BER analysis for MPAM signal constellations in the presence of fading and ADC quantization noise

Author

Rizvi, Umar H. ; Janssen, Gerard J M ; Weber, Jos H.

Author_Institution

Wireless & Mobile Commun. Group, Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands

Volume

13

Issue

10

fYear

2009

fDate

10/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

733

Lastpage

735

Abstract

In this letter, closed-form expressions for the bit error rate of M-ary pulse amplitude modulated signal constellations as a function of the analog-to-digital converter word length, the signal-to-noise ratio and the fading distribution, are derived. These results allow for a rapid and accurate evaluation of the system performance when the analog-to-digital converter resolution is limited, as is generally the case in high sampling rate communication systems, and thus provide a useful tool for system design, analysis and optimization.

Keywords

Nakagami channels; error statistics; ADC quantization noise; BER analysis; M-ary pulse amplitude modulated signal constellation; analog-to-digital converter resolution; analog-to-digital converter word length; bit error rate; closed-form expression; communication system; fading distribution; signal-to-noise ratio; Amplitude modulation; Analog-digital conversion; Bit error rate; Closed-form solution; Constellation diagram; Fading; Pulse modulation; Quantization; Signal analysis; Signal to noise ratio; ADC quantization noise, BER analysis, Nakagami fading and RF system design.;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2009.091586

Filename

5288445