Multilevel coding for multiple-antenna transmission

Author

Lampe, Lutz H J ; Schober, Robert ; Fischer, Robert F H

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

203

Lastpage

208

Abstract

The application of powerful coding for transmission over multiple-input/multiple-output channels is discussed. The authors emphasize that as an immediate consequence of the mutual information chain rule, multilevel coding (MLC) constitutes the optimum coded modulation scheme. On the other hand, simple bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) is only a convenient alternative for the case of two transmit and one receive antennas when combined with orthogonal space-time block codes. Starting from MLC, the authors further propose a hybrid coded modulation scheme, which favorably combines the advantages of MLC and BICM.

Keywords

MIMO systems; antenna arrays; block codes; channel coding; diversity reception; fading channels; interleaved codes; modulation coding; optimisation; receiving antennas; space-time codes; transmitting antennas; MIMO channels; PSK; QAM; bit-interleaved coded modulation; fading channels; fast time variance; gray labeling; hybrid coded modulation scheme; multilevel coding; multiple-antenna transmission; multiple-input/multiple-output channels; multistage decoding; mutual information chain rule; optimisation; orthogonal space-time block codes; phase shift keying; quadrature amplitude modulation; receive antennas; single-input single-output channel model; transmit antennas; Block codes; Fading; Interleaved codes; Iterative decoding; MIMO; Modulation coding; Mutual information; Phase shift keying; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1276

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TWC.2003.821195

Filename

1259413