In this letter we proposed the linear combination of two ISI-free pulses with different decay rates in order to obtain a new Nyquist pulse. The proposed pulse contains a new design parameter β, giving an additional degree of freedom to minimize the bit error probability performance in the presence of symbol-timing errors, for a given roll-off factor α. Several practical tools are implemented for evaluating the performance of the proposed filter. The novel pulse is evaluated in terms of the bit error probability performance in the presence of symbol-timing errors. Eye diagrams are presented to visually assess the vulnerability of the transmission system to ISI, and the maximum distortion is estimated as a quantitative measure of performance.

In this paper, we propose a novel frequency-hopping scheme in order to improve the BER (Bit Error Rate) performance of the Partial Block MC-CDMA (PB/MC-CDMA) system. The joint carrier distribution and frequency hopping (JDFH) scheme achieves the optimal frequency diversity gain while avoiding interference. By contrast, the conventional FH scheme only avoids interference, and the frequency interleaving scheme achieves only frequency diversity. The JDFH scheme thus performs better than conventional schemes, such as carrier FH, block FH, or frequency interleaving. Through computer simulations, we confirmed the superior performance of the PB/MC-CDMA system when using the JDFH scheme.

We propose a distributed node selection (DNS) scheme that guarantees quality of service (QoS) of the scalable video broadcasting system over wireless channels. The proposed DNS scheme chooses the destination node based on the SVC layer information, and it selects the best relay from a set of competing candidate nodes by considering two factors: 1) wireless channel conditions between destination and relay candidates and 2) scalable video's layer information. In simulations, the performance of the proposed scheme in terms of quality gains, complexity (overhead) and applicability was examined.

We propose Adaptive Resource Allocation for the Partial Block MC-CDMA (ARA-PB/MC-CDMA) system. The ARA-PB/MC-CDMA system aims to improve total throughput performance and frequency efficiency across various channel conditions. It adaptively changes the number of blocks to improve the throughput performance and frequency efficiency according to the Signal to Interference Ratio (SIR). Therefore, the proposed system supports various Quality of Service (QoS) requirements for various SIR values.

In this paper, we investigate the resource and power allocation schemes of partial block multi-carrier code division multiple access (PB/MC-CDMA) systems. In our proposed scheme, we manage transmit power depending on each user's channel state information (CSI). The objective is to maximize the average bit error ratio (BER) performance with minimal influence from the received signal-to-interference ratio (SIR), both of which are closely related to transmit power. To obtain additional performance improvement, our frequency band rearrangement scheme follows the transmit power control (TPC) process. We evaluate the performance of the proposed scheme using simulations. The results show that the proposed system provides superior performance compared to those of conventional systems.

MIMO-OFDM systems are widely used in next generation wireless communications due to their high data rates, spatial division multiplexing, and robustness against channel fading. Moreover, multimedia video service is developing very quickly, as are service demands. Consequently, in order to satisfy these demands, we use a MIMO-OFDM system with SDM characteristic to transmit Scalable Video Coding (SVC) signals; our approach maximizes throughput and greatly improves video quality. We propose an Unequal Antenna Power Allocation (UAPA) scheme to improve system performance by increasing the PSNR compared to that of conventional equal power transmission systems and to efficiently utilize the power. We evaluate the performance of the proposed scheme using simulations. The results show that the proposed system provides superior performance compared to conventional systems.