Modeling the Energy Consumption of Reed-Solomon Decoding with Interleaving on Fading Channels

In CDMA2000 1xEV-DO broadcast and multicast services (BCMCS), Reed-Solomon (RS) coding is applied to the layers above the turbo code, which is effective in correcting long bursts of errors when an additional block interleaving mechanism is used to increase the time diversity. This is controlled by changing the width of the error control block (ECB), which converts error bursts into random patterns. We propose and evaluate an energy model of the RS decoding process under varying conditions of Rayleigh fading on the broadcast channel, with different levels of block interleaving within those permitted by the BCMCS specification. Simulation results show that our model accurately predicts the energy consumption of the RS decoding process, and is thus able to contribute to the development of energy-efficient broadcast services.