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Table 3 List of acronyms

From: Cross-layer link adaptation for goodput optimization in MIMO BIC-OFDM systems

Acronym

Meaning

ACK

Acknowledgement

αESM

Aggregated effective SNR mapping

AMC

Adaptive modulation and coding

ARQ

Automatic repeat request

AWGN

Additive white Gaussian noise

BIC

Bit-interleaved coded

BICM

Bit-interleaved coded modulation

BIOS

Binary input output symmetric

BPSK

Binary phase shift keying

CC

Chase combining

CCDF

Complementary cumulative distribution function

CMGF

Cumulant moment generating function

CP

Cyclic prefix

CRC

Cyclic redundancy check

CSI

Channel state information

DFT

Discrete Fourier transform

EESNR

Exponential effective SNR

EGP

Expected goodput

ESM

Effective SNR mapping

ESNR

Effective SNR

GO

Goodput-oriented

GP

Goodput

HARQ

Hybrid automatic repeat request

H-EESM

HARQ EESM

H-MIESM

HARQ MIESM

IR

Incremental redundancy

LA

Link adaptation

LLR

Log-likelihood ratio

LPP

Link performance prediction

MCS

Modulation and coding scheme

MI

Mutual information

MIESM

Mutual information based effective SNR

MIMO

Multiple-input multiple-output

MRC

Maximum ratio combining

OFDM

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing

OFDMA

Orthogonal frequency division multiple access

OP

Optimization problem

PDS

Pairwise decoding score

PDU

Protocol data unit

PEP

Pairwise error probability

PER

Packet error rate

PR

Protocol round

RLC

Radio link control

RV

Random variable

SISO

Single-input single-output

SM

Spatial multiplexing

SNR

Signal-to-noise ratio

UE

User equipment

UPD

Unsuccessful packet decoding