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Optimization of Unicast Services Transmission for Broadcast Channels in Practical Situations

Zeina Mheich () 1, Marie-Line Alberi-Morel 2, Pierre Duhamel 1

Bell Labs Technical Journal 17, 1 (2012) 5-23

Abstract: The problem of constellation shaping for broadcast transmission in degraded channels remains a challenge. This is especially so when a single source communicates simultaneously with two receivers using a finite dimension constellation. This paper focuses on a practical situation where unicast service to each user is transmitted over broadcast channels. We investigate the optimization of an achievable rate closure region by using non-uniform constellations issued from superimposition of high-rate information on low-rate information and by using a nonequiprobable distribution of the transmitted symbols. The achievable rate region is derived for a two-user additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) broadcast channel and for finite input pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) constellations. A noticeable shaping gain up to 3.5 dB maximum was shown on signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), compared with the equiprobable distribution of transmitted symbols obtained for a 4-PAM constellation when achievable rates are maximized over the probability distribution of channel input signals and the constellation shape.

  • 1:  Laboratoire des signaux et systèmes (L2S)
  • UMR8506 CNRS – SUPELEC – Université Paris XI - Paris Sud
  • 2:  Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs
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  • Collaboration : Alcatel Lucent
  • Domain : Computer Science/Information Theory and Coding
    Mathematics/Information Theory
    Engineering Sciences/Signal and Image processing
    Computer Science/Signal and Image Processing
 
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  • Submitted on: Tuesday, 19 June 2012 14:45:12
  • Updated on: Wednesday, 20 June 2012 15:07:02