Error probabilities of two-dimensional M-ary signaling in fading

Authors
Dong, XD Beaulieu, NC Wittke, PH
Citation
Xd. Dong et al., Error probabilities of two-dimensional M-ary signaling in fading, IEEE COMMUN, 47(3), 1999, pp. 352-355
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Information Tecnology & Communication Systems
Journal title
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00906778 → ACNP
Volume
47
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
352 - 355
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-6778(199903)47:3<352:EPOTMS>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A new exact method for computing the average symbol error probability of tw o-dimensional M-ary signaling in slow fading is presented. The method is ge nerally applicable to polygonal decision regions, The exact average symbol error rate of coherent 16-star-QAM is obtained and compared to that of 16-r ectangular-QAM. New results for optimum ring ratios of 16-star QAM in addit ive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and in slow fading are also given in this l etter.