Title
Non-coherent rate-splitting for multibeam satellite forward link: practical coding and decoding algorithms
Abstract
Non-Coherent Rate-Splitting (NCRS) was recently proposed as a practical multiuser coding and decoding scheme to increase the spectral efficiency of multibeam satellite communication systems. In this paper, we further study the practical realization of NCRS. We propose a modified coding scheme (${\mathrm {NCRS}}^{*}$) that is robust to a nonzero time offset among beams. In NCRS*, as opposed to NCRS, the beams send independently channel encoded and modulated waveforms.We assess the performance of NCRS* in terms of the achievable rate region. It is shown that NCRS* performs worse than NCRS, but better than or comparable to other competing schemes, which, as opposed to NCRS*, require flexible bandwidth allocation or perfect synchronization at the transmitter. We also propose a new N-MAP algorithm for the practical implementation of NCRS* receivers. Similar to the existing UMAP algorithm, N-MAP takes into account the modulation used by, and the time offset between, the signals received from the different beams. In most cases, however, N-MAP has a significantly lower complexity than U-MAP.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1109/VTC2020-Spring48590.2020.9128740
2020 IEEE 91st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2020-Spring)
DocType
ISBN
Citations 
Conference
978-1-7281-5207-3
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Noels, N.116410.97
M. Moeneclaey21471274.44
T. Ramírez300.34
Carlos Guerrero-Mosquera434641.66
marius caus lopez58714.16
A. Pastore600.34