• DocumentCode
    3275817
  • Title

    Exact analysis of bit error probability for 4-state soft decision Viterbi decoding

  • Author

    Yoshikawa, Hideki ; Oka, Ikuo ; Fujiwara, Chikato

  • Author_Institution
    Suzuka Nat. Coll. of Tech., Japan
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    132
  • Abstract
    Although Viterbi decoding is widely used in practical systems, only a few studies have been made for the exact error performance. We already proposed analytical technique for a 2-state soft decision Viterbi decoding. In this paper, this technique is extended to bit error probability for 4-state soft decision Viterbi decoding. This employs an iterative calculation of probability density function (PDF) of the path metrics
  • Keywords
    Viterbi decoding; error statistics; iterative methods; 4-state soft decision Viterbi decoding; PDF; bit error probability; exact error performance analysis; iterative calculation; path metrics; probability density function; Educational institutions; Electrons; Error analysis; Error correction; Error probability; Iterative decoding; Pattern analysis; Probability density function; Viterbi algorithm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Theory, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7123-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISIT.2001.935995
  • Filename
    935995