Initial ranging code detector for IEEE 802.16-compliant TDD OFDMA systems

Initial ranging (IR) involves detecting the binary phase shift keying (BPSK) code transmitted by the new subscriber station (SS). In this paper, we formulate a simple detector using the Neyman-Pearson theorem (NPT) for single-code detection in IEEE 802.16-compliant time division duplex (TDD) orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems. Exploiting the BPSK structure in the ranging code together with the time-invariant channel, a novel method for separating multiple ranging codes is presented. The NPT-based detector is then used to detect the separated codes. The proposed detector is computationally simple and has favorable detection performance for practical implementation.