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The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.
By Christopher Hughes and Neil Unmack
The authors are Reuters Breakingviews columnists. The opinions expressed are their own.
--Juha Ylä-Jääski (D.Tech.) is President and CEO of Technology Academy Finland. The opinions expressed are his own.--
Brussels, Belgium
By Yves Herman
The announcement of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics was due at 0945 GMT. Belgian physicist Francois Englert was among the potential winners for this year. Englert, together with Britain's Peter Higgs, were nominated for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson - the particle key to explaining why elementary matter has mass.
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-- The opinions expressed are the author's own --
Don't let them be the lost generation.
The young have borne the brunt of the current economic malaise afflicting Europe and much of the developed world, with chronic levels of unemployment and gloomy prospects. At the same time, many are equipped or have the potential to be equipped with the digital skills that can transform our economies through innovation, qualities that their elders often struggle with.
By Kevin Allison
The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.
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Tianjin municipality, China
By Petar Kujundzic
I took a trip to the port city of Tianjin after China Central Television (CCTV) reported on a sheep with an artificial heart developed at TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital. According to CCTV, the hospital recently unveiled a new artificial heart, which was implanted in a sheep two months ago. The sheep lived healthily for more than 62 days, a new record among similar experiments in the country.
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By Jim Urquhart
I may be a Red Shirt but I made it to Mars.
According to Urban Dictionary (the finest source of American literature), a Red Shirt is defined as; A character in a science fiction or adventure story whose sole dramatic purpose is to get killed by the story's villain and/or itinerant monster. Taken from the propensity of security officers on the original Star Trek series (who typically wore red uniform tops) to be killed in the episodes' pre-opening-credits teasers.
Disgust, the gag reflex and flights to the vomitorium greeted this week's news that horse flesh had breached the beef wall to contaminate burgers and frozen beef meals (lasagna, spaghetti Bolognese, shepherd's pie, meatballs) all over Europe. Some of the "beef" products contained 100 percent horsemeat, and early forensic tests hinted that the contamination might go back as far as August 2012.


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Cherry Pie
|Canned pitted tart red cherries
|32 Ounce, water pack (Two 16 Ounce Cans)
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|1 Dash
|1 Tablespoon
|Almond extract
|4 Drop
|Red food coloring
|10 Drop
|1 (For Double-Crust Pie)
Drain cherries, reserving 1 cup liquid.
In a medium saucepan combine 3/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, and salt; stir in reserved cherry liquid.
Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened and bubbly.
Cook and stir 1 minute more.
Remove from heat.
Stir in cherries, 3/4 cup sugar, butter, and almond extract.
If desired, stir in food coloring.
Let stand while preparing pastry.
Prepare and roll out pastry.
Line a 9-inch pie plate with half of the pastry.
Trim to 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate.
Turn' cherry filling into pastry-lined pie plate.
Cut remaining pastry into 1/2-inch-wide strips.
Weave strips atop filling to make lattice crust; flute edge.
Brush top of pastry with some milk and sprinkle with a little sugar, if desired.
To prevent overbrowning, cover edge of pie with foil.
Bake at 375° for 25 minutes.
Remove foil; bake till crust is golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes more.
Cool pie on rack before serving.


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If you've ever watched an episode of The Amazing World of Gumball, you know things can get pretty crazy. There's no shortage on the hilarity or wacky situations. The TV show is making it's way to the world of comics, thanks to Boom! Studios, and fans will dig it. Those that have never seen the show can also dive right in and have a fun time.
With the new issue due this week, we talked to writer Frank Gibson to find out how he's approaching adapting the characters and what you can expect in the series.
COMIC VINE: How would you describe THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL for those that have never watched the show?
FRANK GIBSON: First of all, y'all should watch the show, because it's really wonderful. Gumball is a show about a cat and a fish who are best friends and also brothers (sort of). But the show isn't really about that, it's about their family, their friends, their weird little town, told through awesome contrasting art styles. It's the most fun cartoon on television right now.
CV: How did you become the the writer for the comic?
FG: I've been in webcomics for years. The comic most people know me for is Tiny Kitten Teeth, a hand-painted comic I write and my partner Becky paints. That's how we got in touch with BOOM! originally and since then I've written the Adventure Time 2014 Annual, back-up stories and Bee and PuppyCat (both the comics and the show), too. When the opportunity came up to audition for the writing role on the new Gumball book, I jumped at the chance and put together a sample script. Strangely enough, people liked it! I'm a huge fan of the show so I was overjoyed! Hooray! So now I get to work with my buddy Tyson [Hesse] as well, which is the best.
CV: You've written some other cartoon adaptations such as Adventure Time, Bee and PuppyCat and The Simpsons. Is it challenging to capture the essence of the characters and bring them to the printed medium without having the voice actors to spice things up?
FG: It's really tricky. A lot of people try to go over the top to capture the accents in the form of text, re-using actual lines from the show etc... I think the first thing when working on a book like this is that you want to capture the essence of the show and not the minutae. We can have fun exploring details from the show that they may not have explored yet, but it's not a cartoon, it's a comic, it will always be different. It has to be.Richard is a perfect character, he's so happy and charming and a goof. It also makes him difficult to write for as well, because he's so good. I really dig writing for Anais as well.Explosions, cars, a dinosaur, broken bones, cute animals, everything you could ever want.
CV: Who's been your favorite character to write in THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL?
FG: Richard is a perfect character, he's so happy and charming and a goof. It also makes him difficult to write for as well, because he's so good. I really dig writing for Anais as well.
CV: What can we expect in the first issue?
FG: Explosions, cars, a dinosaur, broken bones, cute animals, everything you could ever want.
CV: Is it a full length story in the issue?
FG: It totally is! I'm looking forward to cutting loose on some gag comics soon, but these first few issues we've been rolling with are longer stories.
CV: How crazy are things going to get in this series?
FG: The craziest! You have no idea! Tyson keeps on pushing the art in the book, which makes me want to come up with bigger and nuttier things. Maybe that makes his life difficult. Poor Tyson.
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Rock varnish is a thin dark coating best known from deserts, and is believed to grow extremely slowly. Varnish samples from near Socorro, New Mexico (United States), contain as much as 3.7% lead oxide, derived from nearby smelters operating from A.D. 1870 to 1931. Additional varnish indicates continued growth from 1931 to 2003. Comparison with other varnish confirms that the lead is not an artifact. Based on Pb layer thickness, and the period of smelter operation, these very young rock varnishes yield growth rates of 28 to 639 microns per thousand year, substantially higher than previously documented fastest rates. These rates imply that the average rate for older varnish is not the active growth rate. Rather, it is a long-term value including periods of nondeposition, erosion, and active growth. Therefore, models of rock varnish formation should be reevaluated with consideration of much faster maximum growth rates.
Construction of an oceanic island: Insights from the El Hierro (Canary Islands) 2011-2012 submarine volcanic eruption
J. Rivera et al. (M. Canals, corresponding), Instituto Espaol de Oceanografa, Corazn de Mara 8, Madrid E-28002, Spain. Posted online 4 Jan. 2013; http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G33863.1.
J. Rivera and colleagues present the first continuous monitoring of the growth of a newly born submarine volcano while erupting in an ocean island flank. The eruption occurred south of El Hierro Island in the Canaries, off Northwest Africa, from 10 October 2011 to 5 March 2012 and was marked by earth tremors, stained waters, and dead fish. An unprecedented high-frequency, high-resolution bathymetric monitoring allowed calculating changes in eruption rates. The first survey, 15 days after the eruption's onset, showed a cone topping at 205 m depth. 137 days later, the cone had developed into a fi
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Harold Ford Jr., Michael Steele spar on issues during Arkansas appearance
LITTLE ROCK — Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and potential Democratic Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. agreed Thursday that Americans want action on health care reform, but disagreed about how to achieve it.
Steele and Ford — who is considering a run for a U.S. Senate seat in New York — faced off on health care, taxes, abortion and other issues for more than 90 minutes during a joint appearance at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Steele said Republicans aren't opposed to health care reform but want something that results from consensus.
"The American people want this ball moved and they want it moved now in a way that represents real effort to build consensus towards national health care reform as opposed to the partisan back and forth they've seen over the past year," Steele said.
Ford, a former Memphis congressman, moved to New York City after losing the 2006 U.S. Senate race to Sen. Bob Corker. He's considering challenging New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary.
Ford, who said he supports a government-run insurance option as part of health reform efforts, said that the recent election of Republican Scott Brown to the Senate means a new approach to reform may be needed.
"It may be that they have to start over," Ford said.
The joint appearance between Ford and Steele was billed as a forum, but often turned into a debate between the two figures. During a question-and-answer session with the audience, the men were asked about abortion — an issue that has vexed both of them politically.
Ford, who has been accused of giving confusing explanations of his position, described himself as "pro-choice" but also said he's opposed to late-term abortion.
Steele, who has faced criticism over past remarks that abortion is an "individual choice," said he supports the Republican Party platform's opposition to abortion but also said the decision should be left to the states.
"This is a decision that in my view should be more left to communities to decide than the federal government to decide," Steele said.
The two often traded jokes, especially when Steele panned President Barack Obama's long-stated plan to let income tax rates return to higher levels for families making more than $250,000 a year.
"Trust me, after taxes, a million dollars is not a lot of money," Steele said.
Ford later asked the audience of mostly college students, "Who in here makes a million dollars a year?"
"How many of you want to make a million dollars a year?" Steele quickly responded when no hands were raised.
The two also disagreed over the impact of a recent Supreme Court ruling that corporations and unions could spend freely from their treasuries to run political ads for or against specific candidates.
"It was a win for very monied interests in this country," said Ford, who said he hoped Congress could address the issue.
Steele, however, said he believed the Supreme Court was right and said the decision protected free speech.
"If the people see an ad that's run by a corporation that they don't like, they'll let them know," he said.
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Marinated Swordfish
7 Mar 2011
|Swordfish steaks/Tuna steaks
|1050 Gram (6 Pieces, 175 Gram Each)
|Dry white wine
|250 Milliliter
|Fresh rosemary sprig
|1 , needles finely chopped
|4 Clove (20 gm), peeled, finely chopped
|Fresh mint leaves
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs), finely chopped (A Handful)
|Olive oil
|4 Tablespoon
|Fine breadcrumbs
|100 Gram, fried until golden in a little oil
|Salted capers
|3 Tablespoon, rinsed, dried, chopped
|Lemon juice
|1 Tablespoon (Extracted From 1 Unwaxed Lemon)
|To Taste
|Freshly ground black pepper
|To Taste
Place the swordfish steaks in a bowl and season.
Add the wine, rosemary, garlic and mint to the bowl, coat the steaks fully, and marinate for at least an hour.
Drain the fish, reserving the marinade.
Brush a large griddle pan or barbecue grill with a little oil and heat.
Add the steaks to the grill two or three at a time and cook on both sides until nearly cooked through.
Baste every so often with the marinade.
This should take about 8 minutes.
Whisk the rest of the oil with the lemon juice in a small bowl.
Pour over the fish and cook for a couple of minutes longer; this keeps the fish tender.
Serve immediately, scattered with the breadcrumbs and capers.
Recipe Summary
Difficulty Level:Easy
Course:Side Dish
Preparation Time:10 Minutes
Cook Time:12 Minutes
Ready In:22 Minutes
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Macaroni With Vodka Sauce
18 Oct 2009
|Tomato sauce
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) (Plain Variety)
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1⁄4 Pound, cut into 4 slices and diced
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Whipping cream
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Freshly ground pepper
|To Taste
|Grooved macaroni
|1 Pound (Such As Penne Or Rigatoni)
|Freshly grated parmesan cheese
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|To Taste
Prepare Plain Tomato Sauce.
Melt butter in a large skillet.
When butter foams, add pancetta.
Saute over medium heat until lightly colored.
Add vodka and stir until it has evaporated.
Stir in tomato sauce and cream.
Simmer uncovered 8 to 10 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper.
Fill a very large saucepan two-thirds full with salted water.
Bring water to a boil.
Add macaroni.
Bring water back to a boil and cook macaroni uncovered until tender but firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes.
Drain macaroni and place in skillet with sauce.
Toss macaroni and sauce over medium heat until sauce coats macaroni, 20 to 30 seconds.
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- Wax serrated knife with candle stub or paraffin. Cut small slice from wide end of egg so it sits flat.
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Maybe this is a stupid question, but do AirPrint printers have any other features besides the ability to print from iOS devices? For example, better compatibility with OS X?
I'm buying a new printer, and I've narrowed it down to 2 printers: one has AirPrint and the other is simply WiFi enabled (with AirPrint). I have an iPhone and iPad, but I've never even been tempted to print from either of them. I can't imagine a scenario where I'd want to print from them instead of my MacBook, so the ability to print from iOS is basically useless to me.
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Eh, it'll show up on your Mac automatically as well. You won't need to install a driver or printer software, but Mac OS X already downloads and installs drivers automatically for non-AirPrint printers you connect anyways.
It might be slightly simpler to setup, but it's already ridiculously easy. Not sure how AirPrint effects functionality on OS X, since the Apple support document is pretty vague.
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Well, I ended up picking a slightly different model because it was on-sale, and apparently that one is AirPrint compatible. Good deal. Thanks for the reply though.
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Voters sent Dan Sullivan into the mayor's office Tuesday with an overwhelming show of support, and the municipality's seventh elected mayor almost immediately started planning for a transition period that will end when he's sworn in July 1.
Sullivan trounced Eric Croft in a heated runoff race to become Anchorage's next mayor.
With all of the precincts counted, Sullivan had 28,866 votes to Croft's 21,527. That is a 57.3 to 42.7 percent split of the vote. Some absentee and questioned ballots still need to be counted, but the outcome won't change.
Sullivan, 57, is a conservative who ran on a platform of controlling city spending while seeking ways to relieve taxpayers. He is a businessman who recently completed a nine-year stint on the Anchorage Assembly, the city's legislative body.
At the Millennium Alaskan Hotel, where Sullivan backers crowded in the Redington Ballroom, the mayor-elect said he'll be meeting with campaign staff and advisers Thursday to discuss his transition. He'll meet Friday with Acting Mayor Matt Claman on the topic, he said.
A number of people have offered to help on his transition into the mayor's office, Sullivan said. Among them were former Mayor Rick Mystrom and Larry Crawford, who was a budget director and city manager when Sullivan's father, George, was mayor 30 years ago.
"They've offered to help, and by golly I'm going to take them up on it," he said.
Sullivan took center stage in the hotel ballroom to thank his supporters shortly before 10 p.m.
He was surrounded by many members of a large extended family but noted that one who was not there was probably watching. "My father, George ... he never misses the 10 o'clock news. Dad, thank you."
It might have been nice to win the race with 45 percent a month ago, he said, but his philosophy has always been that "if you're going to be mayor of the 70th largest city in America you better win by 50 percent."
"I'll do my best every single day to make this a better place to live."
He closed by encouraging the crowd: "Enjoy. Party. Have fun."
The crowd chanted: "Mayor Sullivan. Mayor Sullivan. Mayor Sullivan."
Croft, a former state legislator, gathered with a big crowd of supporters at the Anchor Bar & Pub in downtown Anchorage.
Croft, 44, called Sullivan at about 10:25 p.m. and congratulated him on a good campaign. "And I offered any help I could provide," he said.
Croft's only plans, he said, are to attend his daughter's school play this morning.
Croft and Sullivan were in Tuesday's runoff as the top two vote-getters four weeks ago in a record 15-candidate race for mayor.
Some of the campaigning centered on which candidate would be easier on taxpayers. Croft said Sullivan wanted to replace property taxes with a huge sales tax. Sullivan said that was a gross distortion of his stance.
Sullivan added he would hold down taxes by controlling city spending. Croft said he would push property-tax breaks for the middle class.
The tax talk seemed to resonate with some voters.
Christina Harris said she voted for Croft because she doesn't want a sales tax. "We can't afford it right now," she said after casting her ballot at the Loussac Library.
Craig Wood, who came with his daughter to Rogers Park Elementary School to vote, said he backed Sullivan because he didn't like the way Croft ran his campaign. "Sullivan seemed to run a cleaner campaign," he said. "Everywhere I saw TV ads saying Sullivan would impose a 14 percent sales tax. He must think I'm a dummy. I read the paper. I know only voters can approve that."
Randy Ruedrich, chairman of the Alaska Republican Party, was among those in the Sullivan camp waiting out returns Tuesday night at the Millennium. He said the voters' tightening of the city's tax cap and defeat of proposed bonds last month, as well as Tuesday's backing of Sullivan, all address one question: "Who's going to pay for it and how can we run the city for less money. I think Dan Sullivan is the answer to that question."
This year's campaign took place in the shadow of a global recession that Anchorage is forecast to join this year, and a local budget crisis. In mid-January, city officials disclosed they had a $17 million revenue shortfall, and they have been scrambling to cut spending since.
For most of the last three decades, Anchorage voters have taken a conservative course when choosing candidates to hold the city's most powerful office. Only two liberal candidates, Tony Knowles and Mark Begich, who stepped down six months early in January to become a U.S. senator, have interrupted that trend.
Past mayors Municipality of Anchorage
1975-1981 George Sullivan
1982-1987 Tony Knowles
1988-1994 Tom Fink
1994-2000 Rick Mystrom
2000-2003 George Wuerch
2003-2009 Mark Begich
2009 Matt Claman (acting mayor)
Source: Municipality of Anchorage
By DON HUNTER and MEGAN HOLLAND
Anchorage Daily News


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Thursday, August 28
Vanderbilt at
Miami Univ.
Why to watch:
Can the best of the MAC beat one
of the worst in the SEC? If the
MAC wants to make a nice
statement early on, this might
be the chance to do it. It's a
loaded year for the league with
teams full of veterans from top
to bottom, but Miami has the
make-up and the talent to be the
class of the conference after
winning the MAC East last
season. The linebacking corps is
the best in the MAC, and
legitimately among the best in
America, and it has to come
through with a big performance
to pull off the win over a
Vanderbilt team that'll
desperately need this win to be
in the hunt for a bowl game. The
Commodores are rebuilding a bit,
especially on offense, but the
secondary might be the best in
the SEC and among the best in
Why Vanderbilt might win: The
Miami passing game was an issue
last season, finishing 12th in
the MAC in efficiency, but it
appeared to be better this
off-season. Even so, the
Commodore secondary should be
able to make the RedHawks
one-dimensional. MU will have to
rely on its defense and ground
game to win, and if the
Commodores can somehow get up
early and make the RedHawks have
to throw to come back, that'll
feed into Vandy's strength.
Why Miami Univ. might win: The
Commodores should have problems
getting pop out of the
backfield. The Vandy offense is
at its best when the quarterback
is on the move, but the MU
linebacking trip of Clayton
Mullins, Joey Hudson and Caleb
Bostic aren't going to allow too
many yards on QB runs. The
Commodore offense has hardly
been sharp throughout the
off-season and it should need a
game or three to jell. This
isn't the D to warm up against.
Who to watch: Each team
has quarterback issues. For
Miami, the question was whether
or not it was Clay Belton's time
to take over the program. While
he should be a major factor this
season, incumbent Daniel
Raudabaugh, a big veteran, will
run the show early on. While the
MU situation is still murky, at
best, Vandy's quarterback
controversy is even more of a
fog. Chris Nickson and MacKenzi
Adams are still in a battle for
the starter spot and could end
up rotating. Even backups Jared
Funk and Larry Smith still have
an outside shot at early playing
time. For both teams, the
starter needs to rock out of the
gate or there could be an early
What will happen: Chalk
one up one for the little guys.
Miami will take advantage of the
rare BCS team appearance in
Oxford as the defense will
control the game forcing several
Vandy mistakes. The RedHawk
offense won't be impressive, but
it'll do just enough to pull off
the win. This might not be
pretty, but it'll be a good
CFN Prediction: Miami Univ. 23 ... Vanderbilt
17 ... Line: Miami -3.5
Must See Rating:
(5 90210 - 1 90210, at least
what you'll say among your
friends) … 3
NC State at South Carolina,
Why to watch:
After three seasons of
mediocrity, South Carolina has
its best team yet since Steve
Spurrier arrived. At least
that's the hope for antsy
Gamecock fans, and while the big
goal is to come up with a huge
year in the SEC East, a loss to
NC State would hardly sit well.
Although the talent has been
upgraded, the school is just
21-16 under the ball coach,
collapsing down the stretch last
year after raising expectations
with a 6-1 start. Ironically,
considering who the head man is,
it's been the play of the
quarterback that's hamstrung the
program's ability to get over
the hump. Facing a crossroads
season, the Gamecocks are giving
the ball to untested junior
Tommy Beecher, at least for the
time being, who's thrown all of
two dozen career passes. NC
State is entering its second
season with Tom O'Brien at the
helm as it looks to take another
step closer to stability. The
Pack has a long way to go before
narrowing the talent gap to be a
major national player, so the
staff will continue preaching
fundamentals and limiting
unforced errors to try to make
some noise in a down year for
the ACC. State is a year or two
away from contention, or at
least until it produce more
plays from the quarterback spot,
but a win in Columbia might
kickstart the expectations for a
big season.
Why NC State might win:
The Pack will keep things cozy
by controlling the line of
scrimmage when South Carolina
has the ball. State enjoys an
edge in the trenches, turning
loose DE Willie Young and DT
Alan Michael Cash on a flimsy
Gamecock front that
underachieved in pass protection
all throughout last year. South
Carolina's attempt to
supercharge the offense will
fail if Beecher has no time to
throw and the running game
doesn't get rolling.
Why South Carolina might win:
The Gamecock defense is going to
be nasty, especially now that LB
Jasper Brinkley and DT Nathan
Pepper are back from
season-ending injuries. With the
uncertainty NC State is facing
at quarterback, South Carolina
can use most of its resources to
stack the line and stop Jamelle
Eugene, Andre Brown, and Toney
Baker. Facing constant pressure,
newly anointed starting QB
Russell Wilson will have no
chance of navigating an
aggressive 'Cock secondary
that's anchored by CB Captain
Munnerlyn and SS Emanuel Cook.
Who to watch: Brinkley
instantly makes the South
Carolina defense far better than
it was when he was sidelined
last fall. He's an impact
defender with tremendous
instincts and the ferocity to
create turnovers. With the
Wolfpack determined to stay
conservative and work the area
between the tackles, he'll make
a statement return with at least
10 tackles and a couple of
bone-jarring sticks if he's able
to fight through ankle and foot
problems that kept him at less
than 100% this off-season.
What will happen: The
Gamecocks might be vulnerable if
they were opening against a team
with a pulse on offense. The
Wolfpack, however, are
one-dimensional, which will make
it tough to score into the
double-digits. South Carolina
will pick up its first victory,
but the lingering questions
about the offense and the
quarterback play will remain
CFN Prediction: South
Carolina 23 ... NC State 10 ...
Line: South Carolina -11.5
Must See Rating:
(5 90210 - 1 90210, at least
what you'll say among your
friends) … 3
Saturday, August 30
Hawaii at Florida
12:30 PM GamePlan
Why to watch:
This might have made for an
interesting Sugar Bowl matchup
last year considering the
problems Florida had against the
pass, but this is a new year and
things have changed in a big way
for both programs. Hawaii is
kicking off the Greg McMackin
era with one of the toughest
road games possible, and while
few are expecting fireworks in
Gainesville, the Hawaii attack
will still be chucking it around
providing an excellent early
test for the much-maligned Gator
secondary. Florida is on the
short list of national title
contenders and it needs to act
like it from day one. Will there
really be more of a running game
outside of Tim Tebow? Will Tebow
be more of a passer and give up
some of the overall workload?
Hawaii isn't awful, but this is
a tune-up for the Gators. More
importantly, this will be a good
indicator or where things are at
with Miami and Tennessee up
Why Hawaii might win: Thanks to
all the big offensive numbers
and all the pyrotechnics from
Colt Brennan and the June Jones
era, the play of the defense was
completely glossed over after
finishing second in the WAC
overall, behind Boise State, and
first in both sacks and tackles
for loss. The Warriors will keep
bringing the house and should
provide decent pressure on Tebow
thanks to pass rushing terror
David Veikune. It's not an
overstatement to say that the
Hawaii linebacking corps will be
the best the Gators have to face
until the mid-October date with
The Warriors are 21-1 in their
last 22 regular season games,
and they haven't lost on the
road since September 23rd of
2006, but ...
Why Florida might win:
Florida hasn't lost a
non-conference home game since a
loss to Florida State in 2003 and hasn't lost
to a current non-BCS conference
team since a 17-11 loss at
Memphis in 1988. Talk about
Hawaii fighting history, since a
27-20 loss to Villanova in 1946,
Florida has lost just one game
in Gainesville, a 27-20 loss to
Tulsa in 1979, against a current
non-BCS conference team. This
season, the biggest issue for
Hawaii early on will be pass
protection. The 2008 Gators
might not be the 2007 Georgia
Bulldogs when it comes to
getting to the quarterback, but
the linebacking corps, even with
Brandon Spikes injured, should
be able to pin its ears back and
blitz whenever it wants to.
Keeping the Warrior quarterback
upright should be an issue.
Who to watch: After an off-season
of shuffling and auditioning for
Brennan's spot as the star of
the Warrior offense, JUCO
transfer Brent Rausch pulled
ahead late in the game and will
get the nod despite having a bit
of arm trouble. It was supposed
to be a battle between Tyler
Graunke, the most experienced
option, and Inoke Funaki for the
job, but Funaki is the No. 3 man
and Graunke isn't even making
the trip. Top JUCO transfer Greg
Alexander is the second option
and could step in early if
Rausch's arm isn't right.
What will happen: Hawaii
will have a few good moments to
annoy Gator fans and give the
rest of the SEC hope that the
Florida pass defense hasn't
improved enough. And then Mr.
Heisman and company will drop
the hammer with a big run
that'll put the game well out of
reach. The Warriors will get
well over 300 passing yards, but
most will be meaningless.
CFN Prediction: Florida 52 ... Hawaii 20 ...
Line: Florida -35.5
Must See Rating:
(5 90210 - 1 90210, at least
what you'll say among your
friends) … 2.5
Georgia Southern at Georgia
12:30 PM GamePlan
Why to watch:
Georgia will engage in a light
scrimmage before moving on to
bigger, better things. If
Georgia Southern didn't have a
big enough mountain to climb
against the nation's No. 1
ranked team, it'll have to go on
without eight suspended players
who got the hook for the dreaded
violation of team rules. Only
two of the eight were supposed
to start, but it's not like the
Bulldogs were going to be
threatened by a full GSU squad.
Georgia is going through a
progression over the next few
weeks before dealing with road
trips to South Carolina and
Arizona State, playing a good
Central Michigan squad next
week, but it has some
suspensions of its own to deal
with. While they won't matter in
this game, they could be a
little bit of an issue as the
team tries to come together for
the big dates ahead.
Why Georgia Southern might win:
The only chance the Eagles have
of keeping this in the ballpark
is if they somehow get their
ground attack going. The
nation's leading FCS team in
rushing last season, averaging
326 yards per outing, might not
be able to crank out that many
yards on the Dawg defensive
front line, but they could keep
the clock moving and control the
tempo for a few stretches.
Why Georgia might win: This is a
young, young, young GSU team
that'll be throwing a slew of
freshmen to the Dawgs. The
Bulldog defensive front seven
will be way too athletic and way
too good for the Eagles to do
much consistently on the ground,
and there isn't enough of a GSU
passing game to make a
difference. Forget about
mounting any sort of a comeback
through the air on this Dawg
Who to watch: Georgia
lost a huge piece to its
national title puzzle when
starting left tackle Trinton
Sturdivant was knocked out for
the year with a knee injury. Now
the spotlight will be on Kiante
Tripp, who'll step in on the
left side, while it'll be up to
the other four starters center
Chris Davis, right guard Cordy
Glenn, right tackle Josh Davis,
and left guard Vince Vance, to
pick up the slack early on.
Games like this one are used for
cohesion up front, and Georgia
will need it.
What will happen: This
won't be a brutally ugly blowout
only because Mark Richt won't
let things get out of hand.
Georgia will do what it needs to
do to get the work in, and then
it'll be about getting the
backups some meaningful playing
time in the second half.
CFN Prediction: Georgia 48 ... Georgia Southern
7 ... Line: No Line
Must See Rating:
(5 90210 - 1 90210, at least
what you'll say among your
friends) … 1.5
Appalachian State at LSU
Why to watch:
Appalachian State's stunner at
Michigan to open the 2007 season
was one thing, but beating the
defending national champions in
Death Valley would be another.
ASU is a defending national
champ itself having won the FCS/D-IAA
title three years in a row, and
it's expected to be the lead dog
in the race to make it four in a
row. Meanwhile, LSU isn't even
considered the favorite to win
the SEC with Georgia and Florida
getting a bit more national love
early on. Even so, considering
this is a bit of a reloading
season, the Tigers are still
more than talented enough to be
in the national title hunt
throughout the season. But there
are a few question marks, like
at quarterback and when it comes
to finding new leaders on
defense. Nitpicking to be sure,
but anything less than a
dominant performance will send
off panic sirens.
Why Appalachian State might win:
The longer ASU can keep this
close, and if it can come up
with a few good drives early and
crank out a few scores, thoughts
of Michigan could start to creep
in for both sides. If you're
going to pull off an upset like
this, it'll most likely come in
the opener before there has been
much of a chance to jell, and
LSU is in need of some work to
be fully operational. Armanti
Edwards and the crew will be
confident and won't wilt under
the pressure of playing on a big
stage; all the pressure is on
LSU. The longer this is a game,
the more it swings towards the
Why LSU might win: Talent.
Yeah, Michigan was the far more
talented team than ASU last
year, but the Tigers aren't
going to take this game as
lightly as it would've had the
Wolverine upset not happened.
LSU should be able to dominate
on the lines and it has the
speed and athleticism in the
back seven to keep the
Mountaineers from cranking out
too many big plays with the
ground game. Edwards and the
passing game can be effective,
but ASU has to run to keep
things balanced. That will be a
huge problem.
Who to watch: It was the
big question throughout the
off-season. Andrew Hatch or
Jarrett Lee? Lee or Hatch, Hatch
or Lee, or a combination? Hatch,
a walk-on transfer from Harvard,
appears to be the early choice,
but that doesn't mean Lee, the
more dangerous option, won't see
plenty of playing time ... or
vice versa. True freshman Jordan
Jefferson is also in the hunt,
but in a perfect world he
doesn't see the field this year.
LSU would like to make this a
laugher early to give everyone
some work, but in the end, the O
line is so good that whoever is
under center should be fine.
What will happen: ASU
will come up with a few big
moments early to make everyone
nervous, and then the LSU
defense will turn into the LSU
defense again and end the drama
with a dominant second quarter.
However, the Tigers won't be
CFN Prediction: LSU 38 ... Appalachian State 17
... Line: No Line
Must See Rating:
(5 90210 - 1 90210, at least
what you'll say among your
friends) … 2
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These women artists sing about obstacles to social justice while also affirming and celebrating their invaluable role in bringing about change.
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Since Human rights activists and civil society organizations had no seat at the US-Africa Leaders Summit. We offer some tools, tactics and tips for human rights defenders operating in Africa.
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Activists from 13 different Sub-Saharan African countries are meeting today in Cape Town, South Africa to learn from one another during the first Video-for-Change Convening in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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TogoVisions, a West African citizen video organization, has mobilized to document contentious elections, pushing them into the worldwide news cycle.
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For Kirke it was being paid to pretend to play the oboe that heightened her affair with classical music.
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I realize that some on the right only pretend to care about the deficit to keep the coalition together.
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Rahan (Series)Rahan (Series) (2007) Cartoon Series by Dave Koch
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At the dawn of history, Rahan, a courageous and solitary hunter, pursues a wild dream, that of one day seeing all "those-who-walk-upright" live together in peace.... (more)
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I'm going to be biying my first road bike and I have a question for you all; does a full carbon frame make a huge difference over an alu frame with a carbon fork?
I'm looking to spend about a grand and the Boardman Team Carbon is looking very attractive. Then I was looking at the Boardman Team, which has *exactly* the same spec apart from an alu frame rather than carbon, but is £200 cheaper. If I don't need to spend the £200 then great -- I can go and buy some new winter cycling gear!
The weight is almost the same, and I'm not overly concerned about saving grams as I'm a big guy (over 6ft and 'chunky' I think is the polite term!)
Is the ride difference worth the extra £200 for carbon?
Good question, I'd say not a huge difference, but probably a difference. A good aluminium frame does deliver a massive amount of bangs per buck even compared to carbon - and the best are not the horribly stiff, bone jarring rides of legend - far from it. For this amount of money I'd be surprised if there was much, if any, difference in the ride quality between the two - we were certainly very impressed with the quality of Boardman's alu frames when we checked them out at the range launch last year.
I do have to say though that there is a subtle difference in ride quality between alu and carbon which to my mind favours carbon - just. Although hedging my bets even further at the bottom end of the carbon price range it's even less pronounced.
My advice is to try both bikes, and see which one suits - if there isn't that much difference go for the alu, if you find the carbon a touch more comfortable go for that over the course of a few years riding a couple of hundred quid might prove a good investment.
posted by Tony Farrelly [4196 posts]
18th August 2009 - 15:28
Thanks Tony! Good advice and I will indeed try them both.
posted by othello [329 posts]
18th August 2009 - 15:34
My everyday bike is based around a Trek 1.5 frame which is a fairly ordinary (though nicely built) Aluminium affair. Currently though it's wearing some very nice finishing kit: Ultegra 6700 (test coming soon) Pro-Lite Bracciano wheels (http://road.cc/content/review/6577-pro-lite-bracciano-wheelset) and Alpha Q bars. I have to say that it's completely transformed from the Sora-equipped, Bontrager-wheeled, square-taper-bottom-bracket-sporting machine that it once was. For a start it's over three pounds lighter at 18lb, and a pound of that is wheel and tyre weight which makes the most difference of all.
so the $64,000 dollar question – or £200 question in this case – is: if i now swap to a full Carbon frame, how much difference would it make to the ride? My guess is not all that much. All those incremental kit changes have made a big difference, to my mind the frame swap is just another kit change. it would probably make the bike a bit better, but in reality it's not that different to changing any other component: an incremental change.
However, it's a change that'll cost you a lot more than £200 further down the line. By then though, you'll be hooked...
posted by Dave Atkinson [7776 posts]
18th August 2009 - 16:07
Thanks Dave - a very good point about the future upgrade.
As I never ridden a full carbon frame I need to try them and see which I like.
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Described is a transmission system for transmitting a multicarrier signal from a transmitter (10) to a receiver (20). The multicarrier signal comprises a plurality of subcarriers. The receiver (20) comprises a channel estimator (28) for estimating amplitudes of the subcarriers and for estimating time derivatives of the amplitudes. The receiver (20) further comprises an equalizer (24) for canceling intercarrier interference included in the received multicarrier signal in dependence on the estimated amplitudes and derivates (29). The receiver (20) comprises a multiplication by a N×N leakage matrix, and wherein the multiplication is implemented as a sequence of an N-point IFFT (82), N pointwise multiplications (84) and an N-point FFT (86). multiplications (84) and an N-point FFT (86).
1. A transmission system for transmitting a multicarrier signal from a transmitter to a receiver, the multicarrier signal comprising a plurality of subcarriers, the receiver comprising;
a channel estimator for estimating amplitudes of the subcarriers and for estimating time derivatives of the amplitudes:
an equalizer for canceling intercarrier interference included in the received multicarrier signal in dependence on the estimated amplitudes and derivatives, comprising a multiplication by N×N leakage matrix, and wherein the multiplication is implemented as a sequence of an N-point IFFT, N pointwise multiplications and an N-point FFT.
2. The transmission system according to
3. The transmission system according to
4. The transmission system according to
5. The transmission system according to
6. A receiver for receiving a multicarrier signal from a transmitter, the multicarrier signal comprising a plurality of subcarriers, the receiver comprising:
a channel estimator for estimating amplitudes of the subcarriers and for estimating time derivatives of the amplitudes, and
an equalizer for canceling intercarrier interference included in the received multicarrier signal in dependence on the estimated amplitudes and derivatives, comprising a multiplication by N×N leakage matrix-, and wherein the multiplication is implemented as a sequence of an N-point IFFT, N pointwise multiplications and an N-point FFT.
7. The receiver according to
8. The receiver according to
9. The receiver according to
10. The receiver according to
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/959,015, filed Oct. 15, 2001, which is incorporated by reference.
The invention relates to a transmission system for transmitting a multicarrier signal from a transmitter to a receiver.
The invention further relates to a receiver for receiving a multicarrier signal from a transmitter.
Multicarrier modulation methods, such as OFDM and MC-CDMA, have been around for some time now. OFDM or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing is a modulation method designed in the 1970's in which multiple user symbols are transmitted in parallel using different subcarriers. These subcarriers have overlapping (sinc-shaped) spectra, nonetheless the signal waveforms are orthogonal. Compared to modulation methods such as BPSK, QPSK or MSK, OFDM transmits symbols which have a relatively long time duration, but a narrow bandwidth. Mostly, OFDM systems are designed such that each subcarrier is small enough in bandwidth to experience frequency-flat fading. This also ensures that the subcarriers remain orthogonal when received over a (moderately) frequency selective but time-invariant channel. If the OFDM signal is received over a such channel, each subcarrier experiences a different attenuation, but no dispersion.
The above mentioned properties of OFDM avoid the need for a tapped delay line equalizer and have been a prime motivation to use OFDM modulation methods in several standards, such as Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), the Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcast (DTTB) which is part of the Digital Video Broadcasting standard (DVB), and more recently the wireless local area network standard HIPERLAN/2. Particularly in the DAB and DTTB applications, mobile reception under disadvantageous channel conditions are foreseen, with both frequency and time dispersion. Mobile reception of television has not been regarded as a major market up to now. Nonetheless, the DVB system promises to become a high-speed delivery mechanism for mobile multimedia and internet services. At the IFA '99 Consumer Electronics trade show, a consortium of Nokia, Deutsche Telecom and ZDF demonstrated mobile web browsing, email access and television viewing over an OFDM DVB link, with a GSM return channel. With 8 k OFDM subcarriers, over the air DVB reception functioned properly for vehicle speeds upto 50 mph. Mobile reception, i.e. reception over channels with Doppler spreads and the corresponding time dispersion remains one of the problems associated with OFDM systems in particular and multicarrier transmission systems in general. Whereas its robustness against frequency selectivity is seen as an advantage of OFDM, the time-varying character of the channel is known to pose limits to the system performance. Time variations are known to corrupt the orthogonality of the OFDM subcarrier waveforms. In such a case, Intercarrier Interference (ICI, also referred to as FFT leakage) occurs because signal components from one subcarrier cause interference to other, mostly neighboring, subcarriers.
In the document "Equalization of FFT-leakage in mobile DVB-T", Master Thesis in Radiocommunication from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, by Guillaume Geslin, April 1998, a multicarrier transmission system is disclosed. In this known transmission system ICI is cancelled (i.e. detected and removed from the received multicarrier signal) in the receiver by means of an equalizer. This equalizer derives a vector of estimated symbols from a vector of received symbols. The operation of the equalizer is based upon a channel model in which the amplitudes of the subcarriers and the time derivatives thereof are indicative of the ICI. The receiver comprises a channel estimator which generates estimates of these amplitudes and derivatives and supplies these estimates to the equalizer. The equalizer then cancels the ICI in dependence on the estimates of the amplitudes and derivatives. The receiver in the known transmission system is relatively complex, i.e. a relatively large number of computations is needed to implement the channel estimator and the equalizer.
It is an object of the invention to provide a transmission system according to the preamble in which the computational burden is substantially reduced. This object is achieved in the transmission system according to the invention, said transmission system being arranged for transmitting a multicarrier signal from a transmitter to a receiver, the multicarrier signal comprising a plurality of subcarriers, the receiver comprising a channel estimator for estimating amplitudes of the subcarriers and for estimating time derivatives of the amplitudes, the receiver further comprising an equalizer for canceling intercarrier interference included in the received multicarrier signal in dependence on the estimated amplitudes and derivatives, wherein the receiver comprises a multiplication by N×N leakage matrix Ξ, and wherein the multiplication is implemented as a sequence of an N-point IFFT, N pointwise multiplications and an N-point FFT. The invention is based upon the recognition that the complexity of the multiplication by the leakage matrix Ξ, which is an operation that is used quite commonly in the context of ICI cancellation in multicarrier transmission systems, may be reduced due to the fact that the leakage matrix Ξ is diagonalized by a Fourier basis, i.e. that Ξ=FΔFH, where F is the N-point FFT matrix with normalized columns and Δ is a positive diagonal matrix. Hence, a multiplication by the N×N matrix Ξ may be implemented as a sequence of an N-point IFFT, N pointwise multiplications and an N-point FFT, thereby substantially reducing complexity.
In an embodiment of the transmission system according to the invention the receiver is a decision feedback receiver and wherein the channel estimator comprises a smoothing filter for smoothing the estimated amplitudes and/or derivatives. Application of such a smoothing filter has the advantage that it exploits the correlation among derivatives. That is, since an estimate of a derivative on a particular subcarrier is inaccurate because of noise or other effects, it is useful take also into account the values of the derivative at neighboring subcarriers. In practice this typically means that one smoothes the values of subcarriers of the various subcarriers.
In a further embodiment of the transmission system according to the invention the FFT is further arranged for demodulating the received multicarrier signal. In this way the FFT may be used for demodution and as part of the multiplication of the leakage matrix.
The above object and features of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings, wherein:
In the FIGS., identical parts are provided with the same reference numbers.
The invention is based upon the development of a simple and reliable channel representation. In order to do so, we will consider a multicarrier transmission system, e.g. an OFDM or MC-CDMA transmission system, with N subcarriers spaced by fs. Each subcarrier has a rectangular envelope of a finite length that, including the cyclic extension, exceeds (1/fs). Let s=[s1, . . . , sN]T be a vector of N transmitted symbols, then the transmitted continuous time baseband signal may be written as follows:
In the case of a frequency selective time-varying additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel, the received continuous time signal may be written as follows:
The received baseband signal is sampled with a sampling offset to and a rate Nfs and a block of its N subsequent samples [y(to),y(to+T), . . . , y(to+(N−1)T)]
Note that an inter-carrier interference occurs when the channel response varies in time (i.e. d≠0). This interference is defined by the vector d as well as the fixed N×N matrix Ξ. It can be is easily seen that according to (8) the latter matrix is a Toeplitz Hermitian matrix and that
Later in this document, we will call a the (vector of) amplitudes, d the (vector of) derivatives and Ξ the leakage matrix. In the above expression, the values on the diagonal of Ξ depend on the (arbitrary) choice of the reference time instant to, and can therefor vary depending on the embodiment of receiver. Typical choices for to are time beginning, the end or middle of a frame window. For to chosen near the middle of the frame, the diagonal terms tend to become approximately zero.
For the implementation of a receiver based on the principles discussed here, multiplication by Ξ may be prohibitively complicated particularly for large N (many subcarriers). One can of course only use the terms near the diagonal and exploit the Toeplitz character of Ξ by implementing it as a delay-line filter. But there are more efficient implementations of Ξ. We note that the first-order ICI terms result from amplitudes linearly increasing with time. That is, one can implement Ξ as the cascade of
To process the received signal, the set of channel parameters a and d should be estimated. The estimation accuracy of these 2N scalar parameters may be enhanced if the statistical properties of the channel are used. First of all, we assume that channel variations are slow enough so that Hk′(t) do not change substantially within the duration of a symbol. In this case, we may rewrite (6) and (7) as follows:
Let us analyze the relationship between the quantities a, d and physical parameters of the propagation channel, namely the set of its K propagation delays {τ0, . . . , τK}, the corresponding Doppler shifts {f0, . . . , fK}, and complex amplitudes {h0, . . . , hK}. Note that the statistical properties of the channel frequency response depend on the relative delays and Doppler shifts whereas the group delay and/or Doppler shift result in rotations of hk, for 1≦k≦K, where the rotations are taken care of by time and carrier synchronization/tracking. Hence, we may assume without loss of generality that τ0=0 and f0=0. Now, the channel frequency response Hl and its derivative Hl′ may be written as follows:
The relationships (10) and (11) may be readily used to deduce the statistical properties of the amplitudes a and derivatives d. Whenever the number of propagation paths is big enough (ideally K>>N ), the set of coefficients {Hl(t), Hl(t)}1≦l≦N may be considered jointly Gaussian distributed. Moreover, one can show that the sets {Hl(t)}1≦l≦N and {Hl(t)}1≦l≦N are mutually uncorrelated when {hk}1≦k≦K are uncorrelated and the Doppler spectrum has a symmetric shape. In this case, the vectors a and d may be assumed statistically independent multivariate Gaussian with zero mean and covariance matrices
An important particular case of Ca, Cd corresponds to a standard model for mobile channels, as described in the book Microwave Mobile Communications by C. Jakes, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1974. This model (known as Jakes model) assumes independent contributions of different propagation paths, an exponential delay profile and uniformly distributed angles of incidence for different paths. One can show that in this case,
Although the outlined channel model is characterized by 2N parameters, the number of independent degrees of freedom is substantially smaller in practice. This property comes from the fact that the propagation delay spread is often much smaller than the word duration. This property also means that the entries of a are strongly correlated, to the extend that the covariance matrix Ca may be accurately approximated by a low-rank matrix. Similarly, the entries of d are strongly correlated and the covariance matrix Cd may also be accurately approximated by a low-rank matrix. Let us consider the Jakes model and therefore (13). Define the eigendecomposition of C:
The aforementioned properties of the channel parameters (i.e. amplitudes and derivatives) can be extensively used to derive reduced complexity procedures for channel equalization with ICI removal. Evidently, in situations where the statistical channel may divert from the idealized theoretical situation, theses models may still inspire the design of practical receiver. The mismatch between the actual channel and the idealized channel model may lead to a (small) performance penalty. However, this does not mean that the receiver principles disclosed in this invention, can not be used successfully.
We now continue with an example embodiment of a receiver based on the developed channel model. If an OFDM receiver is extended such that it can not only reliably estimate amplitudes â (as conventional receivers do), but also (complex valued, e.g. including phase information) derivatives {circumflex over (d)} (which is not common for normal OFDM receivers), then the user data can be recovered as follows:
It is also possible to use a so-called decision feedback receiver. The channel model presented earlier in this document reveals that one can refine and improve this decision feedback receiver in several aspects, among them:
Based on this general scheme another decision feedback receiver can be devised as illustrated in
Although the circuit is depicted as hardware building blocks, a typical implementation may involve iterative software processing. We experimented with an iteration method comprised of the following steps for iteration round i:
The filter 50 attempts to recover an estimate of d s from Z, by filtering Z2=M1Z1. One mathematical approach is to use the orthogonality principle for an MMSE estimate. In this case, an appropriate choice for M1 follows from the requirement E[(Z2−ds) Z1 H]=0N. We define e as the vector of decision errors, with e=as−âŝ. This gives M1={E[ds(ds)H]ΞH+E[dseH]}[E[Ξds(ds)HΞH+INσn 2+eeH+ΞdseH+(ds)HΞHe]]−1, wherein σn is the variance of the noise. Modeling and (pre-)calculating some of the statistical expectation values here can be done, but may not be practical for receiver designers. So next we will search for simplifying approximations.
One can simplify the resulting M1 as M1=ΞH[ΞΞH+G]−1, wherein G is empirically determined as G=c1IN with a constant c1 which may be adapted to specific propagation environments, for instance the average BER, the average SNR or the speed of the mobile receiver.
Z3 approximates {circumflex over (d)}, however it contains error contributions due to AWGN and estimation error in {circumflex over (d)} and ŝ. Here we can exploit statistical knowledge that we have developed about the channel behavior, e.g. on correlation of derivatives. The circuit from Z2, multiplication by 1/x, Z3, M2, Z4 to multiplier Z5 is intended to perform this task. The multiplications aim at removing and reinserting the data modulated onto the signal. A smoothing operation M2 occurs in between. An MMSE filter to estimate Z4 as closely approximating {circumflex over (d)} follows from the orthogonality principle E(Z4−{circumflex over (d)})Z3 H=0N, thus M2=E{circumflex over (d)}Z3 H[EZ3Z3 H]−1. In practice one may find it acceptable to crudely approximate M2=E{circumflex over (d)}{circumflex over (d)}H[E{circumflex over (d)}{circumflex over (d)}H+R3]−1. Experiments revealed that R3=c2IN with a constant c2 is a workable solution.
One can take the filters 72 and 76 non-adaptive and identical to M6=M1 and M7=M2 of
It appears that several implementations refines are possible as are shown in
Many further improvements are foreseen: Use of amplitude and derivatives of previous frames to better estimate the amplitude and derivative. This can be done either as indicated as 'optional step' in the algorithms, or taking the initial condition of the iteration as an extrapolation of results from the previous OFDM frame, with â(0) for the new frame equals â(final ) plus T{circumflex over (d)}(0), the latter corrected from the duration of any cyclic prefix or guard interval.
The filters in the receiver, in particular M1, M2, M6, M7 may in a practical receiver be fixed or be chosen from a library of precomputed values. For instance, the receiver control system may upon its knowledge of the propagation environment choose between optimized settings for stationary reception (in which most of the ICI cancellation is switched of), slow mobile reception (some ICI cancellation), or fast mobile reception (aggressive ICI cancellation).
Furthermore, adaptive filters could be used. These can use reliability information about estimates. This can be achieved by adaptive matrices or identification of erasures in the estimates.
MC-CDMA is an extension of the basic OFDM principle. In 1993, this form of Orthogonal Multi-Carrier CDMA was proposed. Basically, it applies OFDM-type of transmission to a multi-user synchronous DS-CDMA signal. So it is vulnerable to Doppler. As illustrated in
If the receiver architectures proposed in the previous sections are used for MC-CDMA, basically, the FEC is replaced by the (inverse) code matrix C. The receiver depicted in
It can be shown that in an MMSE setting, W only has non-zero components on the diagonal, with
For MC-CDMA, the slicer bases its symbol decisions on energy received from all subcarriers, thus the reliability of estimates ŝ is much more accurate in subcarriers that are in a fade.
The principles of the receivers described above can also be combined with an FFT which handles more samples than the usual size FFT. One example is the use of a fractionally spaced FFT, another one is the double sized FFT. Moreover, one can even design a system that separates components received via amplitudes from those received over derivatives.
Although in the above mainly an OFDM transmission system is described, the invention is also and equally well applicable to other multicarrier transmission systems such as MC-CDMA transmission systems. Large part of the receivers may be implemented by means of digital hardware or by means of software which is executed by a digital signal processor or by a general purpose microprocessor.
The scope of the invention is not limited to the embodiments explicitly disclosed. The invention is embodied in each new characteristic and each combination of characteristics. Any reference signs do not limit the scope of the claims. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of other elements or steps than those listed in a claim. Use of the word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements.
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Originally written on Fox Sports Southwest | Last updated 10/15/12
The Texas Longhorns are literally and figuratively licking their wounds after their 63-21 thumping at the hands of Oklahoma Saturday. Not only did the Longhorns lose the game, they lose defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat for the season with a torn right pectoral muscle and quarterback David Ash to a bruised left wrist. The good news is the Longhorns (4-2, 1-2 in Big 12) don't have long to dwell on it as they host Baylor Saturday. Texas head coach Mack Brown thinks he team has nowhere to go but up after the lopsided loss. "We got outcoached and outplayed in every form and fashion you have," Brown said. "That's two years in a row and it's unacceptable. Give Oklahoma credit. They played well and we played poorly. We're exactly where we were at this time last year. We're sitting here 4-2. It was a setback. We've made a lot of progress. We feel we're a better team now than we were this time last year. You've got to take the negative and make it a positive and play harder, play better and pla...
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