Symbol-level random network coded cooperation with hierarchical modulation in relay communication

Ronny Yongho Kim, Young Yong Kim

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Abstract

In order to effectively minimize packet error rate in error prone wireless networks, a novel cooperative communication strategy jointly using symbol-level random network coding and hierarchical modulation is proposed in this paper. The source broadcasts random network coded symbols with hierarchical modulation to the relays and the destination. In following time slots, the relays, which have successfully decoded the original packet, transmit additional random network coded symbols to the destination. When the proposed scheme is applied in multihop relay consumer device networks which comprise a set of consumer devices, error free transmission with high efficiency can be achieved. We show with simulation results that the proposed joint symbol-level random network coding and hierarchical modulation strategy achieves a substantial gain compared to the channel coded cooperation scheme.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1280-1285
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
Volume55
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
1 This work was supported by the MKE (Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Korea, under the ITRC(Information Technology Research Center) support program supervised by the IITA(Institute of Information Technology Assessment), (IITA-2008-C1090-0801-0038). R. Y. Kim is with LG Electronics, Kyoungki-do 431-749 Korea (e-mail: ronnykim@lge.com). Y. Y. Kim is with Yonsei University, Seoul, 120-749 Korea. (e-mail: y2k@yonsei.ac.kr). Contributed Paper Manuscript received July 11, 2009 0098 3063/09/$20.00 © 2009 IEEE

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Media Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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