On the optimal subcarrier mapping scheme in OFDM decode-and-forward relay systems

Author

Kocan, Enis ; Pejanovic-Djurisic, Milica ; Veljovic, Zoran

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro

fYear

2011

fDate

13-15 April 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

BER performance of the DPSK (Differentially Phase Shift Keying) modulated dual-hop OFDM based DF (Decode and Forward) relay system, implementing subcarrier mapping (SCM) at the relay (R) station, is examined. Closed form BER expressions are derived for the two SCM schemes, denoted as BTB SCM (Best-to-Best Subcarrier Mapping) and BTW SCM (Best-to-Worst Subcarrier Mapping) in the scenario with Rayleigh fading on both hops. The accuracy of the obtained analytical results is verified through comparison with the simulation results. It is shown that BTB SCM scheme achieves the lowest BER results for all SNRs (Signal-to-Noise Ratios) of interest, which approves it to be the optimal SCM scheme in dual-hop OFDM DF relay systems, as it has already been known that the same SCM scheme maximizes the capacity.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; Rayleigh channels; decode and forward communication; differential phase shift keying; error statistics; BER performance; BTB SCM scheme; BTW SCM scheme; DPSK; OFDM decode-and-forward relay systems; Rayleigh fading; SCM; SNR; best-to-best subcarrier mapping; best-to-worst subcarrier mapping; differential phase shift keying; dual-hop OFDM based DF relay system; optimal subcarrier mapping scheme; relay station; signal-to-noise ratios; Bit error rate; Differential phase shift keying; OFDM; Relays; Signal to noise ratio; Strontium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), 2011

Conference_Location

New York City, NY

ISSN

1934-5070

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0162-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WTS.2011.5960845

Filename

5960845