Moore state machine for adaptive modulation and coding in high-speed railway LTE-R systems

An adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) scheme based on a Moore state machine is proposed for the high-speed railway communication systems. By setting a buffer zone for the signal-to-noise ratio threshold value, the proposed scheme is able to reduce the frequent transition of the modulation and coding scheme. Simulation results show that the proposed AMC strategy has a more stable spectral efficiency than the traditional AMC method using a piecewise function.