SISO and MIMO analog network coding relay architectures for the uplink of LTE-Advanced

Analog network coding has been successfully employed in conventional two way relaying systems. However, analog two way relaying is successful when the two sender and destination nodes are symmetric. In practical cellular-based mobile communication systems of the likes of Long Term Evolution (LTE), the system is composed of several powerful base-stations and low power users´ equipment. Applying classical two way relaying will cause unbearable interference. In this paper we propose applying network coding between two user equipment in the same cell in the uplink direction. We investigate Single Input Single Output (SISO) and Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) models for this scenario. We also study the effect of interference of other nodes in surrounding cells.