Bounding the error-floor of turbo-equalized BICM transmission over quasi-static frequency-selective Rayleigh fading channels

This paper provides bounds on the error-floor of turbo-equalization (TE), considering transmission over quasi-static frequency-selective (FS) Rayleigh fading channels, and assuming bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) at the transmitter. The expressions of the corresponding asymptotic coding gain and diversity order are also provided. More generally, this leads to a framework enabling to assess the asymptotic performance of similar BICM-based turbo systems.