Multi-Stage Partial Parallel Interference Cancellation Algorithm for MUSA Systems

A multi-stage partial parallel interference cancellation receiver is proposed for the multi-rate DS-CDMA system which adopts the multiple processing gain scheme. In each stage of the proposed receiver, partial cancellation is performed with an adaptive decision threshold which is computed from the matched filter outputs of the previous stage. The BER performance of the proposed receiver is obtained by simulation in a Rayleigh fading channel. It is shown that the proposed receiver achieves smaller BER than the multi-stage parallel interference cancellation receiver and extended group-wise successive interference cancellation receiver in the multi-rate DS-CDMA system.

In this paper, we introduce a simple, closed-form expression for finding the optimum partial cancellation factors (PCF) for the linear multistage partial parallel interference cancellation (PPIC) receiver. These factors are found in a direct- sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) system over a frequency-flat fading channel for a large-system case. In this case, the number of active users and the processing gain tend to infinity while their ratio is finite. It will be shown that the expression for the PCF is a function of the moments of the eigenvalues of the correlation matrix, the number of interference cancellation (IC) stages, the system load, and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Compared to recently-proposed methods, our method has the following advantages: a) It is less complex because the calculated PCF will be a direct function of the moments of the eigenvalues of the large correlation matrix; b) there is no need for ordering the PCF resulting in lower complexity; and c) it is not necessary to know the number of IC stages ap riori .

The paper introduces an analytical tool to find the large-system performance of a multistage linear partial parallel interference cancellation (PPIC) receiver using the moments of the eigenvalues of the covariance matrix for a code division multiple access (CDMA) system over a frequency-flat fading channel. The figure of merit to evaluate the performance is the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) that is calculated under a large-system condition. In this case, the number of active users and the processing gain tend towards infinity while their ratio is a fixed value. It is shown that the large-system performance is a function of the system load, the partial cancellation factor (PCF), the number of interference cancellation stages, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and the received powers of the interfering users. Furthermore, for practical applications, the physical meaning of the large system is described by numerical simulations.

In this paper, we propose an adaptive particle swarm optimization (APSO) based partial parallel interference cancellation scheme for direct-sequence code-decision multiple access (CDMA) communication system over frequency selective fading channels. However, the partial cancellation tries to reduce the cancellation error in parallel interference cancellation schemes due to the wrong interference estimations in the early stages. Thus, in order to reduce the computational complexity and improve the performacne of the CDMA system, particle swarm optimization (PSO), which has the ability of solution to complex combinatorial optimization problem, is employed in searching the optimal weight for multiple access interference cancellation. Experiments have been carried out on the method can improved on the multiuser detection in CDMA system, the simulation results show that APSO detector can achieve the global optimization in fast convergence rate, and also show that the proposed detector is obviously superior to convenentional receiver and multiuser detectors based on some optimum algorithm in terms of the multiple access interfere and the mitigation of near-far effect.

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We propose a multistage joint adaptive array (AA) and spatial interference cancellation (IC) structure for a direct sequence code division multiple access (DS/CDMA) system. The structure utilizes both space and time processing to improve the performance of the base station receiver under the influence of multiple access interference (MAI) and in the absence of power control. The AA comprises a bank of temporal matched filters followed by a beamformer. IC is then used to remove the detected strong user from the received array input. This stage can be repeated for recover and remove more users. Computer simulation shows that, in the absence of power control, the proposed algorithm efficiently detects the weak user information at MAI levels of 30 dB where the conventional space-time structure fails.

This paper develops an improved generalized multistage multiuser detector that uses the partial interference cancellation approach developed by Divsalar. The detector that is proposed for uplink code-division multiple access systems uses the generalized multistage detector to produce the estimates of the received data. The regenerated multiuser interference is then weighted proportionally to the reliabilities and subtracted. The performance of the matched filter, the conventional multistage multiuser detector, the partial parallel interference cancellation detector and the proposed new detector are evaluated in Rayleigh fading channels. Finally, bit error rate results are presented versus signal-to-noise ratio. It shows that considerable improvement can be achieved by the proposed scheme in heavily loaded systems.

The demand for faster internet connections to access wireless multimedia applications, Aeronautical Communication Networks (ACNs) and internet services has resulted into rise of developing broadband wireless technologies in recent years. The demand for higher data rates was the backbone for developing wireless communication technologies such as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Long Term Evolution (LTE) and High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA). The big challenge with wireless communications lies with providing Quality of Service (QoS) under various environmental challenges and maximizing resource utilization at the same time. In wireless communication, the support for QoS is difficult due to the unpredictable nature of wireless channels. Opportunistic Scheduling plays a big role towards meeting QoS requirements and managing resources in aeronautical communication networks. Various opportunistic schedulers focus on increasing the system capacity of a wireless communication network, while some aim on improving the system’s fairness and throughput. With such interest in opportunistic scheduling, the paper focuses on reviewing recently proposed opportunistic scheduling algorithms, the objectives they were designed for, and their shortcomings. An effective opportunistic scheduling algorithm with hierarchical modulation technique is presented in this paper. The algorithm focuses on the ability to allocate resources between two users with different channel conditions; that is a user with good channel conditions and a user with bad channel conditions, to maximize the system’s throughput and maintain fairness.

Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile networks, time-frequency radio resources are allotted with respect to Quality of Service (QoS) requirements using scheduling algorithms. Buffer Occupancy (BO), Average Cellular Throughput (ACT), Average User Throughput (AUT), Blocking Probability (BP) and Fairness Index (FI) are the parameters to be considered when designing a scheduler. A new scheduling policy is proposed in this paper, called “Channel Aware Optimized Proportional Fair (CAOPF)” to optimize the channel behavior based on Channel Quality Indicator (CQI). The performance of the introduced scheduler is investigated and compared with the other schedulers such as Round Robin (RR) and Proportional Fair (PF). Simulation results indicate that the new scheduler gives the best level of QoS performance in terms of the above said parameters when compared with the other schedulers taken into account. It provides no pending data of users in good channel condition, higher ACT, higher improvement in user throughput in good and average channel conditions. In addition, very low blocking of user data in good channel condition and optimized FI and resource block (RB) allocated to the users in all channel conditions are seen.

We comment on partial parallel interference cancellation as discussed in the paper by Divsalar et al. (see ibid. vol.46, p.258-68, 1998). The aforementioned work showed that by multiplying the symbol estimates by a factor less than unity in the early stages of cancellation, the performance of parallel cancellation can be improved relative to full ("brute force") cancellation. In this paper we analyze the improvement of parallel cancellation when using partial cancellation, and provide additional insight into the gains. Specifically, we show that the decision statistic is biased when linear (soft) estimates of the symbol or channel are used for cancellation. Partial cancellation improves the performance in this case by reducing the decision statistic bias.

In this work, a novel particle swarm optimization (PSO) assisted Joint Channel Estimation and Partial Parallel Interference Cancellation (PSO-JCEPPIC) detector is adopted for multiuser Multiple-Input Multiple-Output/Space Division Multiple Access (MIMO-SDMA) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) systems. The proposed PSO-PPIC scheme tries to reduce the cancellation error in Conventional Parallel Interference Cancellation (CPIC) detection schemes used in MIMO SDMA-OFDM system. The PSO algorithm is employed in searching the optimal weights of the PPIC for multiple access interference cancellation. The proposed scheme is shown to provide a performance improvement as compared to MMSE and CPIC detectors especially in an overloaded scenario where the number of users is high as compared to the base station (BS) antennas. In this scenario, the channel coefficients become more difficult to be estimated, due to the high number of independent channel links and the constraint imposed by the MIMO channel matrix rank. The proposed PSO-JCEPPIC scheme presents an efficient solution to the multiuser detection and the MIMO channel matrix estimation dilemma in the previously mentioned scenario.

In this paper, a new scheme of Joint Channel Estimation and Partial Parallel Interference Cancellation using Simulating Annealing (SA) or Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithms is proposed. This scheme is proposed for multiuser Multiple-Input Multiple-Output /Space Division Multiple Access (MIMO-SDMA) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) systems. The proposed scheme tries to reduce the cancellation error in Conventional Parallel Interference Cancellation (CPIC) detection schemes used in MIMO SDMA-OFDM system. The SA and PSO algorithms are employed in searching the optimal weights of the PPIC for multiple access interference cancellation. The proposed scheme is shown to provide a performance improvement as compared to MMSE and CPIC detectors especially in an overloaded scenario where number of users is high as compared to the Base Station (BS) antennas. In this scenario, channel estimation becomes more challenging, owing to the increased number of independent transmitter-receiver links to be estimated and the constraint imposed by the rank of the MIMO channel matrix. The proposed scheme provides a reasonable solution to the multiuser MIMO channel estimation problem and multiuser detection in the above-mentioned overloaded scenario.

Two bit estimators, the weighted average bit estimator and shrinkage bit estimator, used in DS-CDMA partial parallel interference cancellation (PPIC) proposed by Divsalar et al. (see IEEE Trans. on Comm., vol.46, no.2, 1998) , are compared. It is shown that the two bit estimators improve the performances by decreasing the power of the residual interferences, remaining in the decision statistic of each stage after interference cancellation, but in different capabilities. We also justify the assumption that the residual interference is Gaussian, under which the two bit estimators are derived by Divsalar et al. Furthermore, theoretical optimal weights of the above two estimators minimizing the BER are derived.

We study partial parallel interference cancellation in a DS-CDMA system with timing errors. We show that by multiplying symbol estimates by a factor less than unity in early stages of cancellation, the performance of parallel cancellation can be improved relative to full ("brute force") cancellation. BER performance is a function of the factor and the "best factor" can be far less than one. In practical systems, timing errors need to be considered. This paper considers the effect of timing errors on the selection of "best factor". We show that due to the timing error the interference cancellation is less reliable and a smaller factor of cancellation need be employed.

This paper proposes a novel time alignment control (TAC) for uplink dynamic parameter controlled orthogonal frequency and time division multiple access (DPC-OF/TDMA), which has been suggested for development of new generation mobile communication system. The purpose of the proposed TAC is reducing an influence of multiple access interference (MAI) by propagation delays (PDs) due to differences of distances between accessing mobile stations (MSs) and an access point (AP). The proposed TAC estimates PDs of all MSs and informs the estimates to them. MSs accessing to AP control their transmission timings according to the informed estimates and compensate PDs. This paper examines the uplink DPC-OF/TDMA with the proposed TAC in term of slot error rate (SER) performances by computer simulation. The result shows that the proposed TAC performs precisely to compensate PDs, and that the uplink DPC-OF/TDMA with proposed TAC enables an equivalent performance to an ideal one under no PDs condition.