A recursive algorithm for the exact BER computation of generalized hierarchical QAM constellations

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 297-307

  Vitthaladevuni, Pavan K ^a   Alouini, Mohamed Slim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bit error rate (BER) computation; Digital broadcasting; Embedded modulation; Fading channels; Gray mapping; Hierarchical modulations; Multi resolution transmission; Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) constellations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIT ERROR RATE; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

GRAY MAPPING;

QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

EID: 0037272117     PISSN: 00189448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIT.2002.806159     Document Type: Article

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