Multi-Shot Approach to Multiuser Separation and Interference Suppression in Asynchronous CDMA

Abstract

In this work, we present a new, computationally simple scheme (termed multi-shot approach) to separate and detect multiuser signals in an asynchronous code-division multiple-access (CDMA) communications system. By exploring the structure inherent in the matrix decomposition of properly arranged data, obtained from multi-shot matched filtering, we propose a near-far resistant multiuser detector. The proposed multiuser detector combines the multiple snapshots of matched filter outputs through a matrix filtering and de-biasing processing, revealed from the structure inherent in properly arranged data, prior to the final stage of decision making. Simulation results demonstrate the superior performance of the newly proposed computationally efficient detection scheme in comparison with other existing methods of comparable complexity.