Khosroshahi, Najmeh2011-08-032011-08-0320112011-08-03http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3436In this effort, we consider the performance of a dedicated short range communication (DSRC) system for inter-vehicle communications (IVC). The DSRC standard employs convolutional codes for forward error correction (FEC). The performance of the DSRC system is evaluated in three different channels with convolutional codes, regular low density parity check (LDPC) codes and quasi-cyclic (QC) LDPC codes. In addition, we compare the complexity of these codes. It is shown that LDPC and QC-LDPC codes provide a significant improvement in performance compared to convolutional codes.enDistance GraphDSRCDSRC Channel ModelDSRC Physical LayerDSRC SpectrumIEEE 802.11a Physical LayerLDPCOFDMOrthogonal Frequency Division MultiplexingQuasi-Cyclic LDPCSum Product AlgorithmTanner GraphViterbi AlgorithmWAVEWireless Access Vehicular EnvironmentThesisAvailable to the World Wide WebN. Khosroshahi and T. A. Gulliver,"Low Density Parity Check Codes for Dedicated Short Range Communication(DSRC) Systems", IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada, August 2009.N. Khosroshahi and T. A. Gulliver,"Quasi−Cyclic Low Density Parity Check Codes for Dedicated Short Range Communication(DSRC) Systems", IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Calgary, AB, Canada, May 2010.