基于SOVA的并行级联空时格码的译码算法

并行级联空时格码调制(Turbo—STCM)将并行迭代译码结构(Turbo)应用于空时编码，可以极大地提高空时格码的编码增益。本基于一种改进的(Soft—output Viterbi a1gorithm，SOVA)译码算法，提出了针对Turbo—STCM的并行迭代译码方案。仿真结果表明，在保持分集增益的前提下，Turbo—STCM和原始的空时格码调制相比，编码增益有了极大的提高．同时采用该SOVA算法译码复杂度低，速度快，更利于实际系统的开发实现．

AN IMPROVED SOVA-BASED DECODING SCHEME FOR TURBO-STCM

Parallel concatenated spa ce time trellis code modulation, called Turbo STCM, can efficiently increase the coding gains of the space time codes. However, the complexity of the iterat iv e decoding restricts its application. This paper introduces a lower complex deco ding algorithm based on soft output Viterbi algorithm (SOVA) for Turbo STCM. S imulational results show that the new SOVA algorithm for the Turbo STCM outperf orms the original space time trellis code (STTC) by 4~6 dB. At the same time, compared with the Max Log MAP (maximum a posteriori) algorithm, the new scheme requires a lower complexity and approaches the performance of Turbo STCM decod ing w ith Max Log MAP.