Choir:EmpoweringLow-PowerWide-AreaNetworksinUrban

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RashadEletreby

DianaZhang,Swarun KumarandOsmanYağan

1http://www.witechlab.com/LoRa/ChOIR.html

ImagineaworldwhereeverysingleobjectisconnectedtotheInternet…

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Fewkbps

Severalmilesaway

10yearbatterySimpleandcheapRFinterface

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SmartInfrastructure SmartHomes SmartVehicles

Low-PowerWide-AreaNetworking(LP-WAN)

LongRange

• Upto10KMsinruralareas

LowDatarate

• Orderofkilobitspersecond

LowCost

• <$5

LowPower

• Upto10yearsofbatterylife

Low-PowerWide-AreaNetworking(LP-WAN)

InitiativesfromIndustry(LoRa,SIGFOX)andstandardizationbodies(3GPPLTEM,NBIoT)

KeyChallenges

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KeyChallengesInterference

Collisionsemergefromthesheer densityofnodesandthesimplicity ofthecurrentMACprotocols(e.g.,transmit

assoonaswakeup)

LPWANrangesdropby10xinurban areasduetoexcessivemultipath,shadowing,etc.

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Range

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WiFi/CellularWirelesssensor

networksLPWANs

LoRaWAN

Sigfox

MegaMIMO

SAM

ZigZag

Glossy

ACR

Pastwork

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ChoirScalability

• Decodes10’sofcollidedtransmissions

Range

• Extendstherangeofteamsofcooperatingnodes

Preservingsimplicity

• Fullyimplementedatasingle-antenna basestation

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basestationoveranareaof10Km2 inPittsburgh

:Chirps

ChirpinT.D. Chirponaspectrogram

Data encoding

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:1-bitencoding

𝒏 bits->dividetheBWto𝟐𝒏 initialfrequenciesIn general,

‘0’ ‘1’

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:2-bitencoding

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:2-bitencoding

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ChoirinactionInterference

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Range

CollisionofchirpsDifferentdata

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Collisionofchirps

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Samedata

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FFT

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Hardwareimperfections

𝑓

𝑓 + 𝛿𝑓&

𝑓 + 𝛿𝑓'

Localoscillatormismatch

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Hardwareimperfections

Packet1

Packet2

Sub-symboltimingoffsets

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Time

Frequency

TO

Chirpsaresignalswhosefrequencyincreaseslinearlywithtime

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Time

Frequency

TO

Anoffsetintimemapstoanoffsetinfrequency!FO

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Time

Frequency

Twochirpswithanoffsetinfrequency!FO

Collisionofchirps

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Samedata

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Hardwareoffsets!22

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Decodingdata

U1data: U2data:

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!U1data+U1hardwareoffsets=125U2data+U2hardwareoffsets=130

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Symbol 1

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DecodingdataPreamble Sym.1 Sym.2 Sym.n…

Preamble Sym.1 Sym.2 Sym.n…

Peaklocationsareusedtoestimatehardwareoffsets

Hardwareoffsetsremainconstantacross

thepacket

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U1data+U1hardwareoffsets =125U2data+U2hardwareoffsets=130

Symbol1:

DecodingdataPreamble Sym.1 Sym.2 Sym.n…

Preamble Sym.1 Sym.2 Sym.n…

Howtomeasureaccuratehardwareoffsetsacrossthepreamble?

Peaklocationsareusedtoestimatehardwareoffsets

Hardwareoffsetsremainconstantacross

thepacket

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Decodingdata𝑓&∗, 𝑓'∗ = 𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑚𝑖𝑛{34∈ 3467,3487 ,39∈ 3967,3987 } 𝑦𝐶

6& − ℎ&𝑒?'@34A + ℎ'𝑒?'@39A'

𝑓B ->initialfrequencyoffsetestimateofuseriℎB ->channelestimateofuseriΔ ->binsizeoftheFFT𝐶6& ->conjugatenominalchirp𝑦 ->receivedsymbol𝑓B∗ ->correctfrequencyoffsetofuseri

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Whichpeakcorrespondstowhichuser?

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Whichpeakcorrespondstowhichuser?

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Symbol 2

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Symbol 1

352.2107.6

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Symbol 2

27.2 189.6

Whichpeakcorrespondstowhichuser?

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Symbol 1

352.2107.6

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Symbol 2

27.2 189.6

Whichpeakcorrespondstowhichuser?

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Symbol 1

352.2107.6

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User1 User2Integerpartdependsonbothdataandhardware

offsets

Fractionalpartdependsonlyonhardware

offsets

1 Near-fareffect

2 Inter-symbolinterference

3 Handlingageneralnumberofcollisions

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Wegeneralizethissolutiontoaccountfor…

ChoirinactionInterference

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Range

RangeExtension

62°F

67°F

65°F

Eachnodeisout-of-range!

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RangeExtension

62°F

67°F

65°F

Eachnodeisout-of-range!

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63°F

65°F

Canweexploitdatacorrelationstoobtainacoarse-grainedviewofthesenseddata?

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65 °F

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Noisefloor

Objective

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64.5 °F

Noisefloor

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Approach

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FFT

64.5 °F

Noisefloor

ChoirReceivefilter

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0 100 200 300 400 500 600FFT Bin

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64.5 °F

Noisefloor

ChoirReceivefilter

Implementation

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Evaluation

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Hardwareoffsets

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Observed CFO+TO (Hz)

ObservedIdeal

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HardwareoffsetsaretrulydiverseacrossLPWANradios

Resolvinginterference

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Resolvinginterference

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Resolvinginterference

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Ideal ALOHA

ChOIR

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Extendingrange

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Numberofcollaboratingnodes

Range

1 1Km

10 2.5Km

30 2.65Km

2.65X

ConclusionObjective

Results Scalability

• Decodes10’sofcollidedtransmissions

Range

• Extendstherangeofteamsofcooperatingnodes

Preservingsimplicity

• Fullyimplementedatasingle-antenna basestation

Platform

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