Design and Performance Analysis of Multiuser CPM With Single User Detection

Journal article, 2016

This paper focuses on the design and performance analysis of single user detectable multiuser systems based upon continuous phase modulation. This problem is formulated as a special application of mismatched receiver theory, where a closed-form expression for achievable Euclidean distance can be derived. This expression inspires the constructions of two classes of spectrally efficient multiuser designs: nonorthogonal and orthogonal designs. They are both confirmed to offer strong robustness against nonlinear hardware impairment in downlink and uplink transmissions, but differ in spectral efficiency, complexity and achievable minimum Euclidean distance. Moreover, the proposed designs are able to reduce the convergence threshold in serially concatenated multiuser systems. As a general approach to constructing orthogonal and near-orthogonal signals, the proposed techniques find potential applications in multiantenna systems, and full-duplex communications. Compared with existing continuous phase modulated multiuser designs, the proposed techniques offer improved spectral efficiency and significantly reduced detection complexity.