Turbo Codes for IEEE 802.11n May 2004 March 2004 May 2004 Turbo Codes for IEEE 802.11n May 2004 Marie-Helene Hamon, Vincent Le Nir, Marilyne Helard France Telecom R&D, Rennes, France Brian Edmonston, iCoding (contact: mhelene.hamon@rd.francetelecom.com) France Telecom R&D

Contents TC for 802.11n Duo-Binary Turbo Codes Simulation assumptions March 2004 May 2004 Contents TC for 802.11n Duo-Binary Turbo Codes Simulation assumptions Results Conclusion France Telecom R&D

Turbo Codes: Iterative FEC for 802.11n March 2004 May 2004 Turbo Codes: Iterative FEC for 802.11n Powerful error correcting codes are considered in 802.11n discussions Turbo Codes, and more specifically Duo-Binary Turbo Codes [4], the latest generation of convolutional turbo codes, have been introduced in contribution IEEE 802.11-04/003 [1] at the last meeting The numerous advantages of these Turbo Codes, including the large performance gains enabled and their high flexibility, have been demonstrated in this previous contribution. This presentation will focus on the performance of these Turbo Codes in 802.11a PHY reference model. France Telecom R&D

Duo-Binary Turbo Codes May 2004 Duo-Binary Turbo Codes Very good performance: better than LDPC codes - for any code rate - for any block size <10000 bits - for any BER >10-9 - for any associated modulation Highly flexible solution: Duo-Binary Turbo Codes adjust easily to any code rate and block size, resulting in a better granularity

Simulation assumptions May 2004 Simulation assumptions Simulation chain based on 802.11a PHY model Perfect channel estimation, synchronization and front end (SISO configuration) Channels - AWGN channel - BRAN A channel

Simulation Assumptions May 2004 Simulation Assumptions The turbo code and the 802.11a convolutional code both simulated, with packet size 200 bytes, code rates ½ and ¾ Turbo Codes - 8-state Duo-Binary Convolutional Turbo Codes - Max-Log-MAP decoding, 8 iterations Convolutional Code - Viterbi decoding algorithm

Simulation Results: AWGN May 2004 Simulation Results: AWGN 2 to 2.5 dB gain at PER 1%

Simulation Results: BRAN A May 2004 Simulation Results: BRAN A 1.8 to 2.4 dB gain at PER 1%

May 2004 Turbo Codes and MIMO MIMO techniques employed: Space-Time Block Coding (2x1) Alamouti scheme Channel model: uncorrelated Rayleigh fading channels

Simulation results: STBC 2x1 May 2004 Simulation results: STBC 2x1

May 2004 Conclusions Turbo Codes, and more specifically Duo-Binary Turbo Codes, provide large performance gains in 802.11a context, as well as combined with MIMO techniques Their flexibility is an important advantage, allowing a finer granularity in block size and coding rate (cf [1]) Incorporated in a complete system, these Turbo Codes will represent a significant advantage to achieve 802.11n goals.

May 2004 References [1] IEEE 802.11-04/003, "Turbo Codes for 802.11n", France Telecom R&D, ENST Bretagne, iCoding Technology, TurboConcept, January 2004. [2] C. Berrou, A. Glavieux, P. Thitimajshima, "Near Shannon limit error-correcting coding and decoding: Turbo Codes", ICC93, vol. 2, pp. 1064-1070, May 93. [3] C. Berrou, "The ten-year-old turbo codes are entering into service", IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 41, pp. 110-116, August 03. [4] C. Berrou, M. Jezequel, C. Douillard, S. Kerouedan, "The advantages of non-binary turbo codes", Proc IEEE ITW 2001, pp. 61-63, Sept. 01. [5] TS25.212 : 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) ; Technical Specification Group (TSG) ; Radio Access Network (RAN) ; Working Group 1 (WG1); "Multiplexing and channel coding (FDD)". October 1999. [6] EN 301 790 : Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) "Interaction channel or satellite distribution systems". December 2000. [7] EN 301 958 : Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) "Specification of interaction channel for digital terrestrial TV including multiple access OFDM". March 2002.

BRAN A Channel SISO WLAN channel model May 2004 BRAN A Channel SISO WLAN channel model Delay profile model, typical office environment, NLOS 50 ns rms delay spread 18 taps, max delay spread 390 ns