DocumentCode
990879
Title
Error control codes for QAM signalling
Author
Cusack, E.L.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Volume
20
Issue
2
fYear
1984
Firstpage
62
Lastpage
63
Abstract
A class of block codes is described which exploits the properties of quadrature amplitude modulation signal constellations whose points lie on a square grid. The simplest codes in the class have block lengths 4 and 8 and offer coding gains of 3 dB and 4.5 dB, respectively.
Keywords
amplitude modulation; error correction codes; block codes; block lengths; coding gains; error control codes; quadrature amplitude modulation; signal constellations;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19840043
Filename
4248603
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