LDPC code performance and optimum code rate for Contention Resolution Diversity ALOHA

Abstract

In this paper we investigate several central aspects of using the unslotted Contention Resolution Diversity ALOHA (CRA) scheme with Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC). A model for the co-user-interference under consideration of time-, phase- and frequency-offsets is presented. With this model, the throughput and Packet Loss Ratio (PLR) performance of CRA is investigated when using Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes, showing that CRA can achieve remarkable performance also in these conditions. Moreover, the throughput and PLR gain of CRA in presence of power unbalance is studied, showing that significant gains can be expected. Following this, the central question is answered which channel rates optimize the goodput of CRA, showing that for CRA with few replicas a low, robust channel rate achieves optimum while for high numbers of replicas a high channel rate performs optimum. Finally an investigation of the interference distribution of an asynchronous TDMA scheme with replicas and the SIC operations in it are shown.