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
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations Word‑p. 9
4 Deployment scenarios Word‑p. 10
5 Uplink NOMA transmission side processing
5.1 Candidate MA signatures
5.1.1 Bit level processing based
5.1.2 Symbol level processing Word‑p. 11
5.1.3 UE-specific sparse RE mapping Word‑p. 15
5.1.4 OFDM symbol staggered transmission pattern Word‑p. 16
5.2 Auxiliary features related to MA signatures
6 Uplink NOMA receivers
7 Procedures related to NOMA Word‑p. 26
8 Link level performance evaluation
8.1 Performance and implementation related metrics
8.2 Evaluation results
8.2.1 Case-by-case evaluations on BLER vs. SNR Word‑p. 27
8.2.2 Observations from the LLS results Word‑p. 54
9 System level performance evaluation
9.1 Performance metrics
9.2 Evaluation results Word‑p. 56
10 Conclusions Word‑p. 65
A simulation scenarios and assumptions Word‑p. 69
A.1 Link level simulation assumptions
A.1.1 Simulation assumptions for link level evaluations.
A.1.2 Link level evaluation assumptions for calibration purpose Word‑p. 70
A.2 Link-to-system modelling Word‑p. 81
A.2.1 Link-to-system mapping for MMSE-Hard IC receiver
A.2.2 Link-to-system mapping for ESE-SISO receiver Word‑p. 88
A.2.3 Link-to-system mapping for EPA-hybrid IC and MMSE-Hard IC receiver Word‑p. 90
A.3 System level simulation assumptions Word‑p. 97
A.3.1 Simulation assumptions for system level evaluations.
A.3.2 Traffic model for system-level evaluations Word‑p. 99
A.3.3 System-level assumptions for calibration purpose
A.4 MA signature designs for NOMA schemes Word‑p. 103
A.4.1 Generation method for the construction of WBE spreading sequences
A.4.2 WBE based on modified Chirp sequence Word‑p. 106
A.4.3 Examples of complex-valued sequences with quantized elements Word‑p. 107
A.4.4 Examples of Grassmannian sequences Word‑p. 108
A.4.5 Algorithms of constructing GWBE sequences Word‑p. 120
A.4.6 Examples of QPSK based sequences Word‑p. 123
A.4.7 Examples of unequal weighted sparse spreading pattern Word‑p. 124
A.4.8 MUI based sequence generation method Word‑p. 125
A.4.9 Examples of bits-to-symbols mapping function for symbol-level spreading with modified modulation Word‑p. 126
A.4.10 Examples of scalable MA signature design by multi-branch transmission Word‑p. 128
A.4.11 Method of bit level interleaving and symbol level interleaving with zero padding
A.4.12 Sequence grouping method Word‑p. 129
A.4.13 DM-RS designs for evaluation Word‑p. 130
A.5 Receiver complexity for MMSE-hybrid IC receiver Word‑p. 131
A.6 Impact of NREadj on the BLER performance Word‑p. 133
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