DocumentCode
1068942
Title
On the Union Bounds of Self-Concatenated Convolutional Codes
Author
Ng, Soon Xin ; Butt, Muhammad Fasih Uddin ; Hanzo, Lajos
Author_Institution
Commun. Res. Group, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Volume
16
Issue
9
fYear
2009
Firstpage
754
Lastpage
757
Abstract
In this contribution, the union bounds of self-concatenated convolutional codes (SECCCs) are derived for communications over both additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and uncorrelated Rayleigh fading channels. The truncated union bounds of SECCCs are very useful for studying the corresponding bit error ratio (BER) floors. Based on the truncated union bounds, various SECCCs can be designed for a desired BER floor without the need of time-consuming Monte Carlo simulations.
Keywords
AWGN channels; Monte Carlo methods; Rayleigh channels; concatenated codes; convolutional codes; error statistics; Monte Carlo simulations; additive white Gaussian noise channel; bit error ratio; self-concatenated convolutional codes; truncated union bounds; uncorrelated Rayleigh fading channel; Code design; self-concatenated convolutional codes; union bound;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Signal Processing Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1070-9908
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LSP.2009.2024784
Filename
5071249
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