Cancellation accuracy in CDMA pilot interference cancellation

Pilot interference cancellation (IC) in mobile receivers has recently gained attention for CDMA cellular networks. In this paper we address the accuracy of the pilot interference cancellation at the receiver. In doing so, we consider the effects of channel estimation, timing estimation, receiver tap-spacing granularity, and the other receiver imperfections. The analytical and simulation results illustrate that high cancellation accuracy is feasible for the pilot IC receiver. These result indicate that the significant potential capacity gains reported in [3GPP TR 25.99, 2001, J.S. Sadowski et al., 2003] for pilot IC, are achievable under realistic receiver conditions.