List of Abbreviations
GSM Global System for mobile communications
GPRS General Packet Radio System
EDGE Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
MC-CDMA Multiple-Carrier Code Division Multiplex
W-CDMA Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access
OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
3G Third generation, mobile multimedia communications
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
PAN Personal Area Network
HIPERLAN high-performance radio local area network
FEC forward error control
BER Bit-Error Rate
AWGN Additive White Gaussian Noise
1. Background information Wireless and mobile communications is one of the fastest growing areas of modern life. It has an enormous impact on almost every aspect of our daily lives. A world of ubiquitous wireless devices is emerging, from wireless sensors and tags to mobile terminals. There are a number of wireless systems and networks in operation such as GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, IEEE 802.11, and Bluetooth, and several multiple access techniques including MC-CDMA, W-CDMA, and OFDM are used. Long-range cellular communication encompasses the evolution from GSM to 3G systems. It aims to achieve full mobility and global roaming for individual links maximizing system capacity. In short-range wireless networking and wireless connectivity, WLAN or PAN covers local hot spot areas for very high data rate asymmetric individual links (e.g. IEEE 802.11, HIPERLAN). Also fixed wireless local loops provide wireless access from street to home for broadband internet and multimedia services.[1]
References: [1] Wolfgang Eberle, Wireless Transceiver Systems Design, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2008 [2] Dhiraj G. Agrawal, Roma K. Paliwal, Priti Subramanium, Effect of Turbo Coding on OFDM Transmission to Improve BER, International Journal of Computer Technology and Electronics Engineering (IJCTEE) Volume 2, Issue 1