Error rate considerations for 256-QAM systems in presence of adjacent channel interference

Author

Mathiopoulos, Panayotis ; Feher, Kamilo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

1988

fDate

12-15 June 1988

Firstpage

1064

Abstract

Performance degradation of 256-QAM systems in the presence of adjacent channel interference and thermal noise is studied. The authors consider two adjacent interferers of the same modulation format as the useful signal, placed symmetrically around it. The results are presented as equivalent carrier-to-noise (C/N) degradation for different channel spacings and carrier-to-interference (C/I) ratios. To allow easy comparison with 64-QAM systems, the authors present the degradation of these systems for the same values as those of the 256-QAM schemes. It is found that for C/I=0 dB and for a 256-QAM system using raised-cosine filters with alpha =0.5

Keywords

amplitude modulation; digital communication systems; error statistics; radio systems; radiofrequency interference; radiowave propagation; thermal noise; 256-QAM systems; adjacent channel interference; carrier-to-interference ratios; carrier-to-noise degradation; channel spacings; digital radio systems; error rate; performance degradation; raised-cosine filters; spectral efficiency; thermal noise; Bandwidth; Computer simulation; Digital communication; Error analysis; Filters; Frequency; Interchannel interference; Modems; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Thermal degradation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1988. ICC '88. Digital Technology - Spanning the Universe. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1988.13719

Filename

13719