Precoding for the Sparsely Spread MC-CDMA Downlink with Discrete-Alphabet Inputs

Sparse signatures have been proposed for the code-division multiple-access (CDMA) uplink to reduce multiuser detection complexity, but they have not yet been fully exploited for its downlink counterpart. In this paper, we propose multicarrier CDMA (MC-CDMA) downlink communication whereby regular sparse signatures are deployed in the frequency domain. Taking the symbol detection point of view, the authors formulate a problem appropriate for the downlink with discrete alphabets as inputs. The solution to the problem provides a power-efficient precoding algorithm for the base station (BS), subject to minimum symbol error probability (SEP) requirements at the mobile stations (MSs). In the algorithm, signature sparsity is shown to be crucial for reducing precoding complexity. Numerical results confirm system-load-dependent power reduction gain from the proposed precoding over the zero-forcing (ZF) precoding and the regularized ZF (RZF) precoding with optimized regularization parameter under the same SEP targets. For a fixed system load, it is also demonstrated that sparse MC-CDMA with a proper choice of sparsity level attains almost the same power efficiency and link throughput as that of dense MC-CDMA yet with reduced precoding complexity due to the sparse signatures.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2016.2551726
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2017, IEEE.
• Authors:
  • Li, Min
  • Liu, Chunshan
  • Hanly, Stephen V
• Publication Date: 2017-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 1116-1129
• Serial:
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • Volume: 66
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • ISSN: 0018-9545
  • Serial URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=25

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Code division multiple access; Coding systems; Links (Networks); Mobile communication systems; Transmission errors and interference
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01629783
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 17 2017 2:58PM