Performance Analysis of Turbo Decoding Algorithms in Wireless OFDM Systems

Ortin, J. ; Garcia, P. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Gutierrez, F. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Valdovinos, A. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Turbo codes are well known to be one of the error correction techniques which achieve closer results to the Shannon limit. Nevertheless, the specific performance of the code highly depends on the particular decoding algorithm used at the receiver. In this sense, the election of the decoding algorithm involves a trade off between the gain introduced by the code and the complexity of the decoding process. In this work we perform a thorough analysis of the different iterative decoding techniques and analyze their suitability for being implemented in the user terminals of new cellular and broadcast systems which are based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). The analyzed iterative decoding algorithms are the max-log-MAP and the soft output Viterbi algorithm (SOVA), since both of them have a relative low computational complexity, simplifying their implementation in cost efficient terminals. Simulation results have been obtained for different encoder structures, block sizes and considering realistic channel conditions (an OFDM transmission over a wireless channel).

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2009.5277969

Año: 2009

Publicado en: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS 55, 3 (2009), 1149-1154
ISSN: 0098-3063

Factor impacto JCR: 0.942 (2009)

Categ. JCR: TELECOMMUNICATIONS rank: 34 / 74 = 0.459 (2009) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC rank: 128 / 244 = 0.525 (2009) - Q3 - T2

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Teoría Señal y Comunicac. (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)
Área (Departamento): Área Ingeniería Telemática (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)