Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Logarithmic bit-significance ratio: Definition, calculation rules and examples

Goertz, Norbert ; Eriksson, Tomas and Anderson, John B LU (2006) IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, 2006 p.2869-2873
Abstract
We motivate and discuss the Logarithmic Bit-

Significance Ratio (S-value) which is a universal measure to quantify the significance of each bit in a digital communication system. Calculation rules for the S-values are given which, for instance, allow for the computation of the significances of parity bits when the significances of the data bits are given. The introduction of the S-value allows for the processing of soft information, e.g., in encoding and modulation and can, hence, be interpreted as the transmitter-based counterpart of the well established log-likelihood ratio (L-value) at the receiving end.
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; and
organization
publishing date
type
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Joint source-channel coding, digitizing of signals, soft information, bit significance
host publication
Proc., 2006 IEEE Inter. Symp. Information Theory, Seattle
pages
5 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, 2006
conference location
Seattle, WA, United States
conference dates
2006-07-09 - 2006-07-14
external identifiers
  • scopus:39049119872
ISBN
1-4244-0504-1
DOI
10.1109/ISIT.2006.261664
project
EIT_HSWC:Coding Coding, modulation, security and their implementation
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
0bf34f8f-6f04-4316-8c22-d7218d66aaaa (old id 637362)
date added to LUP
2016-04-04 10:04:09
date last changed
2022-01-29 19:42:54
@inproceedings{0bf34f8f-6f04-4316-8c22-d7218d66aaaa,
  abstract     = {{We motivate and discuss the Logarithmic Bit-<br/><br>
Significance Ratio (S-value) which is a universal measure to quantify the significance of each bit in a digital communication system. Calculation rules for the S-values are given which, for instance, allow for the computation of the significances of parity bits when the significances of the data bits are given. The introduction of the S-value allows for the processing of soft information, e.g., in encoding and modulation and can, hence, be interpreted as the transmitter-based counterpart of the well established log-likelihood ratio (L-value) at the receiving end.}},
  author       = {{Goertz, Norbert and Eriksson, Tomas and Anderson, John B}},
  booktitle    = {{Proc., 2006 IEEE Inter. Symp. Information Theory, Seattle}},
  isbn         = {{1-4244-0504-1}},
  keywords     = {{Joint source-channel coding; digitizing of signals; soft information; bit significance}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{2869--2873}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Logarithmic bit-significance ratio: Definition, calculation rules and examples}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5453028/637397.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ISIT.2006.261664}},
  year         = {{2006}},
}