Performance of type-II hybrid ARQ in a shadowed Rician fading LEOsatellite-based spread slotted ALOHA communication channel

Type-II hybrid ARQ is applied to a shadowed Rician fading low earth-orbiting (LEO) satellite-based spread slotted ALOHA communication channel. In particular it is found to be effective in combating heavy shadowing     

Separate codes on type-II hybrid ARQ systems

A hybrid automatic repeat request (ARQ) system (HARQ-II) with parity retransmission for error correction, which combines ARQ and forward error correction is discussed, and the successful application of these codes to HARG-II is illustrated. A method of constructing the codes whereby conventional BCH codes can be changed into separable codes is proposed. A scheme is presented that has the advantages that, the code lengths are always made equal and that even in parity retransmission new information symbols can be sent along with the necessary parity-check symbols. The performance of the proposed schemes on the binary symmetric channel is discussed. The numerical results show that they outperform conventional schemes     

Adaptive type-II hybrid broadcast ARQ system

In this letter, a type-II hybrid broadcast automatic-repeat-request (ARQ) scheme with adaptive forward error correction (AFEC) using BCH codes is proposed and analyzed. The basic idea in the proposed scheme is to increase the error correcting capability of BCH codes according to each channel state using incremental redundancy. The numerical results for the analysis and the simulation show that the proposed scheme maintains high throughput even if channels become noisy and the number of receivers is large     

基于II型H-ARQ系统速率可变低密度校验码的设计与研究

构造了一类用于II型H-ARQ系统、具有Z字形结构校验矩阵、性能优良的速率可变低密度校验码(RC-LDPC)。将渐进边增长(progressiveedgegrowth)算法推广应用到RC-LDPC码的构造中,扩大了码率动态变化范围,提高了码的性能。仿真结果表明将此类RC-LDPC码应用于II型H-ARQ系统,可获得较高的吞吐量,且其校验矩阵的Z字形结构极大地降低了系统实现的复杂度。     

Performance of truncated type-II hybrid ARQ schemes with noisyfeedback over block fading channels

This paper considers truncated type-II hybrid automatic repeat-request (ARQ) schemes with noisy feedback over block fading channels. With these ARQ techniques, the number of retransmissions is limited, and, similar to forward error correction (FEC), error-free delivery of data packets cannot be guaranteed. Bounds on the average number of transmissions, the average coding rate as well as the reliability of the schemes are derived using random coding techniques, and the performance is compared with FEC. The random coding bounds reveal the achievable performance with block codes and maximum-likelihood soft-decision decoding. Union upper bounds and simulation results show that over block fading channels, these bounds can be closely approached with simple terminated convolutional codes and soft-decision Viterbi decoding. Truncated type-II hybrid ARQ and the corresponding FEC schemes have the same probability of packet erasure; however, the truncated ARQ schemes offer a trade-off between the average coding rate and the probability of undetected error. Truncated ARQ schemes have significantly higher average coding rates than FEC at high and medium signal-to-noise ratio even with noisy feedback. Truncated ARQ can be viewed as adaptive FEC that adapts to the instantaneous channel conditions     

Performance evaluation of the generalized type-II hybrid ARQ schemewith noisy feedback on Markov channels

The generalized type-II hybrid automatic repeat request (ARQ) scheme on Markov channels is examined in order to study the effect of feedback channel errors on the performance of ARQ systems. It is shown that it is possible to derive expressions for certain critical performance parameters, such as the throughput efficiency, the probabilities of packet loss, undetected error, and correct delivery. To provide a means of comparison, a parallel set of expressions is provided under the usual assumption of an error-free feedback channel. By use of simulations, the ARQ system performance is examined under noiseless feedback and noisy feedback. It is found that feedback channel noise can result in the loss of packets, an increase in the number of undetected errors, and the occurrence of unnecessary transmissions. To enhance the performance of the GH-II ARQ scheme, a predictor is used and found to lower the probability of undetected error, reduce the number of unnecessary transmissions, and increase the throughput efficiency     

Performance of a hybrid multilevel error control with an early-stop ARQ protocol for wireless ATM networks

This paper proposes an effective hybrid multilevel error control (HMEC) with an early-stop automatic repeat request (ARQ) scheme for wireless asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks. In this scheme, the source traffic is segmented into a number of blocks, each with m cells, then encoded into k(k>m) cells. The transmission of one block may be finished as long as m out of the k cells are received correctly. The ARQ protocol is applied only when too many cells are dropped or corrupted due to uncorrectable error in the radio channel. This paper also provides a detail study of the proposed scheme. In particular, the throughput efficiency with parameters (m,k) are derived analytically for the white Gaussian and Rayleigh fading channels. Simulation results show a very close match with theoretical results. All the results show that the HMEC scheme can reduce cell-retransmission probability and improve network throughput over a wide range of channel error rates when appropriate values of parameters m and k are chosen.     

Performance analysis of a time diversity ARQ in land mobile radio

A time diversity automatic repeat-request (ARQ) scheme with a finite number of transmissions is investigated for a digital FM mobile radio with frequency demodulation (FD). It processes all the retransmissions of a single data block using postdetection diversity combining. The analysis of the signal energy per bit required for a given bit error rate (BER) and the spectral efficiency in a cellular mobile radio system are presented. The results obtained from the numerical calculations show that this ARQ scheme offers a performance superior to both the basic ARQ scheme and the time-diversity scheme     

A hybrid ARQ protocol using integrated channel equalization

In this letter, a new hybrid automatic repeat request (ARQ) approach is presented to enhance receiver performance for communication systems employing forward error-correction codes in frequency-selective fading environments. This new approach involves a simple modification to the traditional turbo equalizer by combining multiple ARQ transmissions via integrated channel equalization. This modification leads to better computational efficiency, better exploitation of channel diversity, better channel-estimation ability, and improved performance (frame-error rates) when concatenated with an outer code. These improvements are verified through evaluations of extrinsic information transfer charts and ARQ simulations when compared with iterative combining of multiple transmissions.     

ARQ schemes for data transmission in mobile radio systems

An important problem in land mobile radio communications is how to provide reliable data communications to the largest number of users. To explore this problem, several existing ARQ protocols are examined which have application to the land mobile radio channel, as well as some new protocol combinations. All protocols are analyzed for several key system performance measures which are verified by experimental means for static as well as fading channels. Finally, a conclusion is reached regarding a new protocol combination which is found to offer significant advantages over all other protocols explored.     

A spread slotted CDMA/ALOHA system with hybrid ARQ for satellitemultiple access

We propose and investigate a new type of satellite multiple access protocol that combines the characteristics of the spread slotted (SS)-ALOHA protocol, code division multiple access (CDMA), and the hybrid automatic repeat request (ARQ) error controlling and retransmission scheme, in order to increase the throughput by reducing the number of retransmissions and to keep the bit error rate (BER) of the satellite link low when the channel experiences heavy traffic. The main feature of our proposed system is the utilization of two different fields in the analysis of the satellite multiple access problem. Since the hub now possesses the forward error correction (FEC) capability to correct errors that appear after the CDMA despreading of the packets, the satellite does not need to ask so often for the retransmission of erroneous packets and will ask for retransmission only when the FEC error correcting capability is exceeded. This paper also presents the adaptive optimization of the balance between the CDMA processing gain and FEC coding gain in order to obtain a better throughput for the SS-CDMA/ALOHA with hybrid ARQ protocol for satellite multiple access. The optimization is made with the constraint of keeping the bandwidth of the transmitted packets constant during all times. According to this, the effective throughput of the protocol (information bits over total transmitted bits ratio) is improved by adaptively changing the CDMA and FEC codes used in the transmission. This adaptive optimization is done by observing the channel status or load and increasing or decreasing both coding schemes' gains. Computer simulations show the performance of the proposed multiple access scheme     

Optimum subpacket transmission for hybrid ARQ systems

Hybrid automatic-repeat-request (ARQ) is a flexible and efficient technique for data transmissions. In hybrid ARQ, subpacket schemes are more attractive for systems with burst errors than complete packet schemes. Although subpacket schemes were proposed in ARQ systems, optimum subpacket transmission is more effective to maximize throughput in a dynamic channel. Since convolutional codes have properties of burst errors in decoding, the optimum subpacket can be applied to convolutional codes. This paper investigates the performance of subpacket transmission for convolutionally coded systems. An efficient method is proposed to estimate the optimum number of subpackets, and adaptive subpacket schemes, i.e., schemes that enable a system to employ different optimum numbers of subpackets under various conditions, are suggested to achieve the maximum throughput of the system. Numerical and simulation results show that the adaptive subpacket scheme is very effective for the convolutionally coded hybrid ARQ system, and it can provide higher throughput, smaller delay,and lower dropping rate than complete packet schemes. Moreover, the adaptive subpacket scheme can be flexibly used with packet combining techniques to further improve the system throughput.     

Performance of hybrid ARQ schemes for the fading channel

We define and adopt a theoretical method, based on the sphere-packing bound, for evaluating and comparing the achievable performance of different hybrid automatic repeat request schemes for the fading channel. The channel state evolution is assumed to be represented by a finite-state Markov chain. To assess the correctness and the accuracy of the analysis, some simulation results, based on the use of turbo codes, are also presented.     

Performance of ARQ Go-Back-N protocol in Markov channels with unreliable feedback

In this paper, an ARQ Go-Back-N protocol with time-out mechanism is studied. Transmissions on both the forward and the reverse channels are assumed to be subject to Markovian errors. A recently developed approach, based on renewal theory, is further extended and the steady state average number of packets in the ARQ system is evaluated. This allows us to determine analytically both throughput and transmission delay of the system. Simulation results, that confirm the analysis, are also presented. Based on the analysis, the trade-off involved in the choice of the time-out parameter is identified and discussed. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Throughput optimisation of a stop-and-wait ARQ protocol

A stop-and-wait ARQ protocol is described, in which the modulation operation is strictly integrated into the transmission procedure. The data blocks are sent to the receiver in groups containing a specified number of consecutive copies. The optimum number of transmissions per codeword, which maximises the throughput, is evaluated. The results show that a net improvement can be achieved by using the described algorithm with respect to other similar ARQ schemes. In particular, it is shown that for high error rates this stop-and-wait scheme presents higher throughput than the classical selective protocol     

Transceiver design for MIMO wireless systems incorporating hybrid ARQ

Hybrid ARQ, an extension of ARQ that incorporates forward error correction coding, is a retransmission scheme employed in current communications systems. The use of HARQ can contribute to efficient utilization of the available resources and the provision of reliable services in latest-generation systems. This article focuses on wireless systems using HARQ with emphasis on the multiple-input multiple-output paradigm. MIMO-HARQ offers new opportunities because of the additional degrees of freedom introduced by the multiple antennas at the transmitter and receiver. The architecture of MIMO transceivers that are based on bit-interleaved coded modulation and employ HARQ is described. Additionally, receiver implementations are presented and compared in terms of complexity, memory requirements, and performance.     

An ARQ mechanism considering resource and traffic priorities in cognitive radio systems

In multi-hop relaying systems that have many relay stations (RSs), a cognitive radio (CR) technique can improve system performance greatly, due to an efficient resource sharing between the RSs. In this letter, the performance of an ARQ mechanism for CR-based multi-hop relaying systems is studied, using Markov chain and matrix signal flow graph (MSFG) techniques. Also, a priority-based resource allocation scheme is proposed to prevent performance degradation caused by the usage of unstable resources acquired by the CR technique.     

Performance of hybrid ARQ for IP packet transmission on fadingchannel

This paper proposes and analyzes the performance of a hybrid selective repeat (SR)/multicopy (MC) automatic repeat request (ARQ) scheme to transmit fragmented Internet protocol (IP) packets. The ARQ scheme works in the SR mode until the last IP packet fragment is transmitted. If a fragment is negatively acknowledged after the last fragment is transmitted, then the system goes in the MC mode. In the MC mode, multiple copies of the erroneous fragment are transmitted. After all IP fragments are received without error, the system goes back to the SR mode. The performance of the proposed scheme is evaluated in terms of the bit error rate (BER), IP packet size, and fragmentation size with and without Bose Chaudhuri Hocquenghem (BCH) error correction codes. Both the results are obtained under additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) as well as flat Rayleigh fading channels. The proposed scheme gives a throughput of 0.9, even at high BER conditions, for any IP packet size under an AWGN channel while, an 8-dB improvement is achieved, when using BCH(63, 51, 2) for throughput of 0.9, over selective repeat+stutter scheme 2 (SR+ST 2) under a flat Rayleigh fading channel     

一种有效的水声通信网络中用于半双工信道的ARQ协议

自动重传请求(ARQ)在保证通信网络可靠传输中起着关键的作用。但是，在水声通信网络中，由于水声信道的半双工以及信道的长传播时延特性，使得水声通信网络的吞叶性能受到极大的制约。本文针对水声信道长传播时延这一特点，利用扩频通信技术，将单个信道分成两个子信道；一个用于前向信道(从发送方到接收方)，另一个用于反向信道(从接收方到发送方)，从而使得对每个分组数据的响应时间大大缩短，提出了一种有效的适合于半双工特性的ARQ协议。理论分析和仿真结果表明，相对于传统的SW ARQ协议而言，该协议在水声信道下具有更优的吞吐性能。