Title :
A new block Markov coding strategy for pairwise and collective cooperation in the three user MAC
Author :
Edemen, Cagatay ; Kaya, Ozgur
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Isik Univ., Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract :
For a three user cooperative multiple access channel (MAC), we propose a new block Markov superposition encoding strategy, which enables all three users to cooperate collectively as well as in pairs. We obtain the resulting achievable rate expressions and compare them with existing two and three user cooperative strategies. We demonstrate that significant rate gains may be possible, without resorting to adaptive encoding/decoding techniques. We investigate the contributions from pairwise and collective cooperation signals while achieving tuples on the rate region boundary, and compare by simulations the sum rates achievable by two user versus three user grouping in cooperative MACs with fixed total resources.
Keywords :
Markov processes; block codes; cooperative communication; multi-access systems; signal processing; block Markov superposition encoding strategy; collective cooperation signals; cooperative MACs; pairwise cooperation signals; rate region boundary; sum rates; three user MAC; three user cooperative multiple access channel; three user grouping; user cooperative strategy; Decoding; Encoding; Fading; Markov processes; Receivers; Relays; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Networking (BlackSeaCom), 2013 First International Black Sea Conference on
Conference_Location :
Batumi
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0857-8
DOI :
10.1109/BlackSeaCom.2013.6623400