Multiple Access (LTE-Advanced Downlink)

Default: OFDMA

Range: OFDMA, MUST

Multiple Accessselects the multiple access technique to be used in the LTE Long Term Evolution-Advanced demod configuration. For LTE-Advanced Downlink, the choices are:

OFDMA - The default multiple access value for LTE-Advanced Downlink is OFDMA.
MUST - MUST (Multiple User Superposition Transmission) configures the LTE-Advanced demodulator for two users to transmit data on the same time-frequency resource blocks, but with different power levels.

Selecting MUST enables the MUST parameters under the 5G Candidate tab. Selecting MUST also adds MustUser1 IQ Meas, MustUser1 IQ Ref, MustUser2 IQ Meas, and MustUser2 IQ Ref trace selections to the Trace > Data > Layer n menu, and adds PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel_MUST, User01, and User02 EVM Error vector magnitude (EVM): A quality metric in digital communication systems. See the EVM metric in the Error Summary Table topic in each demodulator for more information on how EVM is calculated for that modulation format. and Power results to the Frame Summary trace.

The specification (TR36.859 v0.3.0) allows for two or more users; however, the VSA currently supports two users.