The authors extend the formulation for both classical Monte Carlo (MC) and importance sampling (IS) techniques to include the bit error rate (BER) and symbol error rate (SER) of multilevel systems based on symbol by symbol observation. A new IS technique and analysis of BER and SER based on the extended formulation are presented. The authors briefly summarize the previous work on BER of binary systems. The extended formulation is then presented. The conventional IS technique for BER of binary systems is shown to be applicable in simulating BER and SER of
Date of Conference: 14-18 Jun 1992