Hybrid orthogonal/random multiple access scheme with improved performance for downlink CDMA systems

In this paper, a hybrid orthogonal and random multiple access scheme with improved performance for capacity-enhanced downlink Code-Division Multiple-Access (CDMA) systems is presented, which is in fact a combination of the conventional orthogonal spreading scheme and the synchronous Interleave Division Multiple Access (IDMA) scheme. The proposed scheme can achieve near single user performance for very large number of users by the iterative turbo like detection. Analysis and simulation results show that the proposed scheme performs better than the synchronous IDMA scheme for the same time complexity. Meanwhile, larger capacity can be provided compared with the conventional orthogonal schemes.