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MORE MATH 167<br />

If the BCJR algorithm is used, the bit likelihoods can be computed directly from<br />

the joint state transition/data probabilities by summing transition probabilities<br />

corresponding to a particular bit value.<br />

7.3.3 Joint demodulation and decoding<br />

With full joint demodulation and decoding, we would need to consider each possible<br />

codeword and form a sequence metric. This is usually highly complex, motivating<br />

approximate approaches.<br />

One popular approximate approach is turbo equalization. With turbo equalization,<br />

the equalizer and decoder interact with one another, as illustrated in Fig. 7.2.<br />

The first time the equalizer runs, it assumes all symbol values are equi-likely. Soft<br />

bit values are passed to the decoder as usual, without adjustment. The decoder<br />

then performs decoding, but produces some additional information. It determines<br />

likelihoods associated with the modem bit values. These likelihoods are adjusted<br />

to capture only the information learned from the decoding process (the information<br />

provided by the equalizer is removed). The adjusted or extrinsic information<br />

is then used by the equalizer to process the received samples a second time. The<br />

results are adjusted and then fed to the decoder for a second decoding process. The<br />

process continues for either a fixed number of iterations or until an error detection<br />

code determines that there are no errors. We have shown the adjustments as subtractions,<br />

which assumes the soft bit information is in the form of a log-likelihood<br />

ratio (LLR).<br />

equalizer<br />

decoder<br />

+ H-<br />

Figure 7.2<br />

Turbo equalization.<br />

Turbo equalization was originally formulated for use with MAPSD. However,<br />

there have also been formulations with LE, referred to as linear turbo equalization.<br />

7.4 MORE MATH<br />

The basic mathematics have been covered previously. For systems in which symbols<br />

are sent in parallel (CDM, MIMO), a vector form of the MAP algorithm can be<br />

used.<br />

7.5 AN EXAMPLE<br />

The LTE downlink, which employs OFDM, is used as an example in Chapter 2.<br />

Here we consider the case in which two transmit and two receive antennas are used

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