超寬頻通訊中的多重路徑效應可利用耙式接收器降低其影響,而多用戶所造成之多重存取干擾(Multi-Access Interference, MAI)則可透過最佳多用戶偵測器來獲得最佳的系統效能。然而最佳多用戶偵測器因計算複雜度太高,故無法實現。為了在效能與複雜度之間取得平衡,若干研究在同步直序式超寬頻系統(DS-UWB)環境下提出了次佳之架構於基因演算法的多用戶偵測器(Genetic algorithm based multi-user detector, GA-MUD)。為符實際情況,本研究在非同步DS-UWB環境下使用觀察視窗(Observation Window)將鄰近位元干擾( Neighbor Bit Interference, NBI )擷取加入目標位元,接著應用以CSRAKE為前級之GA-MUD(Constricted Selection Rake GA-MUD, CSRGA-MUD)來探討系統效能。由於CSRGA-MUD 改善BER之幅度有限,因此我們進一步提出依染色體績效進行突變之改良型基因演算法(Ranking-Based Mutation GA, RBM-GA),並結合CSRAKE成為RBM-CSRGA-MUD來降低BER。在UWB通道下的模擬結果顯示RBM-CSRGA-MUD在較複雜之非同步通道環境中有更好的解空間搜尋能力,可改善BER之幅度在K=8時為19.26% ~32.76%,K=16時則為16.53%~23.1%。
Multi-path interference (MPI) and multiple access interference (MAI) are two major factors that degrade performance of multi-user ultra-wide band system (UWB). Generally, the effects due to MPI and MAI can be reduced by using a rake receiver and the optimum multi-user detector (OMU). Though optimum multi-user detector (OMUD) can achieve the best performance, its computational complexity is too high to implement. To overcome this difficulty, many sub-optimal multi-user detectors (MUDs), particularly the genetic algorithm-based multi-user detectors (GA-MUDs), have been proposed recently to compromise system performance and complexity for synchronous direct-sequence UWB system (DS-UWB). In this study an asynchronous DS-UWB system is considered to meet the realistic condition by applying an observation window for neighbor bit interference (NBI) evaluation. To enhance the global search capability of GA, a ranking-based mutation GA (RBM-GA) is presented and combined with constricted selection rake receiver (CSRAKE) to form a RBM-CSRGA-MUD. A series of simulations is conducted over the UWB channels of CM1~CM4. Experimental results show that the proposed RBM-CSRGA-MUD can achieve better performance than the CSRGA-MUD which consists of CSRAKE and conventional GA with BER improvements of 19.26%~32.76% and 16.53%~23.1% for K=8 and K=16, respectively.