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Mitigation _Techniques in IT and electrical engineering

1. Wireless and Mobile Communication
Techniques to Mitigate Fading Eects
Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bahir Dar University
BIT
2009
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2. Outline
1
Introduction
2
Equalization
3
Diversity
4
Channel Coding
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3. Introduction
Introduction
Apart from the better transmitter and receiver technology, mobile
communications require signal processing techniques that improve the
link performance
Equalization, Diversity and channel coding are channel impairment
improvement techniques
Equalization compensates for Inter Symbol Interference (ISI) created
by multipath within time dispersive channels
An equalizer within a receiver compensates for the average range of
expected channel amplitude and delay characteristics
In other words, an equalizer is a lter at the mobile receiver whose
impulse response is inverse of the channel impulse response
As such equalizers nd their use in frequency selective fading channels
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4. Introduction
Introduction
Diversity is another technique used to compensate fast fading and is
usually implemented using two or more receiving antennas
It is usually employed to reduce the depths and duration of the fades
experienced by a receiver in a fading channel
Channel coding improves mobile communication link performance by
adding redundant data bits in the transmitted message
At the baseband portion of the transmitter, a channel coder maps a
digital message sequence in to another specic code sequence
containing greater number of bits than original contained in the
message
Channel Coding is used to correct deep fading or spectral null
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5. Introduction
Introduction
Figure:
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6. Equalization
Equalization
ISI has been identied as one of the major obstacles to high speed
data transmission over mobile radio channels
If the modulation bandwidth exceeds the coherence bandwidth of the
radio channel (i.e., frequency selective fading), modulation pulses are
spread in time, causing ISI
An equalizer at the front end of a receiver compensates for the
average range of expected channel amplitude and delay characteristics
As the mobile fading channels are random and time varying,
equalizers must track the time-varying characteristics of the mobile
channel and therefore should be time-varying or adaptive
An adaptive equalizer has two phases of operation: training and
tracking.
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7. Equalization
Equalization
Training Mode
Initially a known, xed length training sequence is sent by the
transmitter so that the receiver equalizer may average to a proper
setting
Training sequence is typically a pseudo-random binary signal or a
xed, of prescribed bit pattern
The training sequence is designed to permit an equalizer at the
receiver to acquire the proper lter coecient in the worst possible
channel condition
An adaptive lter at the receiver thus uses a recursive algorithm to
evaluate the channel and estimate lter coecients to compensate for
the channel
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8. Equalization
Equalization
Tracking Mode
When the training sequence is nished the lter coecients are near
optimal
Immediately following the training sequence, user data is sent
When the data of the users are received, the adaptive algorithms of
the equalizer tracks the changing channel
As a result, the adaptive equalizer continuously changes the lter
characteristics over time
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9. Equalization
Equalization
A Mathematical Framework
The signal received by the equalizer is given by
x(t) =d(t)h(t) +nb(t) (1)
where
d(t) is the transmitted signal
h(t) is the combined impulse response of the transmitter,channel and
the RF/IF section of the receiver and
nb(t) denotes the baseband noise
If the impulse response of the equalizer isheq(t), the output of the
equalizer is
^y=d(t)h(t)heq(t)+nb(t)heq(t) =d(t)g(t)+nb(t)heq(t)
(2)
However, the desired output of the equalizer isd(t) which is the
original source data
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10. Equalization
Equalization
A Mathematical Framework
Assumingnb(t) = 0, we can writey(t) =d(t), which in turn stems
the following equation:
g(t) =h(t)heq(t) =(t) (3)
The main goal of any equalization process is to satisfy this equation
optimally
In frequency domain it can be written as
Heq(f)H(f) = 1 (4)
which indicates that an equalizer is actually an inverse lter of the channel
If the channel is frequency selective, the equalizer enhances the frequency
components with small amplitudes and attenuates the strong frequencies in the
received frequency spectrum in order to provide a at, composite received frequency
response and linear phase response
For a time varying channel, the equalizer is designed to track the channel
variations so that the above equation is approximately satised
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11. Equalization
Equalization
Zero Forcing Equalization
In a zero forcing equalizer, the equalizer coecientscnare chosen to
force the samples of the combined channel and equalizer impulse
response to zero
When each of the delay elements provide a time delay equal to the
symbol duration T, the frequency responseHeq(f) of the equalizer is
periodic with a period equal to the symbol rate 1/T. The combined
response of the channel with the equalizer must satisfy Nyquist's
criterion
Hch(f)Heq(f) = 1,jfj<
1
2T
whereHch(f) is the folded frequency response of the channel
Thus, an innite length zero-forcing ISI equalizer is simply an inverse
lter which inverts the folded frequency response of the channel
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12. Equalization
Equalization
A Generic Adaptive Equalizer
This lter is called the transversal lter, and in this case has N delay
elements, N+1 taps and N+1 tunable complex multipliers, called
weights
These weights are updated continuously by an adaptive algorithm
In the gure the subscript k represents discrete time index
The adaptive algorithm is controlled by the error signalek
The error signal is derived by comparing the output of the equalizer,
with some signaldkwhich is replica of transmitted signal
The adaptive algorithm usesekto minimize the cost function and
uses the equalizer weights in such a manner that it minimizes the cost
function iteratively
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13. Equalization
Equalization
A Generic Adaptive Equalizer
Figure:
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14. Equalization
Equalization
A Generic Adaptive Equalizer
Let us denote the received sequence vector at the receiver and the
input to the equalizer as
xk= [xk,xk1, ...,xkN]
T
, (5)
and the tap coecient vector as
wk= [w
0
k
,w
1
k
, ...,w
N
k
]
T
, (6)
Now, the output sequence of the equalizerykis the inner product of
xkandwk, i.e.,
yk=x
T
k
wk=w
T
k
xk, (7)
The error signal is dened as
ek=dkyk=dkx
T
k
wk, (8)
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15. Equalization
Equalization
A Generic Adaptive Equalizer
Assumingdkandxkto be jointly stationary, the Mean Square Error
(MSE) is given as
MSE=E

[e
2
k
]

=E

[(dkyk)
2
]

=E
n
[(dkx
T
k
wk)
2
]
o
=E

[(d
2
k
]

+w
T
k
E
n
[xkx
T
k
]
o
wk
(9)
wherewkis assumed to be an array of optimum values and therefore
it has been taken out of theEfgoperator
The MSE then can be expressed as
MSE==
2
k
+w
T
k
Rwk2P
T
wk (10)
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16. Equalization
Equalization
A Generic Adaptive Equalizer
where the signal variance
2
d=E

[d
2
k]

and the cross correlation vectorP
between the desired response and the input signal is dened as
P=Ef[dkxk]g=Ef[dkxkdkxk1dkxk2 dkxkN]g (11)
The input correlation matrixRis dened as an (N+ 1)(N+ 1) square matrix,
where
R=E
n
xkx
T
k
o
=E
8
>
>
>
>
<
>
>
>
>
:
2
6
6
6
6
4
x
2
k
xkxk1 xkxkN
xk1xk x
2
k1
xk1xkN
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
xkNxkxkNxk1 x
2
kN
3
7
7
7
7
5
9
>
>
>
>
=
>
>
>
>
;
. (12)
Clearly, MSE is a function ofwk
On equating
@
@w
k
to 0, we get the condition for minimum MSE (MMSE) which is
known as Wiener solution:
wk=R
1
P (13)
Hence, MMSE is given by the equation
MMSE=min=
2
dP
T
wk (14)
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17. Equalization
Choice of Algorithms for Adaptive Equalization
Rate of convergence:
Number of iterations required for an algorithm, in response to a stationary inputs, to
converge close enough to optimal solution. A fast rate of convergence allows the
algorithm to adapt rapidly to a stationary environment of unknown statistics
Misadjustment:
Provides a quantitative measure of the amount by which the nal value of mean square
error, averaged over an ensemble of adaptive lters, deviates from an optimal mean
square error
Computational complexity:
Number of operations required to make one complete iteration of the algorithm.
Numerical properties:
Inaccuracies like round-o noise and representation errors in the computer, which
inuence the stability of the algorithm
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18. Diversity
Diversity, Introduction
Diversity is a method used to develop information from several signals
transmitted over independent fading paths
It exploits the random nature of radio propagation by nding
independent signal paths for communication
It is a very simple concept where if one path undergoes a deep fade,
another independent path may have a strong signal
As there is more than one path to select from, both the instantaneous
and average SNRs at the receiver may be improved
Usually diversity decisions are made by receiver
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19. Diversity
Types of Diversity
Space Diversity
A method of transmission or reception, or both, in which the eects
of fading are minimized by the simultaneous use of two or more
physically separated antennas, ideally separated by one half or more
wavelengths
Signals received from spatially separated antennas have uncorrelated
envelopes
Space diversity reception methods can be classied into four
categories:
selection
feedback or scanning
maximal ratio combining
equal gain combining
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20. Diversity
Space Diversity
(a) Selection Diversity:
The basic principle of this type of diversity is selecting the best signal
among all the signals received from dierent branches at the receiving
end
Selection Diversity is the simplest diversity technique
The receiver branches having the highest instantaneous SNR is
connected to the demodulator
It is not an optimal diversity technique as it doesn't use all the
possible branches simultaneously
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21. Diversity
Space Diversity
(b) Feedback or Scanning Diversity:
Scanning all the signals in a xed sequence until the one with SNR
more than a predetermined threshold is identied
Feedback or scanning diversity is very similar to selection diversity
except that instead of always using the best of N signals, the N
signals are scanned in a xed sequence until one is found to be above
a predetermined threshold
This signal is then received until it falls below threshold and the
scanning process is again initiated
The resulting fading statistics are somewhat inferior, but the
advantage is that it is very simple to implement(only one receiver is
required)
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22. Diversity
Space Diversity
(c) Maximal Ratio Combining:
Signals from all of the M branches are weighted according to their
individual signal voltage to noise power ratios and then summed
Individual signals must be cophased before being summed, which
generally requires an individual receiver and phasing circuit for each
antenna element
Produces an output SNR equal to the sum of all individual SNR
Advantage of producing an output with an acceptable SNR even
when none of the individual signals are themselves acceptable
Modern DSP techniques and digital receivers are now making this
optimal form, as it gives the best statistical reduction of fading of any
known linear diversity combiner
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23. Diversity
Space Diversity
(d) Equal Gain Combining:
In some cases it is not convenient to provide for the variable
weighting capability required for true maximal ratio combining
In such cases, the branch weights are all set unity, but the signals from
each branch are co-phased to provide equal gain combining diversity
It allows the receiver to exploit signals that are simultaneously
received on each branch
Performance of this method is marginally inferior to maximal ratio
combining and superior to Selection diversity
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24. Diversity
Polarization Diversity
Polarization Diversity relies on the decorrelation of the two receive
ports to achieve diversity gain
The two receiver ports must remain cross-polarized. Polarization
Diversity at a base station does not require antenna spacing
Polarization diversity combines pairs of antennas with orthogonal
polarizations (i.e. horizontal/vertical, slant 45
0
,
Left-hand/Right-hand CP etc)
Reected signals can undergo polarization changes depending on the
channel
Pairing two complementary polarizations, this scheme can immunize a
system from polarization mismatches that would otherwise cause
signal fade
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25. Diversity
Frequency Diversity
In Frequency Diversity, the same information signal is transmitted and
received simultaneously on two or more independent fading carrier
frequencies
Rationale behind this technique is that frequencies separated by more
than the
will thus not experience the same fades
The probability of simultaneous fading will be the product of the
individual fading probabilities
This method is employed in microwave LoS links which carry several
channels in a frequency division multiplex mode (FDM)
Main disadvantage is that it requires spare bandwidth also as many
receivers as there are channels used for the frequency diversity
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26. Diversity
Time Diversity
In time diversity, the signal representing the same information are sent
over the same channel at dierent times
Time diversity repeatedly transmits information at time spacings that
exceeds the
Multiple repetition of the signal will be received with independent
fading conditions, thereby providing for diversity
A modern implementation of time diversity involves the use of RAKE
receiver for spread spectrum CDMA, where the multipath channel
provides redundancy in the transmitted message
Disadvantage is that it requires spare bandwidth also as many
receivers as there are channels used for the frequency diversity
Two important types of time diversity application is discussed below
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27. Diversity
Application 1: RAKE Receiver
In CDMA spread spectrum systems, CDMA spreading codes are
designed to provide very low correlation between successive chips,
propagation delay spread in the radio channel provides multiple
version of the transmitted signal at the receiver
Delaying multipath components by more than a chip duration, will
appear like uncorrelated noise at a CDMA receiver
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28. Diversity
Application 1: RAKE Receiver
CDMA receiver may combine the time delayed versions of the original
signal to improve the signal to noise ratio at the receiver
RAKE receiver collect the time shifted versions of the original signal
by providing a separate correlation receiver for M strongest multipath
components
Outputs of each correlator are weighted to provide a better estimate
of the transmitted signal than provided by a single component
Demodulation and bit decisions are based on the weighted output of
the correlators
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29. Diversity
Application 2: Interleaver
In the encoded data bits, some source bits are more important than
others, and must be protected from errors
Many speech coder produce several important bits in succession
Interleaver spread these bit out in time so that if there is a deep fade
or noise burst, the important bits from a block of source data are not
corrupted at the same time
Spreading source bits over time, it becomes possible to make use of
error control coding
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30. Channel Coding
Channel Coding, Introduction
In channel coding, redundant data bits are added in the transmitted
message so that if an instantaneous fade occurs in the channel, the
data may still be recovered at the receiver without the request of
retransmission
A channel coder maps the transmitted message into another specic
code sequence containing more bits
Coded message is then modulated for transmission in the wireless
channel
Channel Coding is used by the receiver to detect or correct errors
introduced by the channel
Codes that used to detect errors, are error detection codes
Error correction codes can detect and correct errors.
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31. Channel Coding
Shannons Channel Capacity Theorem
In 1948, Shannon showed that by proper encoding of the information,
errors induced by a noise channel can be reduced to any desired level
without sacricing the rate of information transfer
Shannons channel capacity formula is applicable to the AWGN
channel and is given by:
C=Blog
2

1 +
S
N

=Blog
2

1 +
P
N0B

=Blog
2

1 +
EbRb
N0B

(15)
whereCis the channel capacity (bit/s),Bis the channel bandwidth
(Hz),Pis the received signal power (W),N0is the single sided noise
power density (W/Hz),Ebis the average bit energy andRbis
transmission bit rate
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32. Channel Coding
Channel Coding
Corollary 1
While dealing within maximum channel capacity, introduction of
redundant bits increase the transmitter rate and hence bandwidth
requirement also increases, while decreasing the bandwidth eciency, but
it also decreases the BER
Corollary 2
If data redundancy is not introduced in a wideband noisy environment,
error free performance in not possible (for example, CDMA communication
in 3G mobile phones)
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33. Channel Coding
Channel Codding
Introduction
Channel coding deals with error control techniques
If the data at the output of a communications system has errors that
are too frequent for the desired use, the errors can often be reduced
by the use of a number of techniques
Coding permits an increased rate of information transfer at a xed
error rate, or a reduced error rate for a xed transfer rate
The two main methods of error control are:
1
Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ):- when a receiver circuit detects
errors in a block of data, it requests that the data is retransmitted
2
Forward Error Correction (FEC):- the transmitted data is encoded so
that the data can correct as well as detect errors caused by channel
noise
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34. Channel Coding
Channel Codding
Introduction
The choice of ARQ or FEC depends on the particular application
ARQ is often used where there is a full duplex (2-way) channel
because it is relatively inexpensive to implement
FEC is used where the channel is not full duplex or where ARQ is not
desirable because real time is required
The two main categories of channel codes are:-
1. Block codes
A block ofkinformation bits is encoded to give a codeword ofnbits
(n>k). For each sequence ofkinformation bits, there is a a distinct
codeword ofnbits. Examples of block codes include
Cyclic Codes. A
error burst up to the length of the CRC code itself.
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35. Channel Coding
Channel Codding
2. Convolutional Codes
the coded sequence ofnbits depends not only on the presentk
information bits but also on the previous information bits
The primary objective of coding is that the decoder can determine if
the received word is a valid codeword, or if it is a codeword which has
been corrupted by noise (i.e. detect one or more errors)
Ideally the decoder should be able to decide which codeword was sent
even if the transmitted codeword was corrupted by noise (i.e.
correction)
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36. Channel Coding
Block codes
The block coder input is a stream of information bits
The coder segments this bit stream into blocks ofkinformation bits
and for each block it calculates a number ofrcheck bits, or it picks
thercheck bits from a tabulated set of values
It then transmits the entire block, or codeword ofn=k+rchannel
bits
This is called an (n,k) block code
If errors occur in suciently few of these transmitted channel bits,
thercheck bits may provide the receiver with sucient information
to enable it to
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37. Channel Coding
Block codes
The
k
n
If thekinformation bits are transmitted unaltered rst followed by
the transmission of thercheck bits it is called a
A
interspersed between the information bits
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38. Channel Coding
Hamming Distance
The minimum number of positions in which any two codewords in any
particular block dier from each other is called the Hamming
distance,dmin
Consider the following set of codewords:
C1= 0000,C2= 0101,C3= 1010,C4= 1111,
The distance,d:
betweenC2andC3is 4
betweenC2andC4is 2
betweenC2andC1is 2
Thus, the Hamming distance (the smallest distance between any pair)
=dmin= 2
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39. Channel Coding
Hamming Distance
The distance between any codewords andC1is equal to its weight i.e.
the number of 1s in the codeword
For example, the weight ofC4is 4 and the distance fromC1toC4is 4
The Hamming distance is important:
If a received codeword haseerrors, then provided thatedmin1, it
is possible to detect with certainty that errors have occurred
If a received codeword haseerrors, then provided that 2e+ 1dmin,
it is possible to detect the errors and repair them to regenerate the
original codeword
To repair a single error requires a Hamming distance of 3 or greater
The 4 bit code in the example above, therefore, cannot correct the
result of occurrence of a single error, (sincedmin= 2), but it can
detect it
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40. Channel Coding
Example 1
The block code C = 00000, 10100, 11110, 11001 can be used to
represent two bit binary numbers as:
00 - 00000
01 - 10100
10 - 11110
11 - 11001
Here number of codewords is 4,k= 2, andn= 5.
To encode a bit stream 1001010011
First step is to break the sequence in groups of two bits, i.e., 10 01 01
00 11
Next step is to replace each block by its corresponding codeword, i.e.,
1111010100101000000011001
Quite clearly, here,dmin= min (Ci;Cj) = 2.
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41. Channel Coding
Repetition Codes
These are the simplest type of block codes
One way to detect an error in an information block is to send the
information twice
The two received blocks are compared bit by bit and if there is a
dierence an error has occurred
This method may be extended by sending the information block three
times
If one block diers from the other two, assume an error has occurred
in that block and discard it
This is repetition coding
It is simple to implement but very inecient in terms of information
transfer
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42. Channel Coding
Repetition Codes
Another method is to encode a single symbol into a block ofn
identical bits - an (n, 1) block code
There are only two codewords - the sequence ofn0s and the
sequence of n 1s
The rst bit is the information bit, the otherr=n1 bits are check
bits
The value of each check bit is identical to the information bit
The decoder might use the following rules
Count the number of 0s and the number of 1s in the received bits
If there are more received 0s than 1s, decide that the all-0 codeword
was sent
If there are more 1s than 0s decide that the all-1 codeword was sent
If the number of 1s equals the number of 0s do not decide - just ag a
decoding failure and perhaps generate and ARQ (automatic request to
repeat the message)
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43. Channel Coding
Repetition Codes
In this case the Hamming distance isnso that the original data can
be recovered if there are less than (n1)=2 errors in the received
codeword - this is the basis of the 2
nd
and 3
rd
steps above
This rule will decode correctly in all cases where the channel noise
changes less than half the bits in any one block
If the channel noise changes more than half of the bits in any one
block, the decoder will make a decoding error, i.e., it will decode the
received word into the wrong codeword
If channel errors occur infrequently the probability of a decoding
failure or a decoding error for a repetition code of long block length is
very small indeed
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44. Channel Coding
Single Parity Check Codes
This is an example of a high information rate (R=k=n) code
It appends a
This check bit is the modulo-2 sum (modulo-2 addition is equivalent
to the exclusive OR logical operation) of the codeword (n1)
information bits
If the number of 1s in the information word is, then the
modulo-2 sum of all the information bits will be equal to 0
If the number of 1s in the information word is
sum will be equal to 1
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45. Channel Coding
Single Parity Check Codes
The parity bit is calculated and appended to the information bits to
form the codeword
Even parity
of 1s in the codeword is even
Odd parity
be odd
This type of code can only detect and cannot correct errors
A single bit error (or any number of odd bit errors) will be detected
but any combination of two bit errors (or any number of even bit
errors) will cause a decoding error
Repetitive codes and single parity check codes are, respectively,
examples of extreme and relatively trivial block codes
However, single parity checks are used quite often with ASCII codes
in computer communications
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46. Channel Coding
Single Parity Check Codes
Example
Consider a (8,7) ASCII code with information codeword (0, 1, 0, 1, 1,
0, 0) and encoded with overall even parity pattern
Thus the overall codeword is (0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1) where the last bit
is the parity bit
If there is a single error in bit 3: (0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1), then it can be
easily checked by the receiver that now there are odd number of 1s
in the codeword and hence there is an error
On the other hand, if there are two errors, say, errors in bit 3 and 5:
(0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1), then error will not be detected.
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47. Channel Coding
Cross Word Error Correction (Product Code)
This is an extension of the use of parity bits to enable error recovery
Assume that data is sent in 7 bit words and a single parity bit is
appended (Shown asRxin the table below)
This parity bit may be either even or odd
After 7 data words have been sent, another 8 bit check word is
appended
Bit 1 of this word is a parity bit for bit 1 in all 7 data words
Bit 2 is a parity bit for bit 2 in all of the 7 data words etc. etc. These
are shown asCxbits in the table below
If bit 3 in word 4 is errored in transmission it will show up as two
parity bit errors, i.e., parity bitR4andC3
This allows the errored bit to be identied and the error to be
corrected
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48. Channel Coding
Cross Word Error Correction (Product Code)
The problem with this correction method is in the low transmission
eciency
For example, the above arrangement sends 77(49) bits of data but
88(64) bits are required for error correction - the eciency is
49=64 = 77%
Word 1 Bit 1Bit 2Bit 3Bit 4Bit 5Bit 6Bit 7R1
Word 2 Bit 1Bit 2Bit 3Bit 4Bit 5Bit 6Bit 7R2
Word 3 Bit 1Bit 2Bit 3Bit 4Bit 5Bit 6Bit 7R3
Word 4 Bit 1Bit 2Bit 3Bit 4Bit 5Bit 6Bit 7R4
Word 5 Bit 1Bit 2Bit 3Bit 4Bit 5Bit 6Bit 7R5
Word 6 Bit 1Bit 2Bit 3Bit 4Bit 5Bit 6Bit 7R6
Word 7 Bit 1Bit 2Bit 3Bit 4Bit 5Bit 6Bit 7R7
Check WordC1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8
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49. Channel Coding
Cross Word Error Correction (Product Code)
Example
Consider that nine information bits (1; 0; 1; 0; 0; 1; 1; 1; 0) are to be
transmitted
These 9 bits can be divided into groups of three information bits and
(4,3) single parity check codeword can be formed with even parity
After forming three codewords, those can be appended with a vertical
parity bit which will form the fourth codeword
Thus the following codewords are transmitted:
C1= [1 0 1 0]
C2= [0 0 1 1]
C3= [1 1 0 0]
C4= [0 1 0 1]
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50. Channel Coding
Cross Word Error Correction (Product Code)
Example
Now if an error occurs in the second bit of the second codeword, the
received codewords at the receiver would then be:
C1= [1 0 1 0]
C2= [011 1]
C3= [1 1 0 0]
C4= [0 1 0 1]
and these would indicate the corresponding row and column position
of the erroneous bit with vertical and horizontal parity check and thus
the bit can be corrected
Here we get a horizontal (4, 3) codeword and a vertical (4, 3)
codeword and concatenating them we get a (16, 9) product code
In general, a product code can be formed as (n1;k1) & (n2;k2))
(n1n2;k1k2).
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