doc.:IEEE 802.

11-10/0857r0

July 2010

256 QAM Mapping

Date: 2010-07-12
Authors:
Name

Affiliations Address

Phone

email

Joseph Lauer

Broadcom

Boston, MA

781 229 5851

jlauer@broadcom.com

Vinko Erceg

Broadcom

San Diego, CA

858 521 6885

verceg@broadcom.com

Ning Zhang

Atheros

Youhan Kim

Atheros

Hongyuan Zhang

Marvell

Raja Banerjea

Marvell

Eldad Perahia

Intel

Robert Stacey

Intel

Richard van Nee

Qualcomm

Sameer Vermani

Qualcomm

Uikun Kwon

Samsung

Osama AboulMagd

Samsung

Submission

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Introduction
Bit labeling for BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM, and 64 QAM defined in
802.11 standard has the following characeritics:
Independent Gray coding on I & Q axis
I bits followed by Q bits
Most negative symbol value corresponds to all 0s

Need to specify mapping for 256 QAM

We propose simply to extrapolate from already defined constellations in 802.11n

0000

0001

0011

0010

0110

0111

0101

0100

1100

1101

1111

1110

1010

1011

1001

1000

4 bit Gray coding for each dimension

Submission

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Corresponding 256 QAM Constellation

00001000 00011000 00111000 00101000 01101000 01111000 01011000 01001000 11001000 11011000 11111000 11101000 10101000 10111000 10011000 10001000

00001001 00011001 00111001 00101001 01101001 01111001 01011001 01001001 11001001 11011001 11111001 11101001 10101001 10111001 10011001 10001001

00001011 00011011 00111011 00101011 01101011 01111011 01011011 01001011 11001011 11011011 11111011 11101011 10101011 10111011 10011011 10001011

00001010 00011010 00111010 00101010 01101010 01111010 01011010 01001010 11001010 11011010 11111010 11101010 10101010 10111010 10011010 10001010

00001110 00011110 00111110 00101110 01101110 01111110 01011110 01001110 11001110 11011110 11111110 11101110 10101110 10111110 10011110 10001110

00001111 00011111 00111111 00101111 01101111 01111111 01011111 01001111 11001111 11011111 11111111 11101111 10101111 10111111 10011111 10001111

00001101 00011101 00111101 00101101 01101101 01111101 01011101 01001101 11001101 11011101 11111101 11101101 10101101 10111101 10011101 10001101

00001100 00011100 00111100 00101100 01101100 01111100 01011100 01001100 11001100 11011100 11111100 11101100 10101100 10111100 10011100 10001100

00000100 00010100 00110100 00100100 01100100 01110100 01010100 01000100 11000100 11010100 11110100 11100100 10100100 10110100 10010100 10000100

00000101 00010101 00110101 00100101 01100101 01110101 01010101 01000101 11000101 11010101 11110101 11100101 10100101 10110101 10010101 10000101

00000111 00010111 00110111 00100111 01100111 01110111 01010111 01000111 11000111 11010111 11110111 11100111 10100111 10110111 10010111 10000111

00000110 00010110 00110110 00100110 01100110 01110110 01010110 01000110 11000110 11010110 11110110 11100110 10100110 10110110 10010110 10000110

00000010 00010010 00110010 00100010 01100010 01110010 01010010 01000010 11000010 11010010 11110010 11100010 10100010 10110010 10010010 10000010

00000011 00010011 00110011 00100011 01100011 01110011 01010011 01000011 11000011 11010011 11110011 11100011 10100011 10110011 10010011 10000011

00000001 00010001 00110001 00100001 01100001 01110001 01010001 01000001 11000001 11010001 11110001 11100001 10100001 10110001 10010001 10000001

00000000 00010000 00110000 00100000 01100000 01110000 01010000 01000000 11000000 11010000 11110000 11100000 10100000 10110000 10010000 10000000

Submission

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Straw Poll
Do you accept the 256 QAM constellation mapping as
shown on Slide 3 of this document to be included into
the Specification Framework document 11-09/0992 ?

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Motion
Move to accept the 256 QAM constellation mapping as
shown on Slide 3 of this document to be included into
the Specification Framework document 11-09/0992 .

Submission

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