Sistemas de transmissão multiportadoras baseados na transformada wavelet discreta

Abstract

Currently, the majority of multicarrier transmission systems are based on the Fourier transform, which is used as frequency multiplexing technique. The main advantages of this approach include multipath immunity and low computational complexity, due to the use of a family of fast algorithms, known as Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). However, when used to provide a robust transmission, this technique presents some disadvantages, like the need for a cyclic prefix, which demands part of the useful datarate. In this work, a study for verifying the possibility of replacing the FFT, by the wavelet transform, was carried out, which has the potential to raise some advantages, such as the removal of the cyclic prefix and a simpler synchronization procedure. A computational model for the transmission layer of the Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting Terrestrial, Brazilian version (ISDB-Tb) was created, aiming to provide a direct comparison between two versions: the traditional one, which is based on FFT, and a new proposal, which is based on wavelets. Such an evaluation was performed through the relation between error bit rate and signal-to-noise ratio, in additive white gaussian noise, Rayleigh and Rician fading and also in frequency-selective Rayleigh fading channels. Similar comparisons were also performed for the ETSI TS 101 475 (HIPERLAN-2) and Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial (DVB-T) systems. The simulation results show that the wavelet-based systems present a similar performance, when compared with the FFT-based ones, for the chosen channel models, and without employing a cyclic prefix, which allows a more efficiente spectrum use.