Table 2 Computational time required to predict a BER vs SNR point in Fig. 9
BER | EXIT chart | Monte Carlo simulation | Reduction factor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Average convergence time per block | Blocks for 10 errors | |||
10−3 | 10s | 229s | 1 | 22.9 |
10−4 | 10s | 113s | 3 | 33.9 |
10−5 | 10s | 96s | 27 | 259.2 |
10−6 | 10s | 85s | 270 | 2295 |