Multiuser detection for DS-CDMA systems in non-Gaussian channels

An adaptive multi-user detector was developed for direct-sequence code division multiple access(DS-CDMA)systems corrupted by non-Gaussian channel noise,which can be quite detrimental to the performance of the multi-user detectors based on classical white Gaussian assumption.This receiver simultaneously combats multiple-access interference(MAI)and non-Gaussian impulsive noise.The channel parameters are estimated and transmitted signals are jointly detected by a simple recursive algorithm derived from the EM/SAGE algorithm.Analytical and simulation results show that the proposed technique is robust with wider applicability than conventional multi-user detectors in terms of near-far resistance and bit-error ratio(BER)when either MAI or non-Gaussian impulsive noise is dominant.