Abstract
Based on the coding scheme recently introduced in [1], we propose new communication protocols with improved outage probability performance for the fading two-hop half-duplex (HD) relay channel. This channel is comprised of a source, a HD relay, and a destination, where a direct source-destination link does not exist. For this channel, we assume that the transmitting nodes do not have transmitter-side channel state information and therefore have to transmit with fixed rate. As a result, outages may occur. We propose protocols for the cases when feedback from receiving to transmitting nodes is not possible and restricted to one bit of feedback information per time slot, respectively. In the proposed protocols, the relay's silent symbol intervals, when the relay receives, carry information which improves the reliability of both the source-relay and relay-destination links. In contrast, in existing protocols, the relay's silent symbol intervals, when the relay receives, are a priori known to the destination and thereby cannot carry information. Our numerical results show that the proposed protocols achieve significant performance gains in terms of outage probability compared to existing protocols in the literature. These gains are only the result of using a different coding scheme and not of utilizing more resources than existing protocols.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2016) |
| Editors | Stefano Bregni, Nelson Fonseca |
| Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ, USA |
| Publisher | IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781479966646 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781479966653 |
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| Publication status | Published - 12 Jul 2016 |
| Event | IEEE International Conference on Communications 2016: Communications for All Things - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 22 May 2016 → 27 May 2016 http://icc2016.ieee-icc.org/ http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7502491 (IEEE Conference Proceedings) |
Conference
| Conference | IEEE International Conference on Communications 2016 |
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| Abbreviated title | ICC 2016 |
| Country/Territory | Malaysia |
| City | Kuala Lumpur |
| Period | 22/05/16 → 27/05/16 |
| Other | Conveniently located in the middle of South-East Asia, ICC2016 will feature a comprehensive Technical Program including 13 Symposia and a number of Tutorials and Workshops. IEEE ICC 2016 - Communications for All Things will also include an attractive Industry Forum & Exhibition Program featuring keynote speakers, business and industry panels, and vendor exhibits. |
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