Frequency offset compensation in physical-layer network coding systems

Abstract

Physical layer network coding (PNC) has the potential to improve the spectral efficiency of wireless relay communications by utilising the superposition of signal propagation. In the ideal case, PNC can double the throughput of a symmetric relay network when compared to conventional time division multiplexing. However, in practice imperfect channel conditions and hardware can lead to time and frequency offsets at the relay receiver that degrade PNC performance.