p pp
?
Eve I1 G12 G21

?
I2

O1

O2

O1 = I1 + I 2
O1 I2 =
I1 =0

O2 = I1 + I 2
O1 I1 =
I 2 =0

G21 1 G12G21

O2 I2

=
I1 =0

1 1 G12G21

O2 I1

=
I 2 =0

G12 1 G12G21

KeyPoint:Eacheavesdroppingantennaintroducesanewunknownphase Key Point: Each eavesdropping antenna introduces a new unknown phase inlisteningtolegitimatetransmitunits.
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EnhancingSecurity:IncreasingConfusion
InherentlymoresecureasEvereceivesthe sumofAlice sandBob ssignals. sum of Alices and Bobs signals Tofurtherenhancesecurity:
Aftertheinitialconnectionisestablished,Alice introducesarandomoffsetinitscarrierfrequency foreverynewblockofOFDMsymbols. for every new block of OFDM symbols Bobtransmitstheperiodicpreamble(usedin OFDMforfrequencysynchronization)withhigh OFDM for frequency synchronization) with high powerandthentransmitssignalfromaGaussian codebookcontainingasecretkeytobeusedby g y y Aliceinthenexttransmissionblock.
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EnhancingSecurity:ImproveLegitimateSNR Enhancing Security: Improve Legitimate SNR


TransmittersidehasNindependentradios. Each radio has two antennas working either as TX or RX EachradiohastwoantennasworkingeitherasTXorRX. Thetwosetsinthemaintransmitterswitchbetween transmit & training (receive) modes in subsequent blocks transmit&training(receive)modesinsubsequentblocks. Gainlog2(N),20dBforN=100,and10dBforN=10.
Even numbered blocks

Odd numbered blocks

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ANewParadigm: A N P di
Media based Mediabased vs. SourcebasedWireless

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SourcebasedWireless Communications
Knownmethodsforwirelesstransmission:
Sourceisvariedtoembedinformationandthen passedthroughchannel
ChannelisalinearsystemwithaGaussiangain Shannoncapacity: C W log(SNR)

MIMO(mostimportantbreakthroughinwireless inlastdecade): in last decade):


UsingN transmitandM receiveantennaresults

C min(M, N )W log(SNR)
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MediabasedWireless

Keepthesourceshiningandchangethemedia E j Enjoyrichvariationswithsmallchangesinmedia i h i ti ith ll h i di Richscatteringenvironment:slightestperturbationin theenvironmentcausesindependentoutcomes. the environment causes independent outcomes Variationsofphaseiscriticalandcanbeexploited withstableTX/RXsynchronizationusingtwowaylink with stable TX/RX synchronization using two way link (continuallysendingbackpilotfromRXtoTX).
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MediabasedWireless Mediabased Wireless


SolutionforSISO:
SelectthechannelwiththehighestgainanduseitwithaGaussian source.Thisresultsinasavingofenergyscalingwithlog(|CC|).

What about SIMO? WhataboutSIMO? one transmit,N receiveantennas , g y Unlikesourcebasedcase,signalreceivedbydifferentantennas willbelinearlyindependent,resultinginafullrankconstellation overtheN receivedimensions. D t f ll Duetofullrankproperty,rateembeddedinthechannel k t t b dd d i th h l constellationgrowslinearlywithN
NotethatcomponentsofvectorCC(gainstodifferentRXantennas)are independent,butcannotbeselectedindependently.
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MediabasedWireless:SIMOCase
RFenvironmentaroundtransmitter,i.e.,ChannelState(phase, magnitude,polarization)canbeselected(ineachtransmission) fromarandomlygeneratedsetcalledChannelCodebook(CC). from a randomly generated set called Channel Code book (CC) Thereisalsoatraditionalcodebookassociatedwiththesource calledSourceCodebook(SC).
(SC,CC) Y=(SCCC)+AWGN Objective: Minimize P{outage} Min: P{I(CC,SC;Y)} Or Min: P{H(Y)} Min s.t. E(SC2)P

RXknowstheelementsofCC. TXdoesnotknowtheelementsofCC,butbyusingasimple feedback,TXandRXagreeonasubsetofCCtobeused.


Consequence: CC is a discrete set (Constellation) Consequence:CCisadiscreteset(Constellation) DuetoRaleighfading,distributionofCChassphericalsymmetry.
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MediabasedWireless:SIMOCase Mediabased Wireless: SIMO Case


(SC,CC) (SC CC) Y=(SCCC)+AWGN Y (SC CC) AWGN Objective: Minimize P{outage} j { g } Min: P{I(CC,SC;Y)} Or Min: P{H(Y)} s.t. E(SC2)P ( )

We assume cardinality of channel codebook is finite Weassumecardinalityofchannelcode bookisfinite. Otherwise,thecapacitywouldbecomeinfinity,whichis unrealisticandreflectsthefactthatforlargechannelcode books,modelofrichscatteringwillnotbevalidanylonger. b k d l f i h tt i ill t b lid l Systemislinear(superpositionprincipleholds),butitsimpulse reposeischangedpriortoreachingtoitssteadystate. repose is changed prior to reaching to its steady state.
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MediabasedWireless:SIMOCase Media based Wireless: SIMO Case


(SC,CC) (SC CC) Y=(SCCC)+AWGN Y (SC CC) AWGN Objective: Minimize P{outage} j { g } Min: P{I(CC,SC;Y)} Or Min: P{H(Y)} s.t. E(SC2)P ( )

TXdoesnotknowtheelementsofCC,consequently:
TXselectstheSCandtheCCindependently. TXselectstheelementsoftheCCwithequalprobability.

At RX SC spans a single complex dimension along received CC AtRX,SCspansasinglecomplexdimensionalongreceivedCC. DuetosphericalsymmetryindistributionofCC,optimization ofSCinvolvesonlythedistributionofthemagnitudeofCC. RXusesjointdecodingtominimizeP{outage}.
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MediabasedWireless
(SC,CC) Y=(SCCC)+AWGN Objective: Minimize P{outage} Min: P{I(CC,SC;Y)} { ( ) } Or Min: P{H(Y)} s.t. E(SC2)P

Consider I(CC,SC;Y)=I(SC;Y)+I(|SC|,CC;Y|SC): ( , ; ) ( ; ) (| |, ; | )
Duetosphericalsymmetry,optimumsourcecodebookhasauniform phase.ThiscanbeverifiednotingthatP{I(SC;Y)}ismaximized,for all, ifSCisuniformandthischoiceaffectsneitherenergy,nor , gy, probabilisticbehaviorofI(|SC|,CC;Y|SC).

Wehave:I(|SC|,CC;Y|SC)=I(CC;Y|SC)+I(|SC|;Y|SC,CC).
AsfarasI(|SC|;Y|SC,CC)isconcerned,|SC|shouldbecontinuous. As far as I(|SC| Y|SC CC) is concerned |SC| sho ld be contin o s AsfarasI(CC;Y|SC)isconcerned,|SC|2 shouldbeconstant,|SC|2=P. Sumismaximizedusingadiscretesetofvaluesfor|SC|. SChasadiscretesetofcircularshellsusedwithdifferentprobabilities (torealizeshapinggain),wherepointsoneachshellareequallikely.
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PowerSpectrum Power Spectrum


Same old problem applies here: Signals cannot Sameoldproblemapplieshere:Signalscannot bebothtimeandfrequencylimited. Received Power Spectrum: ReceivedPowerSpectrum:
Averageofchannelsspectrumstimesinput spectrum Inputspectrumisshapedtolimitthebandwidth. Input source simply transmits the carrier with Inputsourcesimplytransmitsthecarrier,with modulationofSC,timesthepulseshapingsignal.

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ChallengesandSolutions Challenges and Solutions


Challenge1:Frequencysynchronizationbetween transmitterandreceiver
Solution:Receiveristwowayandcontinuallysendsapilottothe transmitter. transmitter Norestrictiononspectrumofpilotasthemediavariationscausing frequencyexpansionisdoneattheneighborhoodofthetransmitter.

Challenge2:Receiverneedstolearnthechannel code book(channelconstellation)andadopttoit. codebook (channel constellation) and adopt to it


Nottoohardusingatrainingphase (similarissuesexistinMIMO). RXcanusecorrectframestofinetuneitslearningofconstellation.

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SomeGeneralRemarks Some General Remarks


Equalization:
ChannelswithanimpulseresponseoflengthM provideM extradimensionsperreceiveantenna(byinsertingtime gapsbetweensubsequenttransmissions).

Constellationdesign:
Optimizingthetradeoffbetweenselectiongain andrankgain.
Method:Relyingontwowaylink,receiverhelpsin buildingtheconstellation.

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SomeRemarksaboutSISOCase Some Remarks about SISO Case


Let us consider a channel impulse response of Letusconsiderachannelimpulseresponseof lengthLT whereT issymbolperiod. Base TX signal is a sinusoid windowed in [0 T] BaseTXsignalisasinusoidwindowedin[0,T] multipliedbyaspectrumshapingsignals(t) withspectrumS(w). with spectrum S(w) BaseRXsignalisaGaussianrandomprocess, timelimitedin[0,LT],ofautocorrelation ti li it d i [0 LT] f t l ti R(a)=1-|a|/T, convolvedwiththeinverse Fouriertransformof{S(w)}2 F i t f f {S( )}
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SISOCaseRevisited
TXblockisatrainofK consecutivebaseTXsignals, followedbyL-1 zerospriortothenextTXblock. ChannelinchangedineachofK timeslotsamong2r possibilities, resultinginalinearsystemwitharandom impulseresponse.
Timeshiftininputresultsinthesametimeshiftintheresponse. O OversampleRXsignal(sumoftimeshiftedresponses)byL. l RX i l ( f i hif d )b L
KL samplesarefullrank,yieldingLK2/(L+K-1) dimensionsperunittime. Extradimensionsarecorrelated,degradingtheperformance. g g p Noiseiscorrelated,improvingtheperformance. IterativeorTrellisdecodingcanbeusedfordetection.

S Sourcecodebookiscomposedofadiscretesetof d b ki d f di t t f shells(circularshells)withuniformphase.
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HowtoChangetheRFChannel? H t Ch th RF Ch l?
Changingchannelphaseisthekeybehindsecurityapplications. Changingchannelstate(phase,polarization,gain)isthekey behindmediabasedapplications. TunableRFisawellestablishedareaofresearch. bl i ll bli h d f h
Traditionally,focusintheRFliteraturehasbeenon:
Changingandcontrollingdirection/densityofenergyflow. Changingofphasehasbeenusuallyinthecontextofapplyingphaseshiftto thesignalpriortotransmission,orafterreception,againmotivedbyenergy considerationsinthecontextofbeamforming.

Interesthereistomovefromonerandomstate(primarily channelphase)toanotherindependentrandomstate.
Neither interested in knowing the state, nor in controlling it. Neitherinterestedinknowingthestate,norincontrollingit. Easiertoaccomplishascomparedtotraditionalbeamforming.
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Conclusion
Twowaywirelesswillhaveaprofoundimpacton wirelessnetworksintermsofcost,qualityof service,efficiencyandsecurity.
Hasmoretoofferthanearlierbreakthroughsinthelast fewdecades. few decades

Whatisnext:
Industry Industry
Includingtwowayinnewstandards Implementationisstraightforward(mobileand/orbasestation).

Academia
MaterialsandRFstructuresforvaryingthechannel Network Information Theory of twoway wireless NetworkInformationTheoryoftwo waywireless SecurityandKeyExchange
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FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Q:Whymostofdiscussionandreportedimplementationisbasedonusingseparatetransmitandreceiveantennas?

A:Thesolereasonhasbeentoreducecomplexityofhardwareimplementationbasedontheavailableplatformwhichsupportsmultipleantennas. A: The sole reason has been to reduce complexity of hardware implementation based on the available platform which supports multiple antennas. Q:Whypresentationisbasedonusingcorrectivebeamforming(whichrequirestwotransmitantennas)ratherthansignalinjection? A:Again,thereasonhasbeentoreducecomplexityofhardwareimplementation,andalsomakeitpossibletostudyvarioussignalsinvolvedin cancellation.Itshouldbeobvioustoapersonskilledintheareathatsimilarresultswouldbeobtainedusingsignalinjection. Q:WhatisthesizeofA/DandD/Ausedintheimplementation? A:A/DandD/AwerelimitedtowhatisinthehardwareofLyrtech platform(14bitsA/Dand12bitsD/A).WedidnothaveanyindicationthatA/D A: A/D and D/A were limited to what is in the hardware of Lyrtech platform (14 bits A/D and 12 bits D/A). We did not have any indication that A/D orD/Awouldactasperformancebottleneckevenifthenumberofbitsissignificantlylower.Also,A/DandD/Aofadecentsize arereadilyavailable atsamplingratesrequiredintypicalwirelessapplications.RequirementonD/AaccuracyislessthanA/D,asinaccuraciesin D/Adonotcontradict linearityandwillbesubsequentlycanceledinthefinalstageinthebaseband. Q:Whatwouldbeanimmediateapplicationoffullduplexnodes? A:Theprimarybenefitoffullduplexisinnetworkingapplicationswhereacentralnodecantransmit,whilelisteningtonewclientswhowantto jointhenetwork.Thiscanbeachievedbyhavingfullduplexdatalinks(usingOFDMA)andhalfduplexsuperimposedcontrolsignaling.Also,the clientsdonotneedtosupportfullduplexandcentralnodecantransmitdatatooneandreceivedatafromanother.Thisfeaturecanbeaddedto manyofcurrentOFDMAnetworks withsmallmodifications. Q:HowisthedegradationinSNR(ResidualselfInterferenceplusNoisedividedbyNoise,RINR)measured? A:Powerofresidualselfinterference+noise ismeasuredinnonzeroOFDMtones.PowerofnoiseismeasuredinbothOFDMzerotonesaswellas whentransmitterisoff(nosignificantdifferencewasobserved).Inthereportedtests,AGCwasdisabled(LNAgainwasoncemanuallyset)tohave when transmitter is off (no significant difference was observed) In the reported tests AGC was disabled (LNA gain was once manually set) to have abetterframeworktocomparedifferentschemesintermsofRINR(AGCsavessomeA/Dbits).Testswereperformedover802.11channel13 whichisnotusedinNorthAmerica(toreduceinterferencefromneighboringnodes).RINRisaveragedoverseveralthousandsOFDM frames. MeasurementswerealsoperformedtomeasuretheequivalentofRINRisahalfduplexlink.ThisaccountsforthedegradationinSNRdueto variousmismatcheswhichcanbequitesignificantinhalfduplexconnectionbetweendistantnodes,whiletheseareavoidedinafullduplexsystem duetohavingaccesstothesameclock/carrier/timingincancellationofselfinterference.Resultsshowthatthedegradationis generallyhigherthan whatisobservedforRINR,andconsequentlytheobservedRINRduetoaddingthefullduplexfeatureisevenlesssignificant. Theseresultsarenot what is observed for RINR and consequently the observed RINR due to adding the full duplex feature is even less significant These results are not reportedduetospacelimitationsaswellasthefactthattheresultswoulddependonthespecificimplementation(inourcase, wehavefollowed theconventionalmethodsusedintypical802.11receiversforcarrier/timerecoveryandsignaldetection). Q:Whatisthesetupforchannelmeasurementinselfinterferencecancellation? A:Weexaminedsending3consecutivepilots(longtrainingsequenceusedin802.11)withaveragingtoimprovethechannelmeasurementofthe p g g p g y y firstphase,buttheresultwassimilartothecaseofusingasinglepilot.Ingeneral,thesystemisveryrobusttosucherrorsastheeffectdoesnot violatelinearityandconsequentlysubsequentstageofcancellationinbasebandwillaccountforsucherrors.Forthesecondphase,numberof pilots(againlongtrainingsequenceof802.11)usedforaveragingisadaptivelyadjusteddependingontheconditions(tomakesuresecondstageis alwaysuseful). Themoreeffectiveisthefirststageofactivecancellation,thehighershouldbetheaccuracyofchannelestimationinthesecond phaseandtwocomplementaryadaptationrulesareusedtoselectthenumberoftrainingsequencesusedinthesecondphase.

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