Abstract
Enhanced time-domain spreading is proposed for block-interleaved frequency division multiple access (B-IFDMA) with discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM). By repeating each consecutive modulation symbol prior to the spreading, we show that the DFT of the spreading sequence becomes a window function, which compared to the existing method of repeating the whole block of modulation symbols, offers a signal with both lower cubic metric (CM) and block error rate (BLER). Modulation symbol-specific spreading sequences are further shown to improve the BLER. The new transmission scheme is supported by both time- and frequency domain despreaders, as well as by two channel estimation methods for B-IFDMA.
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