Frequency-Domain Equalization for Broadband Single-Carrier Multiple Access

Fumiyuki ADACHI  Hiromichi TOMEBA  Kazuki TAKEDA 

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications  Vol.E92-B  No.5  pp.1441-1456
Publication Date: 2009/05/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Radio Access Techniques for 3G Evolution)
Category: INVITED
Keyword: 
single-carrier,  frequency-domain equalization,  frequency-selective channel,  wireless systems, 

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Summary: 
Single-carrier (SC) multiple access is a promising uplink multiple access technique because of its low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) property and high frequency diversity gain that is achievable through simple one-tap frequency-domain equalization (FDE) in a strong frequency-selective channel. The multiple access capability can be obtained by combining either frequency division multiple access (FDMA) or code division multiple access (CDMA) with SC transmission. In this article, we review the recent research on the SC multiple access techniques with one-tap FDE. After introducing the principle of joint FDE/antenna diversity combining, we review various SC multiple access techniques with one-tap FDE, i.e., SC-FDMA, SC-CDMA, block spread CDMA, and delay-time/CDMA.