Communication Systems MATLAB Projects - MATLAB Solutions

Circulating Current Suppressing Strategy for MMC-HVDC

Modular multilevel converter (MMC) is considered as a promising topology for voltage-source converter (VSC) high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) applications. This paper presents a new control strategy for MMC-HVDC under unbalanced grid conditions. First, a new inner loop current control strategy based on nonideal proportional resonant (PR) controllers in stationary b1b2 frame is designed, which is more concise compared to the existing dual sequence current control scheme.

Second, an analytical expression for circulating current is obtained which shows that the circulating currents will be asymmetric under unbalanced grid conditions and can be decomposed into positive-, negative-, and zero-sequence component. In order to suppress all these components, a new circulating current suppressing strategy is analyzed and designed also based on nonideal PR controllers. Application of nonideal PR controllers makes the control system well adapt to the fluctuation of grid frequency. The effectiveness of the proposed control strategy is verified through a simulation case of a 251-level MMC-HVDC transmission system using real-time digital simulator.

Analysis and Suppression of High Order Mode Oscillation

High-order mode oscillation occurred in an S-band experimental klystron with 300 MHz instantaneous bandwidth. The cause of the oscillation was analyzed and simulated. A method was proposed to suppress the oscillation through adjusting the structure and size of a resonant cavity in the tube, in which the high-order mode frequency can obviously be changed and the variation of the fundamental mode frequency is very small.

Improved designs for the resonant cavity with Ansoft HFSS code and corresponding experiment have been performed, which shows that the simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental measurements. The testing result of an experimental klystron with this improved resonant cavity indicates that the high-order mode oscillation can effectively be suppressed.

Enhanced Learning 6Combining MATLAB Simulation with Telecommunication Instructional Modeling (TIMS) in a Senior Level Communication Systems Course

The successes of combining MATLAB simulation methods with the Telecommunication Instructional Modeling System (TIMS14) to provide experiential learning in a senior level wireless communication systems course. Using TIMS students develop, implement and then test real-world communication hardware using real signals such as demodulated audio from a local broadcast station and thus are engaged in real-world modulation and demodulation techniques and hardware.

Linking Advanced Visualization and MATLAB for the Analysis of 3D Gene Expression Data Using MATLAB

Three-dimensional gene expression PointCloud data generated by the Berkeley Drosophila Transcription Network Project (BDTNP) provides quantitative information about the spatial and temporal expression of genes in early Drosophila embryos at cellular resolution. The BDTNP team visualizes and analyzes Point-Cloud data using the software application PointCloudXplore (PCX). To maximize the impact of novel, complex data sets, such as PointClouds, the data needs to be accessible to biologists and comprehensible to developers of analysis functions. We address this challenge by linking PCX and MATLAB via a dedicated interface, thereby providing biologists seamless access to advanced data analysis functions and giving bioinformatics researchers the opportunity to integrate their analysis directly into the visualization application.

An Accelerator Control Middle Layer Using MATLAB

Matlab is an interpretive programming language originally developed for convenient use with the LINPACK and EISPACK libraries. Matlab is appealing for accelerator physics because it is matrix-oriented, provides an active workspace for system variables, powerful graphics capabilities, built-in math libraries, and platform independence. A number of accelerator software toolboxes have been written in Matlab - the Accelerator Toolbox (AT) for model-based machine simulations, LOCO for on-line model calibration, and Matlab Channel Access (MCA) to connect with EPICS. The function of the MATLAB Middle Layer is to provide a scripting language for machine simulations and on-line control, including nonEPICS based control systems.

LiUMIMO: A MIMO Testbed for Broadband Software Defined Radio Using MATLAB

In order to keep up with the increasing demand on speed and reliability in modern wireless systems, new standards have to be introduced. By using Multiple Input Multiple Output technology (MIMO) and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technologies the performance can be increased dramatically. Forthcoming standards such as WLAN 802.11n, WiMax and 3GPP LTE are all taking advantage of MIMO technology. To perform realistic tests with these standards it is often not enough to run software simulations in for example Matlab. Instead, as many real world parameters as possible need to be included. This can be done using a testbed, like the LiUMIMO, that actually transmits and receives data through the air. The LiUMIMO is designed as a Software Defined Radio (SDR), only the RF front end and the data log are implemented in hardware, while all signal processing will be performed in Matlab.

Rapidly Deployable Internet-of-Things Body Area Network Platform for Medical Devices Using MATLAB

Biomedical devices in the past provided limited capability for the data acquisition and presented the data in the form of user interface for a care provider to observe. Now, what is required for biomedical devices has fundamentally changed. Many devices must now support secure networking and include a network of sensors to enable machine learning-based sensor fusion for accurate inference of the subjects state. This thesis introduces an Internet-of-Things (IoT) body area network (BAN) platform for medical devices that will provide rapid development capability with the assurance of security, networking, and the ability to host computationally intensive processes that are now required by medical devices.