Convolutional Code Performance in the Rician Fading Channel

@article{citeulike:2972727, abstract = {The performance of short constraint length convolutional codes in conjunction with binary phase-shift keyed (BPSK) modulation and Viterbi maximum likelihood decoding on the classical Rician fading channel is examined in detail. Primary interest is in the bit error probability performance as a function of<tex>E\_{b}/N\_{0}</tex>parameterized by the fading channel parameters. Fairly general upper bounds on bit error probability performance in the presence of fading are obtained and compared with simulation results in the two extremes of zero channel memory and infinite channel memory. The efficacy of simple block interleaving in combating the memory of the channel is thoroughly explored. Results include the effects of fading on tracking loop performance and the subsequent impact on overall coded system performance. The approach is analytical where possible; otherwise resort is made to digital computer simulation.}, author = {Modestino, J. and Mui, Shou }, booktitle = {Communications, IEEE Transactions on [legacy, pre - 1988]}, citeulike-article-id = {2972727}, journal = {Communications, IEEE Transactions on [legacy, pre - 1988]}, keywords = {channel, code, convolutional, fading, multipath}, number = {6}, pages = {592--606}, posted-at = {2008-07-08 15:32:10}, priority = {2}, title = {Convolutional Code Performance in the Rician Fading Channel}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs\_all.jsp?arnumber=1093351}, volume = {24}, year = {1976} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2972727 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2972727 TI - Convolutional Code Performance in the Rician Fading Channel T2 - Communications, IEEE Transactions on [legacy, pre - 1988] JF - Communications, IEEE Transactions on [legacy, pre - 1988] VL - 24 IS - 6 SP - 592 EP - 606 N2 - The performance of short constraint length convolutional codes in conjunction with binary phase-shift keyed (BPSK) modulation and Viterbi maximum likelihood decoding on the classical Rician fading channel is examined in detail. Primary interest is in the bit error probability performance as a function of<tex>E_{b}/N_{0}</tex>parameterized by the fading channel parameters. Fairly general upper bounds on bit error probability performance in the presence of fading are obtained and compared with simulation results in the two extremes of zero channel memory and infinite channel memory. The efficacy of simple block interleaving in combating the memory of the channel is thoroughly explored. Results include the effects of fading on tracking loop performance and the subsequent impact on overall coded system performance. The approach is analytical where possible; otherwise resort is made to digital computer simulation. KW - channel KW - code KW - convolutional KW - fading KW - multipath AU - Modestino, J AU - Mui, Shou PY - 1976/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1093351 ER -