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Distributed irregular codes relying on decode-and-forward relays as code components

Distributed irregular codes relying on decode-and-forward relays as code components
Distributed irregular codes relying on decode-and-forward relays as code components
A near-capacity distributed coding scheme is conceived by incorporating multiple relay nodes for constructing a virtual Irregular Convolutional Code (IRCC). We first compute the relay channel’s capacity and then design IRCCs for the source and relay nodes. Extrinsic Information Transfer (EXIT) charts are utilized to design the codes for approaching the achievable capacity of the relay channels. Additionally, we improve the transmit power efficiency of the overall system by invoking both power allocation and relay selection. We found that even a low-complexity repetition code or a unit-memory convolutional code is capable of forming a near-capacity virtual IRCC. The performance of the proposed Distributed IRCC (DIRCC) scheme is shown to be perfectly consistent with that predicted from the EXIT chart. More specifically, the DIRCC scheme is capable of operating within 0.68 dB from the corresponding lower bound of the relay channel capacity, despite the fact that each relay node is exposed to realistic decoding errors due to communicating over imperfect source-relay channels.
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Ng, Soon Xin
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Li, Yonghui
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Vucetic, Branka
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Hanzo, Lajos
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Ng, Soon Xin
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Li, Yonghui
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Vucetic, Branka
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Hanzo, Lajos
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Ng, Soon Xin, Li, Yonghui, Vucetic, Branka and Hanzo, Lajos (2015) Distributed irregular codes relying on decode-and-forward relays as code components. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 64 (10), 4579-4588. (doi:10.1109/TVT.2014.2370737).

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A near-capacity distributed coding scheme is conceived by incorporating multiple relay nodes for constructing a virtual Irregular Convolutional Code (IRCC). We first compute the relay channel’s capacity and then design IRCCs for the source and relay nodes. Extrinsic Information Transfer (EXIT) charts are utilized to design the codes for approaching the achievable capacity of the relay channels. Additionally, we improve the transmit power efficiency of the overall system by invoking both power allocation and relay selection. We found that even a low-complexity repetition code or a unit-memory convolutional code is capable of forming a near-capacity virtual IRCC. The performance of the proposed Distributed IRCC (DIRCC) scheme is shown to be perfectly consistent with that predicted from the EXIT chart. More specifically, the DIRCC scheme is capable of operating within 0.68 dB from the corresponding lower bound of the relay channel capacity, despite the fact that each relay node is exposed to realistic decoding errors due to communicating over imperfect source-relay channels.

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Accepted/In Press date: 10 November 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 5 December 2014
Published date: October 2015

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Local EPrints ID: 372407
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/372407
ISSN: 0018-9545
PURE UUID: 39455938-fd02-45f8-904f-fe3ddc8f5154
ORCID for Soon Xin Ng: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0930-7194
ORCID for Lajos Hanzo: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-5214

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Date deposited: 10 Dec 2014 14:01
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 02:48

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Author: Soon Xin Ng ORCID iD
Author: Yonghui Li
Author: Branka Vucetic
Author: Lajos Hanzo ORCID iD

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