v1.3.0

Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v1.3.0

Release Notes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed resolution issues when resizing droplist.
• Closed waitbar in error cases to prevent hanging.
• Skipped loading results when an error is caught.
• Hid lines on graphs when only one line is present.
• Fixed errors in CRB mode workspace.

Features and Enhancements

• New Dashboards:

  • Added dashboards for all algorithms in Algo mode.
  • Added new dashboards for CMA algorithms.
  • Introduced a new dashboard for all models in CRB mode.
  • Updated FINE algorithm dashboard.

• Algorithm and Model Updates:

  • Added Fast CRB algorithm.
  • Added Fast SS for MIMO-OFDM algorithm.
  • Introduced a new function and dashboard for the FINE algorithm.
  • Modified CR and CS algorithms.
  • Updated semi-blind, non-blind, and blind algorithms.
  • Enhanced FI algorithm.

• Demo Mode Improvements:

  • Added EN-based models and Fast_SS to Demo mode.
  • Included Massive SIMO and a new estimator for dynamic phase offset estimation in Demo mode.
  • Updated beacon settings for Demo mode.

• Miscellaneous:

  • Replaced Viettel M3 logo with Viettel SMC.
  • Changed unit of fontsize to normalized.
  • Added Nafosted and VMC to the about section.
  • Renamed and restructured several models and parameters (e.g., DPTE -> PTE).
  • Scaled dashboard images to a fixed resolution.

v1.2.0

InSI docs website, dynamic InSI resolution, help, ref, and more

** Changelog:

InSI docs website: https://dohaison.github.io/InSI.

Core Functions:

• Renamed from InfoSysID to InSI, #1.
• Re-constructed the dashboard layout: figure options to the menu bar area, #3.
• Text changed: "Criterion" => Performance and "Params" => "Parameters", #4.
• Replaced SNR and Err on the Toolbox Workspace by Output type and Run time, #5.
• Export input parameters and output error rate to the Matlab workspace in a struct, #6.
• Renamed and more modulations: QAM-4 => 4-QAM, QAM-64, 128, 256, #7.
• New dashboard title, load output figure title and dashboard title from the comment of algorithms instead of params.m file, #8, #9.
• New help button in select input parameters menu, the massage dialog box of help as shown in the command window and access the original paper URL, #10.
• Disable the hold on figure option when users had multiple output types, #11.
• Full name + notation of input parameters menu, #13.
• Dynamic the size of the InSI toolbox and texts in any screen resolution and scale, #14, #16, #17.
• Load logos of VNU-UET, Orleans, AVITECH, PRISME Lab, Viettel-M3, and NAFOSTED onto the InSI dashboard, #15.
• InSI modtool version 1.2.0, #18.
• New menu bar for bug report and license.

Bugs fixed:

• In Matlab version 2016 and earlier, handles.figmode property is Label not Text, #12.
• fixed issue: when user closes the questdlg, nothing return.
• convert OnOffSwitchState enumeration to char: working in R2006A.
• move close_InSI after addpath
• More and more minor bug fixes in GitHub commits.

v1.1.0

#1 Python support and docs of core functions:

** Changelog:

InfoSysID Toolbox: Supports more algorithms

• CE Mode:

  • ZF for OFDM systems.
  • MMSE for OFDM systems.
  • SB-MRE algorithm (our proposed)

• CRB Mode:

  • Fisher Information Neural Estimation (FINE): T. T. Duy, L. V. Nguyen, V. -D. Nguyen, N. L. Trung and K. Abed-Meraim, "Fisher Information Neural Estimation," in 2022 30th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Belgrade, Serbia, 2022, pp. 2111-2115.

Core Functions

• Python support: python script, e.g., FINE, will be run outside of MatLab, and the results are imported into InfoSysID Toolbox.
• Docs for a part of core functions (/Shared/General).
• Close all InfoSysID toolbox windows before opening a new one.
• Added an open reference paper button to each algorithm in the toolbox.

Bugs fixed:

• Fixed dir too long in Linux when booting.
• Used char variables instead of strings to support older MatLab versions.
• More and more minor bug fixes in GitHub commits.

v1.0.1

Hotfix start and modtool script:

** Changelog:

• start script: add_path is not working in old windows versions (i.e., XP, 7) due to the limitation of characters in an array.
  • Fixed: ignored .git folder via genpath_exclude function
• modtool script: syntax text = fileread(filename,Encoding=encoding) not working in older Matlab version.
  • Fixed: ignored Encoding argument.

v1.0.0

Channel estimation (CE): Full algorithms support.

• This version supported all old Blind Toolbox algorithms (the results are verified with default input arguments)
• InfoSysID_modtool v1.0.0: supported users undo (back button).

** Changelog:

InfoSysID Toolbox:
CE Mode: Supported all Algorithms from the old toolbox version in 4 types of outputs, i.e., SER, BER, MSE Sigal, and MSE Channel.

• CR
  • Standard
  • Minimum
  • Minimum White
  • Unbiased
• CS
  • Standard
  • LSFBL
  • LSFNL
  • MNS
  • OMNS
• SCMA
• SMNS
• FI
• LSS
• OP
• TSML

InfoSysID modtool:

• Add functionals for the Back button: helps users to modify their previous inputs.

Core Functions

• Supported SER, MSE Signal, and MSE channel outputs.
• Support input channel from input files (.mat).

Bugs fixed:

• Fixed workspace value for edit box
• Fixed some typo docs

v0.2.0

InfoSysID_modtool v0.1.0

This version focused on releasing a new tool called "modtool", which helps users create modules to integrate their algorithms into the Toolbox.
(FYI: a template module consists of interfaces and the main function)

** Changelog:

• Core functions:
  • InfoSysID_modtool v0.1.0: GUI supports automatically generating new modules. 
• Bugs fixed:
  • Fixed bugs related to the dependence library in the Channel estimation algorithms.

v0.1.1

Channel estimation (CE): Blind algorithms support

Added:

CE Mode: Supported all Algorithms from the old toolbox version if they use Bit err rate / Sym err rate output.

• CMA:
  • CMA Analytical
  • CMA Newton
  • CMA Gradient
  • CMA Gradient adaptive
  • CMA Gradient block
  • CMA Gradient Unidimensional
• GRDA
• LP
• MRE:
  • MRE quadratic constraint
  • MRE linear constraint
  • MRE adaptive
• SS

Core functions:

• Updated custom x, and y labels, or title for each algorithm.
• Full function Generate channel
• Used mfilename instead of getActive dir

Bugs fixed:

• Miss the shape of the params window when users switch the algorithms.
• Fixed Workspace in single fig mode

v0.1.0

The first InfoSysID Toolbox release:
Core functions and some CRB & CE algorithms