Uplink Detection and BER Performance for Wireless Communication Systems with Ambient Backscatter and Multiple Receiving Antennas

Yang Liu; Zhangdui Zhong; Gongpu Wang; Dan Hu

10th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

Uplink Detection and BER Performance for Wireless Communication Systems with Ambient Backscatter and Multiple Receiving Antennas

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    author={Yang Liu and Zhangdui Zhong and Gongpu Wang and Dan Hu},
    title={Uplink Detection and BER Performance for Wireless Communication Systems with Ambient Backscatter and Multiple Receiving Antennas},
    proceedings={10th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
    year={2015},
    month={9},
    keywords={ambient backscatter rf-powered device maximum likelihood (ml) detection ber multiple receiving antennas},
    doi={10.4108/eai.15-8-2015.2260747}
}

Yang Liu
Zhangdui Zhong
Gongpu Wang
Dan Hu
Year: 2015
Uplink Detection and BER Performance for Wireless Communication Systems with Ambient Backscatter and Multiple Receiving Antennas
CHINACOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/eai.15-8-2015.2260747

Yang Liu¹^,*, Zhangdui Zhong¹, Gongpu Wang², Dan Hu³

1: State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
2: School of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
3: State Grid Information and Telecommunication Branch (Anhui Province), Hefei, China

*Contact email: 11111011@bjtu.edu.cn

Abstract

Ambient backscatter is a new communication technology that utilizes ambient radio frequency signals to enable battery-free devices to communicate with each other. In this paper, we study the problem of signal detection and bit error rate (BER) performance for this novel communication system that utilizes ambient backscatter and multiple receiving antennas. Specifically, we first build up the theoretical system model and then propose a maximum likelihood detection method. We also obtain the optimal closed-form detection threshold and the corresponding BER expression. It is found that increasing the number of the receiving antennas can bring about larger BER gains at low SNR, while little gains in high SNR. Finally, simulation results are provided to corroborate our theoretical analysis.

Keywords: ambient backscatter rf-powered device maximum likelihood (ml) detection ber multiple receiving antennas

Published: 2015-09-21
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.15-8-2015.2260747