Soft-decision decoding of permutation codes in AWGN and fading channels

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2017
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Kolade, Oluwafemi Ibrahim
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Permutation codes provide the required redundancy for error correction in a noisy communication channel. Combined with MFSK modulation, the outcome produces an e cient system reliable in combating background and impulse noise in the com- munication channel. Part of this can be associated with how the redundancy scales up the amount of frequencies used in transmission. Permutation coding has also shown to be a good candidate for error correction in harsh channels such as the Powerline Communication channel. Extensive work has been done to construct permutation code books but existing decoding algorithms become impractical for large codebook sizes. This is because the algorithms need to compare the received codeword with all the codewords in the codebook used in encoding. This research therefore designs an e cient soft-decision decoder of Permutation codes. The decoder's decision mechanism does not require lookup comparison with all the codewords in the codebook. The code construction technique that derives the codebook is also irrelevant to the decoder. Results compare the decoding algorithm with Hard-decision plus Envelope Detec- tion in the Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) and Rayleigh Fading Channels. The results show that with lesser iterations, improved error correction performance is achieved for high-rate codes. Lower rate codes require additional iterations for signi cant error correction performance. The decoder also requires much less comup- tational complexity compared with existing decoding algorithms.
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A Dissertation submitted in ful llment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering January, 2017
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Kolade, Oluwafemi Ibrahim (2017) Soft-decision decoding of permutation codes in AWGN and fading channels, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22995>
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