nd-convolutional codes. I. Performance analysis

DOI10.1109/18.556113MaRDI QIDQ4340325zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yosef Kofman, Ephraim Zehavi, S. Shamai

Publication date 20 July 1997

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1109/18.556113

zbMATH Keywords

BPSKconvolutional codesdifferential decodingDPSKmultisymbol detectionnd-codesnoncoherent detection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Modulation and demodulation in information and communication theory (94A14) Convolutional codes (94B10)

Review text

A noncoherent coded system, which incorporates convolutional codes in conjunction with multiple symbol noncoherent detection, is presented in this two-part paper, where Part I focuses on the performance analysis of the system and Part II (see Zbl 0940.94025 below) deals with the structural properties of the underlying convolutional codes. These convolutional codes are referred to as nd-convolutional codes. It is shown that nd-convolutional codes provide a general framework for various noncoherent coding systems, including differential systems. Two models of the carrier phase are examined and the relationships between them is established. For the first one, the carrier phase remains constant for \(L\) channel signals, whereas for the second one, it unvaries throughout the transmission period. The regular structure of nd-codes facilitates the evaluation of a simple upper bound on the pairwise and bit error probabilities, as well as a simple expression for the generalized cutoff rate. The exponential rate of the error probability, which is the single parameter governing the error performance at large signal-to-noise ratios, is identified via Large Deviations techniques. This parameter leads to the interesting conclusion that increasing \(L\) does not necessarily monotonically improve the error performance of the noncoherent system. The same conclusion is reached by examining upper bounds and computer simulation results of several interesting examples. These examples also reveal that optimal codes for coherent detection are not necessarily optimal for noncoherent detection and a search for good codes, some of which are tabulated in Part II of the paper, is required.

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