Symbol and Bit Mapping Optimization for Physical-Layer Network Coding with Pulse Amplitude Modulation

Physical-Layer Network Coding with M-QAM Modulation

The denoise-and-forward (DNF) method of physical-layer network coding (PNC) is a promising approach for wireless relaying networks. Most related work in the literature focuses on low-level modulations, such as binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) or quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK). In this paper, we consider DNF-based PNC with high-level modulations, specifically the M-ary quadrature amplitude...

Physical Layer Network Coding

A main distinguishing feature of a wireless network compared with a wired network is its broadcast nature, in which the signal transmitted by a node may reach several other nodes, and a node may receive signals from several other nodes simultaneously. Rather than a blessing, this feature is treated more as an interference-inducing nuisance in most wireless networks today (e.g., IEEE 802.11). Th...

Orthogonal Physical Layer Network Coding

Noncoherent Detection for Physical-Layer Network Coding

This paper investigates noncoherent detection in a two-way relay channel operated with physical layer network coding (PNC), assuming FSK modulation and short-packet transmissions. For noncoherent detection, the detector has access to the magnitude but not the phase of the received signal. For conventional communication in which a receiver receives the signal from a transmitter only, the phase d...

Stochastic Gradient Adaptive Minimum Symbol-Error-Rate Equalization for Multi-Level Pulse-Amplitude Modulation