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An Efficient Bit Loading Algorithm for OFDM-based Wireless LAN systems and Hardware Architecture Design  

강희윤 (연세대학교 전기전자공학과)
손병직 (연세대학교 전기전자공학)
정윤호 (연세대학교 전기전자공학)
김근회 ((주)C&S technolog)
김재석 (연세대학교 전기전자공학과)
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Abstract
In this paper, we propose an efficient bit loading algorithm for IEEE 802.11a wireless LAN systems. While a conventional bit loading algorithm uses the SNR value of each subcarrier, it is very difficult to estimate the exact SNR value in wireless LAN systems due to randomness of AWGN. Therefore, in order to solve this problem our proposed algorithm uses the channel frequency response instead of the SNR of each subcarrier. Through simulation results, we can obtain the performance gain of 3.5∼8㏈ at PER of 10-2 with the proposed bit loading algorithm while the conventional one obtains the performance gain of 0.5∼5㏈ at the same conditions. Also, the increased data rate can be confirmed 63Mbps. After the logic synthesis using 0.3${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ CMOS technology, the logic gate count for the processor with proposed algorithm can be reduced by 34% in comparison with the conventional one.
Keywords
bit loading algorithm; channel frequency response; IEEE 802.11a Wireless LAN Systems; SNR;
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