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
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