Table 2 Comparison between the required \({E}_\mathrm{b}/{N}_{0}\) for TPC and iVTC to achieve a low BER (\(10^{-5}\)) in an AWGN channel

(63,57)

BPSK

3.35

3.60

20, 26

2(0.9),10(0.05) 11(0.05)

QPSK

3.55

3.50

20, 26

2(0.85), 5(0.1) 13(0.05)

16QAM

7.04

6.40

20, 26

2(0.85), 7(0.05) 8(0.1)

64QAM

12.55

11.18

20, 26

2(0.80), 7(0.15) 4(0.05)

(127,120)

BPSK

3.69

3.80

60, 67

2(1)

3.60

50, 57

2(0.9) 6(0.1)

3.40

40, 47

2(0.9), 7(0.05) 17(0.05)

QPSK

5.10

5.15

60, 67

2(1)

4.80

50, 57

2(0.9) 6(0.1)

4.30

40, 47

2(0.9), 7(0.05) 17(0.05)

16QAM

7.78

7.90

60, 67

2(1)

7.30

50, 57

2(0.96) 12(0.04)

7.10

40, 47

2(0.9) 12(0.1)

64QAM

12.48

12.10

60, 67

2(1)

11.50

50, 57

2(0.98) 22(0.02)

11.20

40, 47

2(0.9), 9(0.05) 15(0.05)

(255,247)

BPSK

4.24

4.16

100,108

2(0.97),18(0.02) 17(0.01)

QPSK

8.13

7.15

100,108

2(0.97),19(0.02) 15(0.01)

16QAM

10.06

9.45

100,108

2(0.97),19(0.02) 15(0.01)

64QAM

14.47

13.59

100,108

2(0.97),19(0.02) 15(0.01)