LDPC-coded cooperative relay systems: Performance analysis and code design

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 485-496

  Li, Chuxiang ^a   Yue, Guosen ^b   Khojastepour, Mohammad Ali ^b   Wang, Xiadong ^c   Madihian, M Madihian, ^b  

^a MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR INC   (United States)

^b NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative relay channel; EXIT chart; Factor graph; LDPC code

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GRAPH THEORY; MIMO SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

BINARY SYMMETRIC CHANNEL; COOPERATIVE RELAY CHANNEL; EXTRINSIC MUTUAL INFORMATION TRANSFER CHART; FACTOR GRAPH; GAUSSIAN APPROXIMATION; LOW-DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODE;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 41849096025     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2008.060032     Document Type: Article

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