Matched Filter Bound for M-QAM Hierarchical Constellations with Diversity Reception in Multipath Rayleigh Fading Channels

Author

Souto, Nuno ; Dinis, Rui ; Silva, João Carlos

Author_Institution

ISCTE, ADETTI, Lisbon, Portugal

fYear

2009

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper we derive matched filter bound (MFB) bit error rate (BER) expressions for the individual bit classes of multilevel hierarchical quadrature amplitude modulations (M-HQAM). The expressions are valid for time-discrete multipath Rayleigh fading environments with diversity where the different paths can be correlated. Though typically MFB are obtained assuming slow-varying channels in this paper we also consider fast varying channels.

Keywords

Rayleigh channels; diversity reception; error statistics; matched filters; quadrature amplitude modulation; BER; M-QAM hierarchical constellations; bit error rate; diversity reception; fast varying channels; matched filter bound; multilevel hierarchical quadrature amplitude modulations; slow-varying channels; time-discrete multipath Rayleigh fading; Bit error rate; Broadcasting; Diversity reception; Fading; Intersymbol interference; Matched filters; Protection; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Rayleigh channels; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference Fall (VTC 2009-Fall), 2009 IEEE 70th

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2514-3

Electronic_ISBN

1090-3038

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2009.5378767

Filename

5378767