Abstract

Orthogonal multiple access (OMA) such as orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) has been the predominant access technology adopted by the current generation of mobile communication. Representing an evolutionary step in radio access networks, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is considered to be a promising technology to meet the goals of increased capacity, enhanced flexibility, and reduced latency. Pattern division multiple access (PDMA) is a NOMA scheme using resource-element mapping as the multiple-access signature in the symbol level. This article introduces PDMA in a millimeter-wave (mmWave) radio access system with systematic experimental demonstration. One key advantage of PDMA is that it can facilitate advanced parallel interference cancellation (PIC) in the decoding process. A message passing algorithm (MPA) is developed and implemented in this article to enhance the decoding performance of PDMA. A novel PDMA system integrated with MPA is experimentally demonstrated in a multi-user mmWave radio access system that uses radio-over-fiber (RoF) mobile fronthaul, achieving reduced sensitivity penalty and improved modulation spectral efficiency compared to conventional power-domain NOMA (PD-NOMA) with successive interference cancellation (SIC). Experimental results show that PDMA is capable of supporting disparate channel conditions, adapting to various patterns, and providing improved system flexibility.

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