DocumentCode
1400704
Title
Importance sampling simulation of concatenated block codes
Author
Ferrari, M. ; Bellini, S.
Author_Institution
Dipt. di Elettronica e Inf., Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Volume
147
Issue
5
fYear
2000
fDate
10/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
245
Lastpage
251
Abstract
An importance sampling (IS) simulation of block codes based on the serial or parallel concatenation of simple codes is considered. At very low bit error rates, traditional Monte Carlo simulations cannot be performed due to the very long simulation time that would be required. IS techniques can be very helpful in these cases. It is shown how IS can be applied to evaluate the performance of optimal MAP bit-per-bit decoders, and of non-optimal (turbo-like) iterative decoders
Keywords
Hamming codes; block codes; concatenated codes; error statistics; importance sampling; iterative decoding; 2D Hamming product codes; 2D single parity check product codes; concatenated block codes; importance sampling simulation; non-optimal iterative decoders; optimal MAP bit-per-bit decoders; parallel concatenation; serial concatenation; turbo-like iterative decoders; very low bit error rates;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications, IEE Proceedings-
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1350-2425
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/ip-com:20000662
Filename
879757
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