Abstract
Network coding has been known as a spectrally efficient technique in wireless networks. However, when it is applied to a two-way relay channel (TWRC), it suffers from performance degradation caused by the asymmetric position of the relay. In this paper, we suggest remedying this problem by using hierarchical modulation at the source node. We investigate how hierarchical modulation can be incorporated and optimized with network coding. Our results are encouraging in that hierarchically modulated network coding (HMNC) significantly improves end-to-end bit-error probability and spectral efficiency in asymmetric relay channels, as compared with direct transmission (DT), bidirectional network coding (BNC), and coded bidirectional relay (CBR).
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 5430953 |
| Pages (from-to) | 2179-2184 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 Jun |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Manuscript received August 10, 2009; revised November 25, 2009, January 21, 2010, and March 3, 2010; accepted March 3, 2010. Date of publication March 15, 2010; date of current version June 16, 2010. This work was supported by The Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Korea, under the Information Technology Research Center Support Program supervised by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency [NIPA-2010-(C1090-1011-0011)]. The review of this paper was coordinated by Dr. C. Yuen.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Automotive Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering