Methods and Apparatuses for Signaling with Geometric Constellations in a Raleigh Fading Channel
First Claim
1. A digital communication system, comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit signals to a receiver via a communication channel;
wherein the transmitter, comprises;
a coder configured to receive user bits and output encoded bits at an expanded output encoded bit rate;
a mapper configured to map encoded bits to symbols in a symbol constellation;
a modulator configured to generate a signal for transmission via the communication channel using symbols generated by the mapper;
wherein the receiver, comprises;
a demodulator configured to demodulate the received signal via the communication channel;
a demapper configured to estimate likelihoods from the demodulated signal;
a decoder that is configured to estimate decoded bits from the likelihoods generated by the demapper; and
wherein the symbol constellation is a PAM-8 symbol constellation having constellation points within at least one of the ranges specified in FIGS. 25-47.
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Abstract
Communication systems are described that use signal constellations, which have unequally spaced (i.e. ‘geometrically’ shaped) points. In many embodiments, the communication systems use specific geometric constellations that are capacity optimized at a specific SNR, over the Raleigh fading channel. In addition, ranges within which the constellation points of a capacity optimized constellation can be perturbed and are still likely to achieve a given percentage of the optimal capacity increase compared to a constellation that maximizes dmin, are also described. Capacity measures that are used in the selection of the location of constellation points include, but are not limited to, parallel decode (PD) capacity and joint capacity.
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1 Claim
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1. A digital communication system, comprising:
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a transmitter configured to transmit signals to a receiver via a communication channel; wherein the transmitter, comprises; a coder configured to receive user bits and output encoded bits at an expanded output encoded bit rate; a mapper configured to map encoded bits to symbols in a symbol constellation; a modulator configured to generate a signal for transmission via the communication channel using symbols generated by the mapper; wherein the receiver, comprises; a demodulator configured to demodulate the received signal via the communication channel; a demapper configured to estimate likelihoods from the demodulated signal; a decoder that is configured to estimate decoded bits from the likelihoods generated by the demapper; and wherein the symbol constellation is a PAM-8 symbol constellation having constellation points within at least one of the ranges specified in FIGS. 25-47 .
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