Optimal decoding in fading channels: a combined envelope, multiple differential and coherent detection approach
- 13 January 2003
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 1551-1557
- https://doi.org/10.1109/glocom.1989.64207
Abstract
A maximum likelihood sequential decoder for the reception of digitally modulated signals with single or multiamplitude constellations transmitted over a multiplicative, nonselective fading channel is derived. It is shown that its structure consists of a combination of envelope, multiple differential, and coherent detectors. The outputs of each of these detectors are jointly processed by means of an algorithm. This algorithm is presented in a recursive form. The derivation of the new receiver is general enough to accommodate uncoded as well as coded (e.g. trellis-coded) schemes. Furthermore, reduced complexity, near-optimal versions of the algorithm are also presented. Performance evaluation results for a reduced-complexity trellis-coded QPSK (quadrature phase shift keying) system have demonstrated that the proposed receiver dramatically reduces the error floors caused by fading. At E/sub b//N/sub 0/=20 dB the new receiver structure results in bit error rate reductions of more than three orders of magnitude compared to a conventional Viterbi receiver, while being reasonably simple to implement.Keywords
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