Detecting the Number of Active Users in IRSA Access Protocols

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Abstract

We develop a maximum a posteriori detector for the number of unrecovered users in coded random access systems based on the irregular repeat slotted Aloha (IRSA) protocol, where each user transmits in random slots multiple packet replicas whose number (known as the user degree) is drawn according to a given probability mass function and where successive interference cancellation (SIC) is exploited at the receiver. The detector is capable to track over SIC iterations the a posteriori probability distribution of a vector whose elements are the numbers of not yet recovered active users of the various degrees. Numerical results are provided to illustrate the capability of the detection algorithm to considerably reduce the mean square error on the number of active users, taking advantage of the iterative SIC process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE 29th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1972-1976
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538660096
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Dec 2018
Event29th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2018 - Bologna, Italy
Duration: 9 Sep 201812 Sep 2018

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC
Volume2018-September

Conference

Conference29th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2018
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityBologna
Period9/09/1812/09/18

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