Content for TR 38.812 Word version: 16.0.0
2 References
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
4 Deployment scenarios
5 Uplink NOMA transmission side processing
6 Uplink NOMA receivers
7 Procedures related to NOMA
8 Link level performance evaluation
9 System level performance evaluation
10 Conclusions
A simulation scenarios and assumptions
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2 References p. 6
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations p. 9
4 Deployment scenarios p. 10
5 Uplink NOMA transmission side processing p. 10
5.1 Candidate MA signatures p. 10
5.1.1 Bit level processing based p. 10
5.1.2 Symbol level processing p. 11
5.1.3 UE-specific sparse RE mapping p. 15
5.1.4 OFDM symbol staggered transmission pattern p. 16
5.2 Auxiliary features related to MA signatures p. 16
6 Uplink NOMA receivers p. 18
7 Procedures related to NOMA p. 26
8 Link level performance evaluation p. 26
9 System level performance evaluation p. 54
9.1 Performance metrics p. 54
9.2 Evaluation results p. 56
10 Conclusions p. 65
A simulation scenarios and assumptions p. 69
A.1 Link level simulation assumptions p. 69
A.1.1 Simulation assumptions for link level evaluations. p. 69
A.1.2 Link level evaluation assumptions for calibration purpose p. 70
A.2 Link-to-system modelling p. 81
A.2.1 Link-to-system mapping for MMSE-Hard IC receiver p. 81
A.2.2 Link-to-system mapping for ESE-SISO receiver p. 88
A.2.3 Link-to-system mapping for EPA-hybrid IC and MMSE-Hard IC receiver p. 90
A.3 System level simulation assumptions p. 97
A.3.1 Simulation assumptions for system level evaluations. p. 97
A.3.2 Traffic model for system-level evaluations p. 99
A.3.3 System-level assumptions for calibration purpose p. 99
A.4 MA signature designs for NOMA schemes p. 103
A.4.1 Generation method for the construction of WBE spreading sequences p. 103
A.4.2 WBE based on modified Chirp sequence p. 106
A.4.3 Examples of complex-valued sequences with quantized elements p. 107
A.4.4 Examples of Grassmannian sequences p. 108
A.4.5 Algorithms of constructing GWBE sequences p. 120
A.4.6 Examples of QPSK based sequences p. 123
A.4.7 Examples of unequal weighted sparse spreading pattern p. 124
A.4.8 MUI based sequence generation method p. 125
A.4.9 Examples of bits-to-symbols mapping function for symbol-level spreading with modified modulation p. 126
A.4.10 Examples of scalable MA signature design by multi-branch transmission p. 128
A.4.11 Method of bit level interleaving and symbol level interleaving with zero padding p. 128
A.4.12 Sequence grouping method p. 129
A.4.13 DM-RS designs for evaluation p. 130
A.5 Receiver complexity for MMSE-hybrid IC receiver p. 131
A.6 Impact of NREadj on the BLER performance p. 133
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