• DocumentCode
    925573
  • Title

    Performance of non-uniform 16QAM modulation over linear and nonlinear channels

  • Author

    Ngo, N.H. ; Pietrobon, S.S. ; Barbulescu, S.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of South Australia, SA, Australia
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    4/27/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    544
  • Lastpage
    546
  • Abstract
    A technique of using a non-uniform 16QAM modulation combined with bit interleaved coded modulation and a new iterative decoding (BICM-ID) scheme is investigated. Simulation results of a parallel concatenated convolutional code shows a gain of 0.95 dB at a BER of 10-5 compared to conventional uniform 16QAM modulation in a linear channel. For a nonlinear satellite channel, this scheme offers a gain of 1.2 dB at the same BER compared to a uniform constellation.
  • Keywords
    channel coding; concatenated codes; convolutional codes; interleaved codes; iterative decoding; modulation coding; quadrature amplitude modulation; turbo codes; 0.95 dB; 1.2 dB; 16 QAM modulation; BER; BICM-ID scheme; bit interleaved coded modulation; coding gain; iterative decoding scheme; linear channels; nonlinear channels; nonlinear satellite channel; nonuniform modulation; parallel concatenated convolutional code; uniform constellation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20060836
  • Filename
    1628541