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System and method for increasing throughput in a multiuser detection based multiple access communications system

US7269223B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 16, 2003
Grant dateSep 11, 2007
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/10
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is a digital communication method that increases the overall throughput of a Multiuser Detection (MUD)-based co-channel multiple access (MA) system in terms of the total number of bits transmitted through the shared medium by all the users of the MA system if signals are allowed to interfere. The total number of users can be increased if more dimensions are used for assigning the transmitted signals and the same dimensions are measured at the receiver. Specifically, the present invention does not require any coordination among transmitters but simply requires a transmitter to send its signal with either a randomly chosen polarization ellipse, or an assigned or randomly chosen amplitude level.

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