Title :
Rateless coding over fading channels
Author :
Castura, Jeff ; Mao, Yongyi
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fDate :
1/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We propose a framework for communication over fading channels utilizing rateless codes. An implementation using fountain codes is simulated, demonstrating that such a scheme has advantages in efficiency, reliability and robustness over conventional fixed-rate codes, particularly when channel state information is not available at the transmitter.
Keywords :
channel coding; fading channels; telecommunication network reliability; communication reliability; fading channel uncertainty; fixed-rate code; fountain code; radio transmitter; rateless coding; Additive white noise; Channel state information; Decoding; Fading; Probability; Rayleigh channels; Robustness; Statistics; Transmitters; Uncertainty;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2006.1576565
