Phase-Forward - A Robust Transmission Scheme for Two-Way Cooperative Communication with Non-Linear Power Amplifiers

Author

Huai Tan ; Ho, P.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. Sci., Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, Canada

fYear

2014

fDate

14-17 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

We advocate in this paper the adoption of phase forward (PF) as a technique to overcome non-linear power amplifier distortion in two-way cooperative communication systems that employ PSK modulations. The performance of this new signal relay technique, measured in terms of the amount-of-fading (AoF) and bit-error-rate (BER), is analyzed and compared against a benchmark system that employs amplify-and-forward (AF) at the relay. It was discovered that not only is PF superior to AF when the amplifier at the relay is non-linear, it can also outperform AF when the amplifier is linear. The conclusion is reached PF is a useful alternative to existing signal forwarding techniques for two-way cooperative communication.

Keywords

amplify and forward communication; cooperative communication; error statistics; phase shift keying; power amplifiers; BER; PSK modulations; amount-of-fading; amplify-and-forward communication; bit-error-rate; non-linear power amplifiers; phase forward technique; robust transmission scheme; signal forwarding techniques; signal relay technique; two-way cooperative communication system; Bit error rate; Cooperative communication; Fading; Nonlinear distortion; Phase shift keying; Relays; Signal to noise ratio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), 2014 IEEE 80th

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTCFall.2014.6966128

Filename

6966128