• Title/Summary/Keyword: Universal software radio peripheral (USRP)

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Implementation of Real-Time Channel Module for Applying Wireless Communication Environments (무선 통신 환경 적용이 가능한 실시간 채널 모듈 구현)

  • Park, Chan Ju;Kim, Woojoong;Jang, Byung-Jun;Yoon, Hyungoo;Yoon, Young Joong
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.438-444
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, A real-time channel module which can apply the wireless propagation channel was developed using USRP and Lab-VIEW. When the proposed channel module is used in conjunction with the implemented HW(hardware) simulators for cognitive radio and frequency interference analysis and so on, it can increase the reliability about wireless propagation environments. In addition, the proposed module overcomes the limit of existing HW simulator that data transfer rate is limitative in communication system through the design of the inner parts. Along with this, it is possible to apply channel parameters necessary to estimate the easier communication performance. Also, this has the advantage that it can be flexibly applied in implementing the communication channel with the upcoming new scenarios. The proposed module can estimate the communication performance via constellation and BER using the implemented module.

Real-time implementation of distributed beamforming for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer in interference channels

  • Hong, Yong-Gi;Hwang, SeongJun;Seo, Jiho;Lee, Jonghyeok;Park, Jaehyun
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.43 no.3
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    • pp.389-399
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, we propose one-bit feedback-based distributed beamforming (DBF) techniques for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer in interference channels where the information transfer and power transfer networks coexist in the same frequency spectrum band. In a power transfer network, multiple distributed energy transmission nodes transmit their energy signals to a single energy receiving node capable of harvesting wireless radio frequency energy. Here, by considering the Internet-of-Things sensor network, the energy harvesting/information decoding receivers (ERx/IRx) can report their status (which may include the received signal strength, interference, and channel state information) through one-bit feedback channels. To maximize the amount of energy transferred to the ERx and simultaneously minimize the interference to the IRx, we developed a DBF technique based on one-bit feedback from the ERx/IRx without sharing the information among distributed transmit nodes. Finally, the proposed DBF algorithm in the interference channel is verified through the simulations and also implemented in real time by using GNU radio and universal software radio peripheral.

Performance analysis of SNR and BER for radiation pattern reconfigurable antenna (인체 부착용 방사패턴 재구성 안테나의 SNR 및 BER 성능 분석)

  • Lee, Chang Min;Jung, Chang Won
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.4125-4130
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents the communication performance for the radiation pattern reconfigurable antenna in the wearable device measuring bio signal (temperature, blood pressure, pulse etc.) of human body. The operational frequency is 2.4 - 2.5 GHz, which covers Bluetooth communication bandwidth. The maximum gain of the antennas is 1.96 dBi. The proposed antenna is efficiently transmitting and receiving signal by generating two opposite beam directions using two RF switches (PIN diode). Also, we investigated how radiation pattern changes according to three angles ($30^{\circ}$, $90^{\circ}$, $150^{\circ}$) of Top Loading. In this paper, we measured and compared the SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio) and BER (Bit Error Rate) performances of the proposed antennas in the condition between an ideal environment of anechoic chamber and smart house existing practical electromagnetic interferences (Universal Software Radio Peripheral, USRP). Throughout the comparing the results of the measurement of two cases, we found that the SNR is degraded over 5dB in average and BER is increased over ten times in maximum, therefore, it is confirmed that the error rate of receiving signal is increased. The measured results of SNR and BER value in this paper able to expect the performance degrading by the interference from the electromagnetic devices.

Interconnection Architecture of Cross-Layer Protocols to Provide Internet Services in VSAT Based Satellite Communication Systems (VSAT 기반 위성통신 시스템에서 인터넷 서비스 제공을 위한 계층 간 프로토콜 연동 구조)

  • Kim, Jeehyeong;Noh, Jaewon;Cho, Sunghyun
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.41 no.10
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    • pp.1190-1196
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, a cross-layer interworking scheme for different protocols is proposed to provide an efficient internet services in very small aperture terminal (VSAT) based satellite communication systems. In addition, we implement the proposed interworking model and prove the feasibility of the proposed system. VSAT based satellite communication systems commonly use digital video broadcasting (DVB)-S2 standard. Unfortunately, DVB-S2 has inefficient parts to support IP based internet services because it has originally been designed to support broadcasting services. Generic stream encapsulation (GSE) protocol, which is a layer 2 protocol, has been proposed to mitigate this inefficiency. We propose a cross-layer interworking scheme to cooperate efficiently between IP and GSE protocols and between GSE protocol and DVB-S2, respectively. In addtion, we implement the proposed interworking schemes via computer softwares and prove the feasibility using NI-USRP and commercial DVB receiver.