Successive interference cancellation in multiple data rate DS/CDMA systems

Analyses a successive interference cancellation (IC) scheme for M-ary QAM modulation in direct sequence code division multiple access (DS/CDMA) systems. The performance under Rayleigh fading is analysed for single modulation systems and systems employing either of two different methods, mixed modulation or parallel channels, for handling multiple data rates. The authors show that the successive IC scheme for higher modulation together with mixed modulation or parallel channels give a considerable increase in performance and flexibility compared to single modulation systems employing a conventional detector