Title :
Efficient Evaluation of BER for Arbitrary Modulation and Signaling in Fading Channels
Author :
Szczecinski, Leszek ; Xu, Hong ; Gao, Xin ; Bettancourt, Rolando
Author_Institution :
Quebec Univ., Montreal
Abstract :
We present a numerically efficient method to evaluate uncoded bit-error rate for arbitrary two-dimensional constellation and nonuniform signaling in fading channels. Compared to the bounding techniques, treating the problem at the same level of generality, the proposed method is shown to be more accurate (by construction) and numerically more efficient: for moderate constellation size, the complexity reduction may reach two orders of magnitude. The operation of the proposed method is illustrated with numerical examples obtained in Nakagami-m fading.
Keywords :
error statistics; fading channels; modulation; telecommunication signalling; BER; Nakagami-m fading; arbitrary modulation; arbitrary two-dimensional constellation; fading channel; nonuniform signaling; uncoded bit-error rate; Bit error rate; Closed-form solution; Communications Society; Computational efficiency; Constellation diagram; Fading; Notice of Violation; Shape; Signal mapping; Wireless communication; Bit-error rate (BER); Nakagami- $m$ fading; mapping; performance evaluation; signaling;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCOMM.2007.908511