MC-CDMA Systems (mc-cdma + system)

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Optimised spreading code redistribution PAPR reduction technique for MC-CDMA systems

EUROPEAN TRANSACTIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Issue 5 2009
Lin Yang
Multicarrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) is one of the most promising techniques considered for future broadband mobile services. However, the high peak to average power ratio (PAPR) problem associated with MC-CDMA systems can significantly degrade the power efficiency at the transmitter. This paper proposes an efficient PAPR reduction technique for the downlink of MC-CDMA systems. It regards the order of the CDMA spreading codes as an extra degree of freedom and exploits it to effectively reduce the PAPR of the signal. The proposed technique requires only slight modification to the MC-CDMA base station and negligible complexity to the mobile terminals. Both lightly loaded and fully loaded systems are examined when using the orthogonal sets of Walsh,Hadamard (WH) and Golay complementary sequences (CSs). It will be demonstrated that the proposed technique achieves significant PAPR reduction with low system complexity at both transmitter and receiver. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


On frequency domain equalization for MC-CDMA in Nakagami fading channels,

EUROPEAN TRANSACTIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Issue 1 2004
Mohammed Abdel-Hafez
In this letter, we evaluate the performance of multicarrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) in terms of average bit error probability (BEP) in Nakagami fading channels. The results are applicable to MC-CDMA systems employing coherent demodulation with maximal-ratio combining (MRC) or equal gain combining (EGC) reception. The effects of fading parameters and number of users are presented. The accuracy of the proposed analysis is demonstrated by computer simulations. The BEP performance of the EGC receiver in the uplink is highly influenced by the fading parameter compared with that of the MRC receiver. The EGC receiver outperforms the MRC receiver in the downlink, but the MRC receiver gives almost the same performance as the EGC in the uplink. Copyright © 2004 AEI [source]


Performance evaluation for asynchronous MC-CDMA systems with a symbol timing offset

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, Issue 4 2009
Myonghee Park
Abstract This paper models a symbol timing offset (STO) with respect to the guard period and the maximum access delay time for asynchronous multicarrier-code division multiple access systems over frequency-selective multipath fading channels. Analytical derivation shows that STO causes desired signal power degradation and generates self-interferences. This effect of the STO on the average bit error rate (BER) and the effective signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is evaluated using the semi-analytical method, and the approximated BER and the SNR loss caused by STO are then obtained as closed-form expressions. The tightness between the semi-analytical result and the approximated one is verified for the different STOs and SNRs. Furthermore, the derived analytical results are verified via Monte Carlo simulations. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Comparison of coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing and multicarrier code division multiple access systems for power line communications

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, Issue 9 2004
P. L. Katsis
Abstract Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and multicarrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) systems are comparatively evaluated for power line communications (PLC) in a frequency-selective fading environment with additive coloured Gaussian noise which is used to model the actual in-home power line channel. OFDM serves as a benchmark in order to measure the performance of various MC-CDMA systems, since multicarrier modulation systems are considered the best candidate for this kind of channel. Both single-user and multi-user cases are taken into account, making use of the appropriate combiner schemes to take full advantage of each case. System efficiency is enhanced by the application of different coding techniques, a fact which shows that powerful coding can make the difference under such a hostile medium. The impact of block interleaving is investigated, while the simulation examines how different modulation schemes fair under the imposed channel conditions as well. The performance of the system is assessed by the commonly used bit error rate vs signal-to-noise ratio diagrams and there is also a comparison regarding throughput efficiency among all the tested systems. As stated in Section 4, a promising PLC application is attained. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]