Cooperative Communication Techniques in Wireless Networks (Analysis with Variable Relay Positioning)
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MEE10:97 COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS (ANALYSIS WITH VARIABLE RELAY POSITIONING) Danna Nigatu Mitiku Onwuli Chinedu Lawrence This thesis is presented as part of the Degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Blekinge Institute of Technology October 2010 Blekinge Institute of Technology School of Engineering Supervisor: Prof. Abbas Mohammed Examiner: Prof. Abbas Mohammed ** This page is left blank intentionally** Abstract Signal transmission in Wireless Networks suffers considerably from many impairments, one of which is channel fading due to multipath propagation. Cooperative Communication is a technique which could be employed to mitigate the effects of channel fading by exploiting diversity gain achieved via cooperation between nodes and relays. To achieve transmit diversity, a node would generally require more than one transmitting antenna which is not too common due to the limits in size and complexity of wireless mobile devices. However by sharing antennas with other single-antenna nodes in a multi-user environment, a virtual multi-antenna array is formed and transmit-diversity is accomplished. Subsequently, radio coverage is extended without the need to implement multiple antennas on nodes and increased transmission reliability is achieved. In this scenario, a network containing a sender, a destination and a relay is analyzed. Two cooperative communication schemes which include Amplify and forward and Decode and forward are employed with different combining techniques are investigated and results obtained from simulations with respect to variable relay positioning are presented. Keywords: Amplify-and-Forward, Bit-Error-Rate, Cooperative Communications, Decode and Forward, Performance Analysis, Signal-to-Noise-Ratio, Wireless Networks. ** This page is left blank intentionally** Acknowledgments My heartfelt gratitude goes to God for his help and guidance in my daily undertakings and also my studies in Sweden. Also not forgetting a father and a teacher, Professor Abbas Mohammed, who in every way offered his assistance and support. I deeply appreciate your thorough guidance and supervision to the thesis work. Thank you so much. Many thanks to my parents Mihiret Seta and Mitiku Danna, my brothers and sisters, especially Liyuwork Mitiku, for their unparalleled support all through the years in my life. You are my rock. I extend my profound gratitude to the entire staff at Blekinge Institute of Technology, especially Mikael Åsman, for their kind endeavours and support. Finally, a big thank you to my classmates and friends, especially Esayas Getachew and Ermias Shibiru. I appreciate your friendship and the impact we had on each other – you all put the colours in my life. Nigatu M. Danna My gratitude and praise goes to God for his mercies and love in guiding and leading me to realise my goals. I would remain ever faithful in praise and worship. I would also like to extend my warmest thanks to Professor Abbas Mohammed at Blekinge Institute of Technology for his supervision and support towards my thesis work. He was a real teacher and a father. Finally a big thank you to my family and friends for their invaluable encouragement and support all the way. Love you all. Onwuli C. Lawrence Table of Contents List of Figures ............................................................................................................................ i List of Symbols and Abbreviations .......................................................................................... iii CHAPTER 1 ............................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Thesis Overview .......................................................................................................... 3 CHAPTER 2 ............................................................................................................................ 4 Wireless Communications ........................................................................................................ 4 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4 2.1.1 Bit-Error-Rate (BER) ............................................................................................. 4 2.1.2 Signal-to-Noise-Ratio (SNR) ................................................................................. 5 2.2 Channel Impairments ................................................................................................... 5 2.2.1 Path Loss ................................................................................................................ 5 2.2.2 Free Space Path Loss ............................................................................................. 6 2.2.3 Noise ...................................................................................................................... 7 2.2.4 Inter-Symbol Inteference ....................................................................................... 9 2.2.5 Fading .................................................................................................................. 10 2.2.6 Multipath Fading .................................................................................................. 10 2.2.7 Communication Channels .................................................................................... 13 2.3 Error Compensation Techniques ................................................................................ 14 2.3.1 Forward Error Correction .................................................................................... 14 2.3.2 Adaptive Equalization .......................................................................................... 15 2.3.3 Diversity ............................................................................................................... 16 2.4 Diversity Techniques ................................................................................................. 16 2.4.1 Space Diversity .................................................................................................... 16 2.4.2 Frequency Diversity ............................................................................................. 17 2.4.3 Time Diversity ..................................................................................................... 18 2.4.4 Polarization Diversity .......................................................................................... 18 2.4.5 Multiuser Diversity .............................................................................................. 18 2.4.6 Cooperative Diversity .......................................................................................... 19 2.5 Signal Encoding Techniques ...................................................................................... 19 2.5.1 BPSK .................................................................................................................... 19 2.5.2 QPSK ................................................................................................................... 21 CHAPTER 3 .......................................................................................................................... 24 Cooperative Communications ................................................................................................. 24 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 24 3.2 Brief History of Cooperative Communication ........................................................... 25 3.3 Phases of Cooperative Transmissions ........................................................................ 26 3.3.1 Phase I: A Coordination Phase ............................................................................ 26 3.3.2 Phase II: A Cooperation Phase ............................................................................ 26 3.4 Application of Cooperative Communications ........................................................... 29 3.4.1 Cognitive Radio ................................................................................................... 29 3.4.2 Wireless Ad-hoc Network .................................................................................... 30 3.4.3 Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) ....................................................................... 30 3.5 Communication Model .............................................................................................. 32 3.6 Channel Model ........................................................................................................... 33 3.7 Receiver Model .......................................................................................................... 33 3.8 Cooperative Communication Protocols ..................................................................... 34 3.8.1 Amplify and Forward (AAF) ............................................................................... 34 3.8.2 Decode and Forward (DAF) ................................................................................ 36 3.8.3 Detect-and-Forward (DtF) ..................................................................................