Channel Estimation for Uplink SCMA Systems with Reduced Training Blocks

Jehyun Heo, Insik Jung, Taehyung Kim, Hyunsoo Kim, Daesik Hong

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Abstract

Sparse code multiple access (SCMA) is the most prominent non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) scheme considered as massive connectivity. Because SCMA users transmit information using the same time-frequency resources, properly estimating each user's channel information is a challenging issue. In this paper, we propose a channel estimator in the uplink SCMA system. We design a pilot structure based on a cyclically shifted Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence. The proposed algorithm using the autocorrelation property of the ZC sequence separates each user's channel information and estimates each user's channel frequency response. In addition, we calculate the number of required training blocks and prove that the number of training blocks in the proposed algorithm is lower than the number of needed in conventional channel estimation techniques. In simulation results, we compare the mean squared error (MSE) of the proposed algorithm with conventional approaches.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE 87th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2018 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-5
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538663554
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Jul 20
Event87th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2018 - Porto, Portugal
Duration: 2018 Jun 32018 Jun 6

Publication series

NameIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
Volume2018-June
ISSN (Print)1550-2252

Other

Other87th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2018
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period18/6/318/6/6

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (NRF-2015R1A2A1A01006162) and in part by Institute for Information & communications Technology Promotion(IITP) grant funded by the Korea government(MSIP) (No. 2016-0-00181, Development on the core technologies of transmission, modulation and coding with low-power and low-complexity for massive connectivity in the IoT environment)

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics

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