Semi-contention based multi-user diversity: a new way to increase throughput of wireless communications

无线通信由于其低初始部署成本、高可扩展性和灵活性，将在向澳大利亚人口稀少的地区提供宽带通信方面发挥关键作用。为此，澳大利亚政府宣布了“连接澳大利亚”计划，旨在提供全国范围的宽带通信服务，无线通信是其中的重要组成部分。该项目的重点是通过使用一种新技术：基于半争用的多用户分集，提高无线通信的吞吐量，特别是农村地区的无线通信吞吐量。该项目的成果将有助于连接澳大利亚人民，并提升澳大利亚无线通信工程科学的国际形象。

Wireless communications, due to its low initial deployment cost, high scalability and flexibility, will play a key role in providing broadband communications to sparsely populated areas of Australia. To this end, the Australian government announced "Connect Australia" aiming for nationwide broadband communication services, in which wireless communications is an important component. This project focuses on improving the throughput of wireless communications, especially for rural areas, through the use of a new technology: semi-contention based multi-user diversity. The outcome of this project will help to connect Australian people and to lift the international profile of Australian engineering science in wireless communications.