An ODMA-Based Unsourced Random Access Scheme with a Multiple Antenna Receiver

Abstract: We investigate the unsourced random access scheme assuming that the base station is equipped with multiple antennas, and propose a high-performing solution utilizing on-off-division multiple access. We assume that each user spreads its pilot sequence and polar codeword to the pilot and data parts of the transmission frame, respectively, based on a transmission pattern. The iterative receiver operation consists of pilot and pattern detection followed by channel vector and symbol estimation, polar decoding, and successive interference cancellation. Numerical findings demonstrate that the proposed scheme has superior performance compared to the state-of-the-art in various antenna settings.