Complex Linear Physical-Layer Network Coding

DOI10.1109/TIT.2017.2697426MaRDI QIDQ5369847zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Long Shi, Soung C. Liew

Publication date 19 October 2017

Published in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.07171

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Source coding (94A29)

Abstract: This paper presents the results of a comprehensive investigation of complex linear physical-layer network (PNC) in two-way relay channels (TWRC). A critical question at relay R is as follows: "Given channel gain ratio $eta=h_A/h_B$, where $h_A$ and $h_B$ are the complex channel gains from nodes A and B to relay R, respectively, what is the optimal coefficients $$ that minimizes the symbol error rate (SER) of $$ when we attempt to detect $w_N$ in the presence of noise?" Our contributions with respect to this question are as follows: (1) We put forth a general Gaussian-integer formulation for complex linear PNC in which $$, and $w_N$ are elements of a finite field of Gaussian integers, that is, the field of $mathbbZ[i]/q$ where $q$ is a Gaussian prime. Previous vector formulation, in which $w_A$, $w_B$, and $w_N$ were represented by $2$-dimensional vectors and $alpha$ and $$ were represented by $2imes2$ matrices, corresponds to a subcase of our Gaussian-integer formulation where $q$ is real prime only. Extension to Gaussian prime $q$, where $q$ can be complex, gives us a larger set of signal constellations to achieve different rates at different SNR. (2) We show how to divide the complex plane of $eta$ into different Voronoi regions such that the $eta$ within each Voronoi region share the same optimal PNC mapping $$. We uncover the structure of the Voronoi regions that allows us to compute a minimum-distance metric that characterizes the SER of $w_N$ under optimal PNC mapping $$. Overall, the contributions in (1) and (2) yield a toolset for a comprehensive understanding of complex linear PNC in $mathbbZ[i]/q$. We believe investigation of linear PNC beyond $mathbbZ[i]/q$ can follow the same approach.

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