Devices and methods for facilitating non-orthogonal wireless communications

A method operational on a wireless communication device, comprising:

• receiving a wireless downlink transmission comprising a first data stream non-orthogonally combined with a second data stream, wherein the first data stream is received in an expected constellation within the wireless transmission as a result of interference caused by the non-orthogonally combined second data stream;
• and
• decoding the first data stream from the expected constellation within the wireless transmission, while accounting for wrap around within the first data stream.

A wireless communication device, comprising:

• a receiver circuit configured to receive a wireless uplink transmission comprising a first data stream non-orthogonally combined with a second data stream;
• and
• a decoder coupled to the receiver circuit to obtain the wireless transmission, the decoder configured to decode the first data stream employing bit estimates associated with the second data stream as a priori information utilized to obtain bit estimates for bits associated with the first data stream.

A method operational on a wireless communication device, comprising:

• receiving a wireless uplink transmission comprising a first data stream non-orthogonally combined with a second data stream;
• and
• decoding the first data stream employing bit estimates associated with the second data stream as a priori information utilized to obtain bit estimates for bits associated with the first data stream.