Performance analysis of convolutionally coded systems over quasi-static fading channels Academic Article

abstract

• This paper presents an improved upper bound on the performance of convolutionally coded systems over quasi-static fading channels (QSFC). The bound uses a combination of a classical union bound when the fading channel is in a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) state together with a new upper bound for the low SNR state. This new bounding approach is applied to both BPSK convolutional and turbo codes, as well as serially concatenated BPSK convolutional/turbo and space-time block codes. The new analytical technique produces bounds which are usually about 1dB tighter than existing bounds. Finally, based on the proposed bound, we introduce an improved design criterion for convolutionally coded systems in slow flat fading channels. Simulation results are included to confirm the improved ability of the proposed criterion to search for convolutional codes with good performance over a QSFC. 2006 IEEE.

authors

• Miller, Scott

published proceedings

• IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

author list (cited authors)

• Hu, J., & Miller, S. L.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Hu, Jingyu||Miller, SL

publication date

• January 2006

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/twc.2006.1618928

start page

• 789

end page

• 795

volume

• 5

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1109%2Ftwc.2006.1618928