Superconducting multiuser detector for 3G base stations
Anna Kidiyarova-Shevchenko, K. Yu. Platov, Tony Ottosson, Erik G. Ström · Superconductor Science and Technology · 2001
In this paper we discuss the application of rapid single flux quantum (RSFQ) superconducting digital technology for multiuser detection in wideband code division multiple access base stations. The extraordinary speed of the RSFQ circuits allows us to implement one of the most reliable types of multiuser detector, the successive interference canceller (SIC). The RSFQ SIC consists of the partial cross-correlation unit, responsible for the regeneration of the interference at the receiver and linear combinations of the partial cross-correlations using the path gains, and the iterative linear system solver, which removes the interference from the received signal. We expect that the receiver can yield a capacity gain a factor of two greater than that of a conventional receiver. This article was presented at the 8th International Superconductive Electronics Conference, Osaka, Japan, 19-22 June 2001.