Discrimination Against Partially Overlapping Interference--Its Effect on Throughput in Frequency-Hopped Multiple Access Channels

In this paper we derive the probability of correct packet reception and the resulting channel throughput achievable in an asynchronous slow-frequency-hopped multiple user channel. Reed-Solomon coding is used to correct errors caused by other-user interference in an otherwise noiseless channel. We analyze and evaluate an -ary FSK signaling scheme, which permits the discrimination against interfering signals that are present for a sufficiently small fraction of the hop duration, and results in substantial increases in channel throughput over previous models.