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Symbol Time Tracking Algorithm for WAVE Systems

WAVE 시스템에서 심볼 시간추적 알고리듬

  • 홍대기 (상명대학교 공과대학 정보통신공학과)
  • Published : 2009.02.28

Abstract

A Wireless Access for Vehicular Environment (WAVE) system based on Orthogonal frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is made for vehicle to vehicle wireless communications. The physical layer standard of the WAVE system is very similar to that of the IEEE802.1la wireless local area network (WLAN). Therefore, the performance of the WAVE system is degraded by continual timing delay in the WAVE multipath fading channels after starting initial timing synchronization. In this paper, the tracking algorithm that synchronizes symbol timing is proposed to continually compensate additional timing delay. Computer simulation of the proposed algorithm is performed in the worst communication environments that apply to maximum timing delay. Computer simulation shows that the proposed algorithm can improve the system performance in various channel conditions.

차량 간 무선 통신을 목적으로 만들어진 직교 주파수 분할 다중화 (OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing)기반 WAVE(Wireless Access for Vehicular Environment) 시스템의 물리층 표준은 기존에 표준화된 IEEE802.11a 무선랜(WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network)의 표준을 따르는 것으로 되어 있다. 따라서 WAVE는 초기 동기 이후 차량 간 다중 경로 페이딩(Multipath Fading) 채널의 영향으로 인하여 심볼 타이밍에 있어서 연속적인 시간 지연이 발생함에 따라 시스템의 수신 성능이 저하되게 된다. 본 논문은 추가적인 심볼 시간 지연을 보상해 주기 위한 심볼 시간 추적(Tracking) 알고리듬을 제안하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 알고리듬을 최대 지연 시간 (Maximum Timing Delay)이 적용된 최악의 통신환경에 적용하여 모의실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과에 의하면 제안된 알고리듬은 가산성 백색 가우스 잡음 (AWGN: Additive White Gaussian Noise) 채 널 및 페이딩 채널 환경에서 시스템의 수신 성능을 향상시킬 수 있음을 확인할 수 있다.

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