Closed-Form Expressions for the Symbol Error Probability of 3-D OFDM

Abstract

In this letter, closed-form expressions for the symbol error probability of 3-D orthogonal frequency division multiplexing in additive white Gaussian noise channel are derived. When a 3-D 4-ary constellation is used as signal mapper, we calculate the upper and the lower bound for the error probability, and also provide its approximation. Since decision boundaries of 8-ary constellation form an extended regular hexahedron, an exact symbol error probability can be computed. It is verified that the theoretical error probabilities are very close to or almost the same as simulation results.