Iterative joint channel estimation and successive interference cancellation using a SISO-SAGE algorithm for coded CDMA

In this paper we propose an extension of the space alternating generalized expectation maximization (SAGE) algorithm that accepts as input and provides as output soft information. This so-called soft-input soft-output (SISO) SAGE algorithm is applied to joint successive interference cancellation and channel estimation and combined with SISO single-user decoders in an iterative CDMA receiver. Monte Carlo simulations in flat Rayleigh fading channel show that this receiver is robust against channel estimation errors and can support a high system.