Electronics Letters · 1984 · 81 citations · 1 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringDigital CommunicationInformation TheoryChannel CodingCoding TheoryError Control CodingError-correcting CodesModulationAmplitude ModulationBlock CodesBlock CodingError Correction CodesError Detection CodesLinear Block CodesQuadrature Amplitude ModulationSignal Modulation
A class of block codes is described which exploits the properties of quadrature amplitude modulation signal constellations whose points lie on a square grid. The simplest codes in the class have block lengths 4 and 8 and offer coding gains of 3 dB and 4.5 dB, respectively.
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