Critical Issues of Centralized and Cloudified LTE-FDD Radio Access Networks

Cloudification of the Centralized-Radio Access Network (C-RAN) in which signal processing runs on general purpose processors inside virtual machines has lately received significant attention. Due to short deadlines in the LTE Frequency Division Duplex access method, processing time fluctuations introduced by the virtualization process have a deep impact on C-RAN performance. This paper evaluates bottlenecks of the OpenAirInterface (OAI is an open-source software-based implementation of LTE) cloud performance, provides feasibility studies on C-RAN execution, and introduces a cloud architecture that significantly reduces the encountered execution problems. In typical cloud environments, the OAI processing time deadlines cannot be guaranteed. Our proposed cloud architecture shows good characteristics for the OAI cloud execution. As an example, in our setup more than 99.5% processed LTE subframes reach reasonable processing deadlines close to performance of a dedicated machine.

Real-Time Localization Using Software Defined Radio

Service providers make use of cost-effective wireless solutions to identify, localize, and possibly track users using their carried MDs to support added services, such as geo-advertisement, security, and management. Indoor and outdoor hotspot areas play a significant role for such services. However, GPS does not work in many of these areas. To solve this problem, service providers leverage available indoor radio technologies, such as WiFi, GSM, and LTE, to identify and localize users. We focus our research on passive services provided by third parties, which are responsible for (i) data acquisition and (ii) processing, and network-based services, where (i) and (ii) are done inside the serving network. For better understanding of parameters that affect indoor localization, we investigate several factors that affect indoor signal propagation for both Bluetooth and WiFi technologies. For GSM-based passive services, we developed first a data acquisition module: a GSM receiver that can overhear GSM uplink messages transmitted by MDs while being invisible. A set of optimizations were made for the receiver components to support wideband capturing of the GSM spectrum while operating in real-time. Processing the wide-spectrum of the GSM is possible using a proposed distributed processing approach over an IP network. Then, to overcome the lack of information about tracked devices’ radio settings, we developed two novel localization algorithms that rely on proximity-based solutions to estimate in real environments devices’ locations. Given the challenging indoor environment on radio signals, such as NLOS reception and multipath propagation, we developed an original algorithm to detect and remove contaminated radio signals before being fed to the localization algorithm. To improve the localization algorithm, we extended our work with a hybrid based approach that uses both WiFi and GSM interfaces to localize users. For network-based services, we used a software implementation of a LTE base station to develop our algorithms, which characterize the indoor environment before applying the localization algorithm. Experiments were conducted without any special hardware, any prior knowledge of the indoor layout or any offline calibration of the system.

Diagnostics de base, mise en oeuvre et appréciation du potentiel des NTIC (radio, internet, concertation) dans les zones enclavées de la région de Daraina (sous-préfécture de Vohémar, Nord-Est Madagascar)

Rapport d'avancement - février 2005

Real-time localization using software defined radio

Service providers make use of cost-effective wireless solutions to identify, localize, and possibly track users using their carried MDs to support added services, such as geo-advertisement, security, and management. Indoor and outdoor hotspot areas play a significant role for such services. However, GPS does not work in many of these areas. To solve this problem, service providers leverage available indoor radio technologies, such as WiFi, GSM, and LTE, to identify and localize users. We focus our research on passive services provided by third parties, which are responsible for (i) data acquisition and (ii) processing, and network-based services, where (i) and (ii) are done inside the serving network. For better understanding of parameters that affect indoor localization, we investigate several factors that affect indoor signal propagation for both Bluetooth and WiFi technologies. For GSM-based passive services, we developed first a data acquisition module: a GSM receiver that can overhear GSM uplink messages transmitted by MDs while being invisible. A set of optimizations were made for the receiver components to support wideband capturing of the GSM spectrum while operating in real-time. Processing the wide-spectrum of the GSM is possible using a proposed distributed processing approach over an IP network. Then, to overcome the lack of information about tracked devices’ radio settings, we developed two novel localization algorithms that rely on proximity-based solutions to estimate in real environments devices’ locations. Given the challenging indoor environment on radio signals, such as NLOS reception and multipath propagation, we developed an original algorithm to detect and remove contaminated radio signals before being fed to the localization algorithm. To improve the localization algorithm, we extended our work with a hybrid based approach that uses both WiFi and GSM interfaces to localize users. For network-based services, we used a software implementation of a LTE base station to develop our algorithms, which characterize the indoor environment before applying the localization algorithm. Experiments were conducted without any special hardware, any prior knowledge of the indoor layout or any offline calibration of the system.

Radio Latin Lounge - Im Interview mit Martha-Cecilia Dietrich

Ronald Geppl und Alcides Benavente Ponce im Gespräch mit der Filmemacherin über ihren Film entre memorias, der am 5.5.2015 als Weltpremiere zu sehen war; im Rahmen des ethnographischen und dokumentarischen Filmfestivals ethnocineca 2015.

Gletscherarchäologie. Funde aus dem Eis [Radio-Interview]

Je mehr Gletscher zum Beispiel in den Alpen schmelzen, desto mehr Fundstücke kommen ans Licht. Charlotte Grieser im Gespräch mit Albert Hafner, Professor für prähistorische Archäologie an der Universität Bern.

El invitado : Una historia con la radio

Eduardo Aliverti visitó nuestra universidad, es locutor, periodista y profesor universitario. Condujo algunos de los programas de radio con mayor impacto de las últimas dos décadas, tales como: Anticipos -poco menos que la única voz periodística de oposición a la dictadura, por Radio Continental-; Sin Anestesia -por Radio Belgrano, en los primeros años de la transición democrática- y Protagonistas, en varias emisoras porteñas desde 1988 hasta 1996. Actualmente dirige y conduce Marca de Radio, por Rivadavia, durante la mañana de los sábados. Es ganador de 7 premios Martín Fierro. En el año 2002 recibe el Galardón Susini como reconocimiento a su trayectoria en radio, otorgado por Argentores. Dirigió tres videos de periodismo documental: Tango de un Lagarto, sobre la realidad cubana; Volviendo a Washington, acerca de la historia de la moneda argentina, y Malajunta, en torno de la última dictadura militar. Esta última realización fue galardonada en los festivales internacionales de Nueva York, Ginebra, San Salvador de Bahía, La Habana, San Francisco y Houston. Además de innumerables premios en el ámbito nacional, la proyección de Malajunta, en Suiza, motivó el surgimiento en Europa de la agrupación HIJOS, integrada por los descendientes de detenidos-desaparecidos exiliados en el Viejo Continente. Fue productor ejecutivo de Sol de Noche, largometraje testimonial que refleja la relación entre el poder económico y la última dictadura militar. Esta película participó de festivales en Alemania, España, Francia, Italia y Buenos Aires, entre otros. Aliverti efectuó coberturas periodísticas en Estados Unidos, Rusia, América Latina, Europa y la península de Corea. En Buenos Aires fundó, dirige y es docente de ETER, Escuela Terciaria de Estudios Radiofónicos (la primera escuela de radio de Latinoamérica). Hace 18 años es titular del taller radiofónico en la carrera de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires y es dueño del que está considerado como uno de los archivos periodísticos personales más importantes del país.