Energy-efficient uniquely factorable constellation designs for noncoherent SIMO channels

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2130-2144

  Xiong, Li ^a   Zhang, Jian Kang ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross quadratic amplitude modulation (QAM) constellations; energy efficient unitary training scheme; noncoherent full diversity and coding gain; noncoherent maximum likelihood (ML) receivers; single input multiple output (SIMO) channels; uniquely factorable constellations (UFCs)

Indexed keywords

CROSS QUADRATIC-AMPLITUDE MODULATION (QAM) CONSTELLATIONS; FULL DIVERSITY; NON-COHERENT; SINGLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUTS; TRAINING SCHEMES; UNIQUELY FACTORABLE CONSTELLATIONS (UFCS);

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSMITTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 84862560598     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2012.2193425     Document Type: Article

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