Presentation 2015-09-03
Performance Evaluation of 802.11a Viterbi Decoder for IoT Applications
Hiromasa Kato, Tran Thi Hong, Shinya Takamaeda, Yasuhiko Nakashima,
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Abstract(in English) This research is our first step on the purpose of developing low-complex Viterbi decoder for IoT applications. We evaluate how the values of Viterbi decoder’s parameters such as trace back length (L), input data bit-width (D), and LLR truncated value (E), affects to BER and PER of a communication system. The IEEE 802.11a simulator is used because it is considered to be suitable for IoT applications. Our simulation results show that both BER and PER performance are improved if L value increased. However, if L is large enough, i.e., L ≥ 60, the performance improvement becomes insignificant. In addition, both BER and PER performance are continuously improved if D value increases from 1 to 5 bits. The best improvement of both BER performance (i.e., 1.8dB) and PER performance (i.e., 1.5dB) can be seen when D increases from 2 to 3 bits. Thus D = 3 is proposed for Viterbi decoder’s hardware development. Surprisingly, when D > 5 both BER and PER performance are degraded if D increases. Finally, our research shows that truncating the LLR value to E = 1.75 helps the Viterbi decoder achieves the best BER and PER performance in case D = 3 bits. Base on these research results, we come to the conclude of using 20 ≤ L ≤ 40, D = 3 bits, and E ≈ 1.75 for future development of low complex Viterbi decoder circuit for IoT applications. Furthermore, in this paper we introduce some mathematics equations for simplifying the Viterbi decoder process.
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Keyword(in English) Wireless Network / IoT / Wi-Fi
Paper # SIS2015-22
Date of Issue 2015-08-27 (SIS)

Conference Information
Committee SIS / IPSJ-AVM
Conference Date 2015/9/3(2days)
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Place (in English) Kansai Univ.
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Topics (in English) Smart Multimedia Systems, etc.
Chair Mitsuji Muneyasu(Kansai Univ.) / Wataru Kameyama(Waseda Univ.)
Vice Chair Hirokazu Tanaka(Hiroshima City Univ.) / Takayuki Nakachi(NTT)
Secretary Hirokazu Tanaka(Nagoya City Univ.) / Takayuki Nakachi(Toshiba) / (Waseda Univ.)
Assistant Hiroyuki Tsuji(Kanagawa Inst. of Tech.) / Hakaru Tamukoh(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Smart Info-Media System / Special Interest Group on Audio Visual and Multimedia Information Processing
Language ENG-JTITLE
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Title (in English) Performance Evaluation of 802.11a Viterbi Decoder for IoT Applications
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Wireless Network
Keyword(2) IoT
Keyword(3) Wi-Fi
1st Author's Name Hiromasa Kato
1st Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
2nd Author's Name Tran Thi Hong
2nd Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
3rd Author's Name Shinya Takamaeda
3rd Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
4th Author's Name Yasuhiko Nakashima
4th Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
Date 2015-09-03
Paper # SIS2015-22
Volume (vol) vol.115
Number (no) SIS-208
Page pp.pp.43-49(SIS),
#Pages 7
Date of Issue 2015-08-27 (SIS)