Wireless communication and broadcasting convergence networks provide a potential solution to greater traffic throughput in the future. In this paper, the throughput of a convergence network is analyzed based on the standardization project for specific requirements for local and metropolitan area networks in China, referred to as broadband wireless multimedia systems. The convergence network is modeled as a combination of a broadcasting channel and a multi-access channel with interference. The throughput is then given as a function of the time resource allocation by calculating the channel capacity with interference. The maximum throughput and the optimal time resource allocation are then determined for a given delay constraint and traffic requirements. The results give guidelines for time resource allocation and system design for convergence networks.

This paper reports an investigation of the carrier frequency offset (CFO) compensation in the uplink of the orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system with interleaved subcarrier assignment. The presence of CFOs between the transmitters and the uplink receiver will destroy the orthogonality among the different subcarriers, resulting in inter-carrier interference and multiuser interference. This paper proposes a pseudoinverse CFO compensation method based on the signal structure. The proposed method can compensate the CFOs of all users simultaneously and isolate the signals from all users at the same time. Compared with the existing CFO compensation methods, the new method provides a considerable signal-to-noise ratio gain on the bit error rate performance and has a relatively low implementation complexity.

For differential phase shift keying (DPSK) and noncoherent frequency shift keying (NFSK) systems over fading channels, the post-detection combining method is a popular means for improving the bit error performance. However, the bit error performance of such systems over Nakagami channels with an arbitrary covariance matrix and real distinct fading parameters has been seldom described in the literature. This paper studies the problem using a generic correlated Nakagami fading model and presents a closed form solution which is used to study the influence of the fading parameters and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) distribution ratios among all the branches on the bit error performance. Moreover, the average SNRs of each branch are not restricted to one value in the analysis. The closed form solution developed for the problem can be used to study the influence of the fading parameters and the SNR distribution ratios on the error performance.