In this paper,potential use of perfect but delayed channel estimates for variable-power discrete-rate adaptive modulation is explored.Research is concentrated on block by block adaptation.At first,a new quantity-TAUD(...In this paper,potential use of perfect but delayed channel estimates for variable-power discrete-rate adaptive modulation is explored.Research is concentrated on block by block adaptation.At first,a new quantity-TAUD(Tolerable Average Use Delay)is defined,it quantifies the performance of an adaptation scheme in tolerating the delay of channel estimates.Then,the research on TAUD shows that the delay tolerating performance declines with the increase in average power,the scheme working with more modulation modes can tolerate a longer delay,and such improvement will be more significant with the increase of average power.Finally,it shows that,as the delay tolerating performance determines the maximum block length,it has a great effect on the maximum spectral efficiency.The criterion for determining the block length appropriate for the target BER is described and a simple method of calculating the maximum block length is presented.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61071087)Chun Lei 2009BWZ037 from SDUST,China
文摘In this paper,potential use of perfect but delayed channel estimates for variable-power discrete-rate adaptive modulation is explored.Research is concentrated on block by block adaptation.At first,a new quantity-TAUD(Tolerable Average Use Delay)is defined,it quantifies the performance of an adaptation scheme in tolerating the delay of channel estimates.Then,the research on TAUD shows that the delay tolerating performance declines with the increase in average power,the scheme working with more modulation modes can tolerate a longer delay,and such improvement will be more significant with the increase of average power.Finally,it shows that,as the delay tolerating performance determines the maximum block length,it has a great effect on the maximum spectral efficiency.The criterion for determining the block length appropriate for the target BER is described and a simple method of calculating the maximum block length is presented.
