Variable threshold M-QAM with feedback delay over Nakagami-m fading channels

Sang Do Lee, Young Chai Ko

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    Abstract

    In this paper, we propose an adaptive M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) with variable threshold, which adapts the threshold of rate-region boundaries to the variation of feedback delay between the transmitter and the receiver, over independent and identically-distributed (i.i.d) Nakagami-m fading (NMF) channel. The proposed scheme exploits the estimation of instantaneous bit error rate (BER) which is based on the maximum a posteriori (MAP) criterion in [1]. Based on the proposed scheme, we derive the threshold adaptation algorithm to minimize the effect of the feedback delay on the spectral efficiency and the average BER. Numerical results show that our proposed scheme is more reliable to the feedback delay than conventional adaptive M-QAM with fixed thresholds.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2009 IEEE 70th Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC 2009 Fall
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009
    Event2009 IEEE 70th Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC 2009 Fall - Anchorage, AK, United States
    Duration: 2009 Sept 202009 Sept 23

    Publication series

    NameIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
    ISSN (Print)1550-2252

    Other

    Other2009 IEEE 70th Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC 2009 Fall
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityAnchorage, AK
    Period09/9/2009/9/23

    Keywords

    • Adaptive modulation
    • BER estimation
    • MQAM
    • Threshold adaptation

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Science Applications
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • Applied Mathematics

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