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An Efficient Constellation Rearrangement for HARQ with 64QAM

64QAM 변조 방식의 HARQ 전송을 위한 효율적인 성상 재배열 방법

  • Received : 2010.12.31
  • Accepted : 2011.06.15
  • Published : 2011.06.25
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose an efficient symbol mapping method based on LLR (log-likelihood ratio) statistic for HARQ employing CoRe (constellation rearrangement) with 64QAM. The signal constellations for 64QAM with limited number of retransmissions are selected by the proposed mapping rule. Then we determine the transmission order of selected constellations. The proposed scheme reduces the performance deviation between transmit symbols so as to improve the system performance. Through simulation results, the proposed and existing CoRe mapping methods are compared with respect to error rate and throughput in MIMO-OFDM system over fading channel and we confirm the applicability of the proposed scheme in practical wireless communications environment.

본 논문은 64QAM 변조 방식에서 기존의 성상 재배열 방법보다 다이버시티 효과를 늘려 오율을 줄이고 처리량을 향상시킬 수 있는 발전된 성상 재배열 방법을 제시하고 성능향상에 대한 근거를 제시한다. 제한된 전송횟수 내에서 제안된 방법을 사용하여 재전송에 따른 성상 좌표를 결정하고, 결정된 성상 좌표들의 전송 순서를 고려함으로써 전송 심볼간의 성능 편차를 줄여서 시스템의 성능을 향상시킨다. 모의 시뮬레이션을 통해 페이딩 채널과 다중 안테나 시스템에서 제안된 방법의 성능을 비교 분석하고, 실제적인 무선통신 환경에서의 적용 가능성을 확인한다.

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