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Performance Comparison of LDPC Codes using SRK Equalisation and OFDM Techniques for Broadband Fixed Wireless Access Systems

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Rolando Carrasco, Professor Jeffrey Neasham

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Abstract

Broadband fixed wireless access (BFWA) systems enable services such as high-speed data communication, high quality voice/video conferencing and high-speed internet access in areas where a wired link is not possible. However, the BFWA channel is a slow-fading channel having deep frequency-selective fading caused by clusters of scatterers in the environment that introduce inter-symbol interference (ISI) at the receiver. Low density parity check (LDPC) codes, optimised for the single-input single-output BFWA channel, are designed using the structured balance incomplete block design method. The use of both quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) and 16-quadrature amplitude modulation (16-QAM) are investigated theoretically. To help overcome the ISI effects of the channel, equalisation techniques are employed separately with LDPC decoding for a system employing QPSK and 16-QAM modulation schemes. The equaliser single carrier approach is then replaced with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and the performance of these two approaches is evaluated in terms of bit-error rate. The simulation results show that equalisation with LDPC coding has a measurable performance gain over LDPC coding with OFDM.


Publication metadata

Author(s): Khan MK, Carrasco RA, Wassell IJ, Neasham JA

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: IET Communications

Year: 2008

Volume: 2

Issue: 2

Pages: 272 - 283

ISSN (print): 1751-8628

ISSN (electronic): 1751-8636

Publisher: The Institution of Engineering and Technology

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-com:20050587

DOI: 10.1049/iet-com:20050587


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