Adaptive detection of DS/CDMA signals in fading channels Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This paper examines the behavior of the minimum mean-squared error (MMSE) receiver in frequency-nonselectivefading channels. It is noted that the MMSE receiver will often lose phase lock on the desired signal when the desired signal dips into a deep fade. A modification to the MMSE receiver is presented which is demonstrated to function quite nicely in flat-fading channels. Analytical results for the modified MMSE receiver are presented and found to agree very well with simulation results. These analytical results are then compared to the theoretical performance of the conventional (i.e., correlator) receiver in terms of both bitor rate (BER) and capacity. As expected, the modified MMSE receiver was found to offer a substantial improvement in both BER and capacity. Finally, a simple empirically derived formula is given which will give a good approximation to the BER of the modified MMSE receiver in a Rayleigh-fading environment. This formula can also be used to determine the number of users a given system can support. It is noted that as Eb/N0 grows, it is quite feasible to approach 100% channel utilization with the MMSE receiver, whereas a conventional receiver is typically limited to a utilization of 10%-20%. 1998 IEEE.

published proceedings

  • IEEE Transactions on Communications

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Barbosa, A. N., & Miller, S. L.

citation count

  • 77

publication date

  • December 1998