Title :
Quantitative measure to identify good MTCM codes in fading environment
Author :
Choo, T.P. ; Dubey, V.K. ; Li, K.H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
fDate :
7/23/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
For certain code structures, the performance of MTCM codes have been found to be inferior to that of conventional TCM codes over fading channels. A quantitative measure based on the number of code states, code rate and code connectivity is proposed to identify these anomalous cases
Keywords :
trellis coded modulation; MTCM code; fading channel;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19981052
