// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ // File: prob_dec_error_rs.c // // Compute various probabilities of decoding errors for an RS code // ------------------------------------------------------------------------ // This program is complementary material for the book: // // R.H. Morelos-Zaragoza, The Art of Error Correcting Coding, Wiley, 2002. // // ISBN 0471 49581 6 // // This and other programs are available at http://the-art-of-ecc.com // // You may use this program for academic and personal purposes only. // If this program is used to perform simulations whose results are // published in a journal or book, please refer to the book above. // // The use of this program in a commercial product requires explicit // written permission from the author. The author is not responsible or // liable for damage or loss that may be caused by the use of this program. // // Copyright (c) 2002. Robert H. Morelos-Zaragoza. All rights reserved. // ------------------------------------------------------------------------ #include #include #include int i; int N,T,m; /* Length, error correction and bits/symbol */ double q; /* Size of Galois field */ double pb; /* Input bit error probability */ double ps; /* Input symbol error probability */ double pbo; /* Output bit error probability */ double pe; double comb2(double a, double b); double fact(double a); main(int argc, char *argv[]) { if (argc != 6) { printf("Usage: %s \n", argv[0]); exit(1); } else { sscanf(argv[1], "%d", &m); sscanf(argv[2], "%lf", &q); sscanf(argv[3], "%d", &N); sscanf(argv[4], "%d", &T); sscanf(argv[5], "%lf", &pb); } /* m = 6; q = 64; N = 63; T = 8; pb = 0.362; */ /* Symbol error probability */ ps = 1.0 - pow((1.0-pb), m); printf("Symbol error probability = %e\n", ps); /* Output bit error probability */ pbo = 0.0; for (i = T+1; i<=N; i++) pbo +=((double)(i+T)/(double)N)*comb2(N,i)*pow(ps,i)*pow(1.0-ps,N-i); pbo *= (pow(2.0,m-1.0)/(pow(2.0,m)-1)); printf("Output BER (approximation) = %e\n", pbo); /* Approximated probability of a decoding error */ pe = 0.0; for (i=0; i<=T; i++) pe += comb2(N,i) * pow(q-1,i); /* Volume of decoding sphere */ pe *= pow(q,-2.0*T); /* pe *= pow(q,-N)*(pow(q,(N-2.0*T))-1.0); */ printf("P(E) ~ %e\n", pe); } double fact(double a) { double i,tot; tot = 1.0; for (i=a;i>0.001;i=i-1.0) { tot = tot * i; } return(tot); } double comb2(double a,double b) { double z,tot; if (a (a-b)) { tot = 1.0/fact(a-b); for (z=a;z>b;z=z-1.0) { tot = tot * z; } } else { tot = 1.0/fact(b); for (z=a;z>a-b;z=z-1.0) { tot = tot * z; } } return(tot); }