A CMOE-CMA RAKE receiver structure for near-far frequency selective fading CDMA channels

Abstract

A novel initialization scheme for a constant modulus algorithm RAKE (CMA-RAKE) receiver for frequency-selective fading asynchronous code-division multiple access (CDMA) channels is proposed. The solutions from the minimization of the constrained minimum output energy (CMOE) criterion are adopted as the initialization of the subsequent CMA receivers. The proposed receiver is proven to be near-far resistant at different levels of near-far problems. Simulations confirm the superiority of the receiver over the existing RAKE receivers in terms of signal-to-interference plus noise (SINR) ratio over a wide range of near-far situations.