Uplink detection method and device in non-orthogonal multiple access system, and base station

• US 10,708,888 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2016
• Issued: 07/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Company Limited (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: China Academy of Telecom Technology (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ren, Bin, Kang, Shaoli, Liu, Hao, Song, Yang, Gao, Qiubin
• Primary Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lalchinthang, Vanneilian
• Application Number:
  US15/750,826
• Publication Number:
  US 20180234948A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,439 Days
• Field of Search: 370330
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0224 using sounding signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/08 Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA hybrid access H04W74/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an uplink detection method and device in a NOMA system. The method includes: performing pilot activation detection on each terminal in a first terminal set corresponding to a NOMA transmission unit block repeatedly until a detection end condition is met, wherein the first terminal set includes terminals that may transmit uplink data on the NOMA transmission unit block; performing channel estimation on each terminal in a second terminal set that determined through the pilot activation detection within each repetition period, wherein the second terminal set includes terminals that have actually transmitted uplink data on the NOMA transmission unit block; and detecting and decoding a data channel of each terminal in the second terminal set within each repetition period.

Claims

1. An uplink detection method in a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system, comprising:

performing pilot activation detection on each terminal in a first terminal set corresponding to an NOMA transmission unit block repeatedly until a detection end condition is met, wherein the first terminal set comprises terminals that may transmit uplink data on the NOMA transmission unit block, and the NOMA transmission unit block comprises all NOMA basic transmission units occupying a same time-frequency resource in a same NOMA pattern matrix;

performing, on the time-frequency resource of the NOMA transmission unit block, channel estimation on each terminal in a second terminal set determined through the pilot activation detection within each repetition period, wherein the second terminal set comprises terminals that have actually transmitted the uplink data on the NOMA transmission unit block; and

detecting and decoding a data channel according to a channel estimation result of each terminal in the second terminal set within each repetition period and an uplink data signal on the time-frequency resource of the NOMA transmission unit block;

wherein the step of performing pilot activation detection on each terminal in the first terminal set corresponding to an NOMA transmission unit block comprises;

performing, based on a pilot signal received power or a pilot-signal correlation, the pilot activation detection on each terminal in the first terminal set corresponding to the NOMA transmission unit block;

wherein the performing, based on the pilot signal received power or the pilot-signal correlation, the pilot activation detection on each terminal in the first terminal set corresponding to the NOMA transmission unit block comprises;

performing least squares LS channel estimation on a pilot signal on the NOMA transmission unit block in a frequency domain, to obtain a frequency domain LS channel estimation value;

converting the frequency domain LS channel estimation value to a time domain channel estimation value;

determining a detection statistic value and a judgment threshold of interference noise power according to the time domain channel estimation value; and

determining the second terminal set according to the detection statistic value and the judgment threshold of the interference noise power;

or

determining an autocorrelation matrix of a pilot signal on each uplink subcarrier of the time-frequency resource of the NOMA transmission unit block;

determining an average value of autocorrelation matrices of the pilot signals on all uplink subcarriers of the time-frequency resource of the NOMA transmission unit block;

determining a maximum eigenvalue and a minimum eigenvalue of the average value; and

determining the second terminal set according to the maximum eigenvalue and the minimum eigenvalue.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the detection end condition comprises at least one of:

that a number of repetition times of the pilot activation detection reaches a threshold number of repetition times;

that the second terminal sets determined through the pilot activation detection within at least two repetition periods are the same; and

that a relative difference ratio of pilot prior existence probabilities determined by detecting and decoding the data channel within at least two repetition periods is not greater than a predetermined relative difference ratio threshold.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the terminals in the first terminal set comprise a terminal of an own cell and a terminal of an adjacent cell.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the terminals in the first terminal set comprise a terminal of an own cell and a terminal of an adjacent cell.

4. A base station, comprising a processor, a transceiver and a memory, wherein

the processor is configured to read programs in the memory so as to:

perform pilot activation detection on each terminal in a first terminal set corresponding to an non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) transmission unit block repeatedly until a detection end condition is met, wherein the first terminal set comprises terminals that may transmit uplink data on the NOMA transmission unit block,

perform, on a time-frequency resource of the NOMA transmission unit block, channel estimation on each terminal in a second terminal set determined through the pilot activation detection within each repetition period, wherein the second terminal set comprises terminals that have actually transmitted the uplink data on the NOMA transmission unit block, and

detect and decode a data channel according to a channel estimation result of each terminal in the second terminal set within each repetition period and an uplink data signal on the time-frequency resource of the NOMA transmission unit block;

the transceiver is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor; and

the memory is configured to store therein data for the operation of the processor;

wherein in the case that the pilot activation detection is performed on each terminal in the first terminal set corresponding to the NOMA transmission unit block, the processor is further configured to read the programs in the memory, so as to;

perform, based on a pilot signal received power or a pilot-signal correlation, the pilot activation detection on each terminal in the first terminal set corresponding to the NOMA transmission unit block;

wherein in the case that the pilot activation detection is performed on each terminal in the first terminal set corresponding to the NOMA transmission unit block, the processor is configured to read the programs in the memory, so as to;

perform least squares LS channel estimation on a pilot signal on the NOMA transmission unit block in a frequency domain, to obtain a frequency domain LS channel estimation value;

convert the frequency domain LS channel estimation value to a time domain channel estimation value;

determine a detection statistic value and a judgment threshold of interference noise power according to the time domain channel estimation value; and

determine the second terminal set according to the detection statistic value and the judgment threshold of the interference noise power;

or

determine an autocorrelation matrix of a pilot signal on each uplink subcarrier of the time-frequency resource of the NOMA transmission unit block;

determine an average value of autocorrelation matrices of pilot signals on all uplink subcarriers of the time-frequency resource of the NOMA transmission unit block;

determine a maximum eigenvalue and a minimum eigenvalue of the average value; and

determine the second terminal set according to the maximum eigenvalue and the minimum eigenvalue.

5. The base station according to claim 4, wherein the detection end condition comprises at least one of:

that a number of repetition times of the pilot activation detection reaches a threshold number of repetition times;

that the second terminal sets determined by through the pilot activation detection within at least two repetition periods are the same; and

that a relative difference ratio of pilot prior existence probabilities determined by detecting and decoding the data channel within at least two repetition periods is not greater than a predetermined relative difference ratio threshold.

6. The base station according to claim 4, wherein the terminals in the first terminal set comprise a terminal of an own cell and a terminal of an adjacent cell.

8. The base station according to claim 5, wherein the terminals in the first terminal set comprise a terminal of an own cell and a terminal of an adjacent cell.