A simple figure of merit for evaluating interleaver depth for the land-mobile satellite channel

Author

Rice, Michael ; Perrins, Erik

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA

Volume

49

Issue

8

fYear

2001

fDate

8/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1343

Lastpage

1353

Abstract

The selection of interleaver depth for the land-mobile satellite channel is investigated by analyzing the performance of convolutionally encoded BPSK and DPSK over a frequency-nonselective correlated Ricean fading channel. By extending previous analyses of partially interleaved convolutional codes over such channels, a new figure of merit-which is a function of the channel correlation function-is identified. Simulation results for the first-order Butterworth, Jakes (1974), and Divsalar (1991) fading spectra are presented which demonstrate the applicability of the figure of merit as an aid in interleaver design. The figure of merit also tracks the nonmonotonic, or quasi-oscillatory, behavior of the decoded bit error rate with increasing interleaver depths in those situations where this occurs

Keywords

Rician channels; convolutional codes; correlation methods; decoding; differential phase shift keying; error statistics; interleaved codes; land mobile radio; mobile satellite communication; modulation coding; spectral analysis; telecommunication channels; Divsalar fading spectra; Jakes fading spectra; channel correlation function; convolutionally encoded BPSK; convolutionally encoded DPSK; correlated Ricean fading channel; decoded bit error rate; figure of merit; first-order Butterworth fading spectra; frequency-nonselective fading channel; interleaver depth; land-mobile satellite channel; nonmonotonic behavior tracking; partially interleaved convolutional codes; performance analysis; quasi-oscillatory behavior tracking; simulation results; Autocorrelation; Binary phase shift keying; Bit error rate; Convolutional codes; Decoding; Error correction; Fading; Interleaved codes; Magneto electrical resistivity imaging technique; Satellites;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/26.939847

Filename

939847