This paper presents a scheme of decision feedback differential detection (DF-DD) with postdetection diversity reception for differential phase shift keying (DPSK)/ orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. The DF-DD overcomes the degradation of bit error rate (BER) performance caused by conventional DD. The DF-DD with Postdetection diversity reception can combat the inter-carrier interference (ICI) in OFDM systems and achieve better BER performance as compared to DF-DD without postdetection diversity reception. In this correspondence, we combined two techniques, DF-DD and postdetection diversity reception, in DPSK/OFDM systems. Simulation results show that the DF-DD with postdetection diversity reception can provide a reliable BER performance comparable to conventional DD without postdetection diversity reception.Keywords -Decision feedback differential detection (DF-DD), differential phase shift keying (DPSK), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), postdetection diversity reception.
I . IntroductionIt is well known that orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is attractive for high-rate wireless data transmission systems, such as terrestrial mobile communication, specifically terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (T-DMB) system, digital terrestrial TV broadcasting system, wireless LAN and so on, because of its high spectrum efficiency and its resistance to multipath fading [1],[2]. Beside the above advantages, however, inter-symbol interference (ISI), which is caused by delay time spread, and inter-carrier interference (ICI), which is caused by Doppler frequency shift, give intolerable degradation to bit error rate (BER) performances over fading channels [2]- [5]. The ISI can be easily neglected when multipath delay is within a guard interval (GI). However, the ICI cannot be canceled without receiver's ideal estimation [6].In OFDM systems with differential phase shift keying (DPSK), it is possible to apply the differential modulation in the time or frequency domain depending on the condition of fading channels, such as Doppler frequency shift and delay time spread [7], [8]. Since acquiring and tracking a reference signal for coherent detection under multipath fading environments are very difficult, differential detection (DD) of differential phase shift keying (DPSK) signals is preferred.However, DD uses a delayed version of the received signal as a phase reference, and, thus, in fading channels, DD make a degradation of bit error rate (BER) performance and its BER performance exhibits an error floor (referred to as the irreducible BER due to Doppler frequency shift).Diversity reception techniques are attractive structure to combat ICI problem in OFDM systems. Especially, postdetection diversity reception for DPSK is very attractive because the cophasing function necessary in predetection combiners is not required [9]. DF-DD can improve conventional differential detection (DD) significantly because DF-DD can overcome the degradation of BER performance caused by conven...