Iterative multiuser turbo-code receiver for DS-CDMA

A number of different iterative decoding methods are proposed for multiuser interference cancellation in a code-division multiple-access system where turbo-codes are utilized for forward error correction (FEC). The individual users are decoded separately with the operation of iterative interference cancellation being mixed with iterative decoding of the turbo-code. This results in a modest increase in the overall complexity as compared to a conventional single-user receiver utilizing turbo-code for FEC. Numerical results are presented showing that the proposed iterative decoders show an improvement in the bit error rate performance and/or a reduction in the computational complexity as compared to similar previously known methods reported by M.C. Reed et al. (see 8th IEEE Int. Symp. Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun. - PIMRC´97, vol.2, p.740-4, 1997; IEEE Trans. Commun., vol.46, p.1693-9, 1998).