M-ARY CHANNEL QUANTIZATION FOR SEQUENTIAL DECODING

Abstract

Sequential decoding with direct quantization of the M orthogonal channel outputs is investigated. The rate below which sequential decoding computations are manageable, is computed for a memoryless, coherent, gaussian channel. These computations show the direct quantization to be more effective than the list-of-l quantization, when sufficient storage is available in the decoding device. The performance of a continuous output channel can be approached by quantizing each output to only a few bits. The direct quantization of channel outputs also simplifies the cumbersome computations which would result if list-of-l decoding were implemented in a general purpose computer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 20, 1969
Accession Number
AD0693196

Entities

People

  • Rein Teoste

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Amplitude
  • Availability
  • Computations
  • Computers
  • Decoding
  • Digital Computers
  • Gaussian Channels
  • Gaussian Noise
  • Intervals
  • Modulation
  • Noise
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Random Variables
  • Sequences

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.