Performance Bounds for MLSE Equalization and Decoding with Repeat Request for Fading Dispersive Channels

Hiroshi NOGAMI  Gordon L. STÜBER  

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences   Vol.E77-A   No.3   pp.553-562
Publication Date: 1994/03/25
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Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Information Theory and Coding Theory
Keyword: 
hybrid ARQ,  multipath fading ISI channels,  maximum likelihood sequence estimation,  code combining,  performance bounds,  

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Summary: 
Upper bounds on the bit error probability and repeat request probability, and lower bounds on the throughput are derived for a Hybrid-ARQ scheme that employs trellis-coded modulation on a fading dispersive channel. The receiver employs a modified Viterbi algorithm to perform joint maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE) equalization and decoding. Retransmissions are generated by using the approach suggested by Yamamoto and Itoh. The analytical bounds are extended to trellis-coded modulation on fading dispersive channels with code combining. Comparison of the analytical bounds with simulation results shows that the analytical bounds are quite loose when diversity reception is not employed. However, no other analytical bounds exist in the literature for the trellis-coded Hybrid ARQ system studied in this paper. Therefore, the results presented in this paper can provide the basis for comparison with more sophisticated analytical bounds that may be derived in the future.