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Fixed-point performance of space-time turbo trellis coded modulation

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Abstract

To achieve both diversity gain and coding gain, the design of space-time turbo trellis coded modulation (ST Turbo TCM), which is based on the Turbo structure, has been proposed in the literature. The aim of this paper is to study the effect of finite-word length representation on the performance of ST Turbo TCM. We present the investigation of bit-width optimization for an 4-state QPSK ST Turbo TCM decoder based on the symbol-by-symbol (SBS) logarithm-maximum a posteriori (Log-MAP) algorithm on a quasistatic fading channel. The decoder structure utilizes a sliding window algorithm for reducing memory requirements and decoding latency. Simulation results show that ST Turbo TCM is feasible for finite word length representation without significant degradation in the frame error rate (FER) performance. The optimum word length configurations are defined for all quantities external and internal to the SBS Log-MAP decoder.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 IEEE Region 10 Conference, TENCON 2006
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)1424405491, 9781424405497
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event2006 IEEE Region 10 Conference, TENCON 2006 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 14 Nov 200617 Nov 2006

Publication series

NameIEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference, Proceedings/TENCON
ISSN (Print)2159-3442
ISSN (Electronic)2159-3450

Conference

Conference2006 IEEE Region 10 Conference, TENCON 2006
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period14/11/0617/11/06

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