Unequal error protection in BICM with QAM constellations: interleaver and code design

A. Alvarado, E. Agrell, L.L. Szczecinski, A.B. Svensson

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Abstract

In this paper we present a general methodology for the interleaver and code design for QAM-based BICM transmissions. We develop analytical bounds on the bit error rate and we use them to predict the performance of BICM when unequal error protection (UEP) is introduced by the constellation labeling. Based on these bounds, the optimum design of interleaver and code is presented. The improvements obtained reached 2 dB for the analyzed cases, and are obtained without complexity increase. Although previous works noted the influence of the interleaver design and the UEP, to the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first to analyze formally this problem for BICM transmissions.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2009
Place of PublicationPiscataway
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages1-6
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4244-3435-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2009
Event2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2009) - Dresden, Germany
Duration: 14 Jun 200918 Jun 2009

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2009)
Period14/06/0918/06/09

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