A novel graph-based soft interference cancellation algorithm for FDM-CPM satellite systems

We consider a frequency division multiplexed (FDM) satellite system where each user employs a continuous phase modulation (CPM), serially concatenated with an outer code through an interleaver, and iterative detection/decoding. In such a system, the spectral efficiency can be increased by reducing the spacing between two adjacent channels, thus increasing the relevant interference. Hence, we address the design of low-complexity suboptimal multiuser detectors able to effectively cope with such an interference. We extend some well known multiuser detection algorithms proposed for code division multiple access (CDMA) systems. Moreover, we introduce a new detection scheme using the framework based on factor graphs (FGs) and the sum-product algorithm (SPA). The simulation results show that the described algorithms allow to effectively reduce the spacing, thus increasing the spectral efficiency, and in particular, the proposed detection scheme results to be the most effective one in terms of performance and computational complexity.