Distribution of L-values in gray-mapped M2-QAM: Closed-form approximations and applications

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2071-2079

  Alvarado, Alex ^a   Szczecinski, Leszek ^b   Feick, Rodolfo ^c   Ahumada, Luciano ^d  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b INRS EMT   (Canada)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

BER; BICM; Constellation rearrangement; Convolutional codes; Gray mapping; HARQ; L values; Logarithmic likelihood ratios; PDF; QAM; Union bound

Indexed keywords

BER; BICM; CONSTELLATION REARRANGEMENT; GRAY MAPPING; HARQ; L-VALUES; LOGARITHMIC LIKELIHOOD RATIOS; PDF; QAM; UNION BOUND;

BIT ERROR RATE; CONVOLUTION; CONVOLUTIONAL CODES; ERROR CORRECTION; MAPPING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SIGNAL ENCODING; TURBO CODES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 68249150575     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2009.07.070506     Document Type: Article

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