Overview of multicarrier CDMA

The authors present an overview of new multiple access schemes based on a combination of code division and multicarrier techniques, such as multicarrier code-division multiple access (MC-CDMA), multicarrier direct sequence CDMA (multicarrier DS-CDMA), and multitone CDMA (MT-CDMA)     

Spectral efficiency of multicarrier CDMA

We analyze the spectral efficiency (sum-rate per subcarrier) of randomly spread synchronous multicarrier code-division multiple access (MC-CDMA) subject to frequency-selective fading in the asymptotic regime of number of users and bandwidth going to infinity with a constant ratio. Both uplink and downlink are considered, either conditioned on the subcarrier fading coefficients (for nonergodic channels) or unconditioned thereon (for ergodic channels). The following receivers are analyzed: a) jointly optimum receiver, b) linear minimum mean-square error (MMSE) receiver, c) decorrelator, and d) single-user matched filter.     

MMSE detection of multicarrier CDMA

Minimum mean-squared error (MMSE) detection of multicarrier code-division multiple-access (CDMA) signals is investigated. The theoretical performance of two different design strategies for MMSE detection are compared. In one case, the MMSE filters are designed separately for each carrier, while in the other case the optimization of the filters is done jointly. Naturally, the joint optimization produces a better receiver, but the difference in performance is shown to be substantial. The multicarrier CDMA performance is then compared to that of a single-carrier CDMA system on a frequency-selective fading channel. A mechanism is then developed to track the channel fading parameters for all the users' signals so that joint optimization of the receiver filters is possible in a time-varying channel. Simulation results show that the performance of this receiver is close to ideal theoretical results for moderate vehicle speeds. The performance begins to degrade when the normalized Doppler rate is higher than about 1%     

Spectral overlay of multicarrier CDMA on existing CDMA mobilesystems

A spectral overlay of a narrow-band code division multiple access (CDMA) system and a wide-band multicarrier CDMA system is considered as a means for existing CDMA mobile networks to evolve into a future CDMA network. The achievable joint capacity of the overlaid system is provided and compared with that of another network evolution strategy of spectrally overlaying wide-band single-carrier CDMA to the existing CDMA systems     

Interleaving scheme for multicarrier CDMA system

In MultiCarrier Code-Division Multiple-Access (MC-CDMA) system,the received signals scattered in the frequency domain are combined to get frequency diversity gain.However,the frequency diversity gain is limited because of correlation between subcarriers.A novel interleaving scheme for MC-CDMA system is proposed in this paper.A circular shifting register is introduced into each subcarrier branch to decrease the correlation between subcarriers.By using interleaving,frequency diversity gain of system is increased.System structure and model with interleaver are discussed.In the case of multiple users,Parallel Interference Cancellation (PIC) technique is also introduced.Computer simulations demonstrate the performance of proposed scheme,and the performance comparison of MC-CDMA with interleaver and conventional MC-CDMA system is shown as well.     

Spreading sequences for multicarrier CDMA systems

The paper contains an analysis of the basic criteria for the selection of spreading sequences for the multicarrier CDMA (MC-CDMA) systems with spectrum spreading in the frequency domain. It is shown that the time-domain crosscorrelation function between the spreading sequences is not a proper interference measure for the asynchronous MC-CDMA users. Therefore, the spectral correlation function is introduced and, together with the crest factor and the dynamic range of the corresponding multicarrier waveforms, is used for the evaluation of MC-CDMA sequences. Some well-known classes of sequences, such as Walsh, Gold, orthogonal Gold, and Zadoff-Chu sequences, as well as Legandre and Golay complementary sequences, are evaluated with respect to the aforementioned basic criteria. It is also shown that the crest factors of the multicarrier spread spectrum waveforms based on the multilevel Huffman sequences are very close to or even lower than the crest factor of a single sine wave     

Performance of multicarrier DS CDMA systems

In this paper, we apply a multicarrier signaling technique to a direct-sequence CDMA system, where a data sequence multiplied by a spreading sequence modulates multiple carriers, rather than a single carrier. The receiver provides a correlator for each carrier, and the outputs of the correlators are combined with a maximal-ratio combiner. This type of signaling has the desirable properties of exhibiting a narrowband interference suppression effect, along with robustness to fading, without requiring the use of either an explicit RAKE structure or an interference suppression filter. We use bandlimited spreading waveforms to prevent self-interference, and we evaluate system performance over a frequency selective Rayleigh channel in the presence of partial band interference; we also compare system performance with that of a single-carrier RAKE system     

Receiver design in multicarrier direct-sequence CDMA communications

Multicarrier direct-sequence code-division multiple access (MC-DS-CDMA) has emerged recently as a promising candidate for the next generation broad-band mobile networks. We consider the design of multiuser receivers for MC-DS-CDMA communications over fading channels. We present a class of spreading codes that enables the simple despreading-combining receiver to achieve the performance of the optimum multiuser linear receiver. These codes are shown to be optimum for independent fading channels under a code design criterion derived. Also derived are analytic solutions of optimum spreading codes for any given channel fading statistics. Simulation results are provided to demonstrate the significant gains in performance and simplicity due to the proposed techniques     

Receiver design for wavelet-based multicarrier CDMA communications

Wavelet packets have good properties such as orthogonality and multirate flexibility, and have resulted in a number of works for its applications to code-division multiple-access (CDMA) communications. In this paper we investigate the use of a special set of the wavelet packets, i.e., the waveforms formed from a full binary wavelet packet tree, in multicarrier CDMA systems. In the conventional multicarrier CDMA systems, a simple frequency-domain combining receiver is commonly used to achieve frequency diversity. To combat multipath channel effects, guard intervals are inserted between consecutive symbols. On the other hand, wavelet packets have the property of localization in both time and frequency domains. A novel receiver design utilizing this property to achieve both frequency and time diversity is proposed and evaluated in this paper. This receiver eliminates the need for guard intervals. Simulations are given to support the system and receiver design. This analysis can be extended to the more general wavelet packet basis waveform sets.     

Robust multiuser detection for multicarrier CDMA systems

Multiuser detection (MUD) for code-division multiple-access (CDMA) systems usually relies on some a priori channel estimates, which are obtained either blindly or by using training sequences, and the covariance matrix of the received signal, usually replaced by the sample covariance matrix. However, such prior estimates are often affected by errors that are typically ignored in subsequent detection. In this paper, we present robust channel estimation and MUD techniques for multicarrier (MC) CDMA by explicitly taking into account such estimation errors. The proposed techniques are obtained by optimizing the worst case performance over two bounded uncertainty sets pertaining to the two types of estimation errors. We show that although the estimation errors associated with the prior channel estimate and the sample covariance matrix are generally not bounded, it is beneficial to optimize the worst case performance over properly chosen bounded uncertainty sets determined by a parameter called bounding probability. At a slightly higher computational complexity, our proposed robust detectors are shown to yield improved performance over the standard detectors that ignore the prior estimation errors.     

多载波CDMA系统仿真与性能分析

多载波CDMA是OFDM和CDMA结合的综合技术,兼有OFDM和CDMA的优点,可以在无线信道中传送高速数据流,在频谱效率、频率分集、抗多径干扰等方面都能获得较大好处。首先介绍了OFDM的基本原理,给出MC-CDMA的系统模型,然后通过仿真,比较了OFDM系统和MC-CDMA系统的误码性能。结果表明,MC-CDMA系统性能优于OFDM系统,说明了OFDM和CDMA技术结合的必要性。     

Extended orthogonal polyphase codes for multicarrier CDMA system

The Complete Complementary (CC) codes have been able to improve the performance of multicarrier CDMA system for both downlink and uplink transmission. However, the number of users supported by CC code design is limited as its family size is relatively small. In this letter, an extension to CC codes using Zadoff-Chu sequence is proposed. The proposed codes are able to support large number of users and have perfect auto- and cross-correlation function just like CC codes.     

Transmitter and receiver optimization in multicarrier CDMA systems

We consider transmitter and receiver optimization in multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) systems under Rayleigh fading channels. Receiver optimization is performed in a decentralized manner, while transmitter optimization can be performed through either centralized or decentralized control of the powers of different carriers. Results show that when the number of users is smaller than or equal to the number of carriers, each transmitter often tends to concentrate its power on a different carrier which does not suffer deep fading. The MC-CDMA system then tends to a frequency-division multiple-access system with near-optimal frequency assignment. When the number of users gets large, each user tends to choose more than one carrier, which do not suffer deep fading, while interference suppression is performed across the chosen carriers by the corresponding receiver     

Receiver design for multicarrier CDMA using frequency-domain oversampling

Based on the frequency-domain oversampling and minimum mean-square error (MMSE) principles, we propose three linear single-user detectors for downlink multicarrier codedivision multiple-access (MC-CDMA) systems. We begin with an optimal linear MMSE detector, which is computationally demanding. To reduce the complexity, a two-stage MMSE detector and a diagonal one-stage MMSE detector are developed subsequently. Simulation results show that the proposed detectors can efficiently suppress the multiple access interference (MAI) caused by frequency-selective fading, near-far effect, frequency offset, and nonlinear power amplification.     

Successive interference cancellation in multicarrier DS/CDMA

In this paper, we present a successive interference cancellation (SIC) scheme for a multicarrier (MC) direct-sequence code-division multiple-access (CDMA) system, using band-limited spreading waveforms to prevent self-interference. In every subband, the SIC receiver successively detects the interferers' signals and substracts them from the user-of-interest. A comparison is made among SIC, a minimum mean-squared error (MMSE) receiver, and matched filter (MF) detection with maximal-ratio combining (MRC). We also consider suboptimal combining using pilot symbol-assisted modulation (PSAM) to make the system more realistic. Analytic bit-error probabilities for SIC, MMSE, and MF in correlated Rayleigh fading channels are derived. The theoretical results for SIC, MMSE, and MF are shown to agree well with simulations. In particular, SIC and MMSE are shown to achieve better performance than MF with MRC; when the number of users is small, SIC provides better performance than does MMSE. Further, the correlation among different subcarriers is studied, and only large subcarrier correlation coefficients result in an obvious worsening of performance. Finally, we derive results for the performance degradation that an SIC scheme experiences in MC CDMA due to phase and timing tracking errors. It is shown that SIC can still retain a performance advantage over MF-MRC, although the advantage of SIC decreases with increasing tracking errors, especially when subcarrier correlation coefficients are small     

MMSE receiver for multicarrier CDMA overlay in ultra-wide-band communications

Multicarrier direct-sequence code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) overlay has been proposed to be used for ultra-wide-band (UWB) communications. Interference reduction and interference suppression are the key issues for sharing the spectrum in harmony between the established narrow-band systems and the overlaid UWB system. In this paper, investigation is carried out on the use of compromising measures incorporated to the MC-CDMA overlay to meet these goals, as well as on their impacts to the involving parties. At the transmitter, interference reduction to the established narrow-band systems is done by using notch filters. A multipath Nakagami fading channel is assumed. At the receiver, the interference suppression from those narrow-band systems is fulfilled by minimum mean square error (MMSE) detection technique. Numerical results show that precombining MMSE with selective-maximal combining provides the UWB system with much better performance than the receiver made up of notch filter in cascade with code correlator.     

Blind multiuser detection for V-BLAST coded multicarrier CDMA system

Focusing on the space-time coded multiuser mobile communication systems in the frequencyselective fading environment, this paper proposes a Vertical Bell labs LAyered Space-Time （V-BLAST） coded Multicarrier Code-Division Multiple-Access （MC-CDMA） scheme and its blind channel identification algorithm. This algorithm employs an ESPRIT-like method and the singular value decomposition, and the channels between every transmit antenna of every user and every receive antenna of the base station are blindly estimated with a closed-form solution. Based on it, an equivalent Minimum Mean-Squared Error （MMSE） time-domain multiuser detector is derived. Moreover, the proposed scheme exploits the precoding in the transmitter in order to eliminate the constraint of more receive antennas than transmit ones, required by most conventional V-BLAST codec schemes. Computer simulation results demonstrate the validity of this proposed scheme.     

Hierarchical wideband multicarrier CDMA systems: reverse link analysis

The reverse link performance of hierarchical wideband multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) systems is studied. An MC-CDMA system divides the system bandwidth into several equal narrow subbands that are used to transmit multiple signal waveforms in parallel. MC-CDMA systems are known to be robust to multipath fading and narrowband interference. We propose a hierarchical MC-CDMA system where the microcell(s) occupies a fraction of the available subbands. It is shown that such an architecture is a viable way of supporting microcell traffic while protecting the existing macrocell traffic. The effects of microcell Nakagami fading and power control error are also studied.     

Tight error bounds for asynchronous multicarrier CDMA and theirapplication

Upper and lower bounds on the average bit error rate for binary phase-shift keying (BPSK), asynchronous multicarrier (MC)-CDMA communications using coherent detection are derived. The bounds can be made very tight by adjusting a parameter in the computation and this is demonstrated by numerical examples. Based on the derived bounds it is shown by numerical examples that the performance of asynchronous MC-CDMA using Zadoff-Chu sequences is better than that using Walsh codes     

Performance of orthogonal multicarrier CDMA in a multipath fadingchannel

A new multicarrier direct sequence code-division multiple-access (DS-CDMA) system is proposed. Transmitted data bits are serial to parallel converted to a number of parallel branches. On each branch each bit is direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DS-SS) modulated and transmitted using orthogonal carriers. This procedure provides the following advantages: the transmission bandwidth is more efficiently utilized, the effect of frequency selective multipath interference can be mitigated, and frequency/time diversity is achieved. The system is analyzed with both a conventional matched-filter (MF) receiver and a RAKE receiver for each carrier. The performance is compared to that of the conventional single carrier system with RAKE receiver. It is shown that the multicarrier system is able to out-perform the RAKE receiver when the system parameters are selected properly