Optimized non-orthogonal multiplexing in Peak Power Limited Channels

In this paper, we investigate the performance of optimized non-orthogonal modulation schemes and compare the results with orthogonal time division multiplexing assuming a peak power limited AWGN channel. We show that significant gains can be achieved by properly designing the constellation set, specially in the presence of large SNIR imbalance between the user’s link quality. We introduce two realistic case studies and present the results for each scenario.