2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks

Research Article

Effect of interfering users on the modulation order and code rate for UWB impulse-radio bit-interleaved coded M-ary PPM

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589738,
        author={Ruben Merz and Jean-Yves Le Boudec},
        title={Effect of interfering users on the modulation order and code rate for UWB impulse-radio bit-interleaved coded M-ary PPM},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
        year={2006},
        month={2},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589738}
    }
    
  • Ruben Merz
    Jean-Yves Le Boudec
    Year: 2006
    Effect of interfering users on the modulation order and code rate for UWB impulse-radio bit-interleaved coded M-ary PPM
    BROADNETS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589738
Ruben Merz1,*, Jean-Yves Le Boudec1,*
  • 1: EPFL, School of Computer and Communication Sciences, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, phone: (+41) 21 693 6616, fax: (+41) 21 693 6610
*Contact email: ruben.merz@epfl.ch, jean-yves.leboudec@epfl.ch

Abstract

We consider the impact of multi-user interference on a bit-interleaved coded-modulation system with M-ary PPM (BIC M-ary PPM) in an impulse-radio ultra-wideband physical layer. In a realistic scenario such as an ad hoc network, the interference is inherently variable. This justifies the need for a physical layer that can optimally adapt its transmission parameters to the interference level. We use puncturing on the channel code so that we can not only change the modulation order M but also the channel code rate. We study by simulation how the optimal combination of modulation order M and channel code rate behaves with various degrees of interference. The results show that BIC M-ary PPM can be successfully adapted to various levels of interference conditions. It also shows the benefit of both rate and modulation adaptation, especially in the presence of multi-user interference