Signal Detection in a Multi-User Random Access Channel

Clifton C. Lovell

ResearchPublished 1971

Analysis of a problem relating to the design of a hardware system to allocate channel capacity among users. This report considers an ensemble of radio signals consisting of a number of individual signals of random duration turned on and off at random times and sharing a common radio band. A general expression is developed for the autocorrelation function of the ensemble from which the optimum receiver design can be deduced by well-known methods. Numerical examples are included of the particular case of a Poisson distribution of messages having fixed duration. Results are applicable to many modern communication problems.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Web Only
  • Year: 1971
  • Pages: 64
  • Document Number: R-771-PR

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Lovell, Clifton C., Signal Detection in a Multi-User Random Access Channel. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1971. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R0771.html.
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