Robust Transmission of Compressed HTML Files over Wireless Channel using an Iterative Joint Source-Channel Decoding Receiver

This paper proposes an algorithm for the robust reception of compressed HTML files transmitted over a noisy mobile radio channel. Both source encoders and transmission systems are assumed to be standard compliant. The source encoder follows the HTTP1.1 protocol specifications, i.e. the HTML files are encoded by the deflate algorithm, a combination of Lempel-Ziv and Huffman algorithms. The transmission scheme follows IEEE 802.11a (and 802.11n) standard as an example. The proposed receiver is based on an iterative joint source-channel decoding approach. The Soft-Input Soft-Output outer source decoder is based on a sequential M-algorithm, which has been modified to improve the decoding performance by exploiting the specific grammatical and syntax rules of (i) Huffman codes; (ii) Lempel-Ziv codes; and (iii) HTML language. Simulation results following the IEEE 802.11a (and 802.11n) standard over additive white Gaussian noise and Rayleigh fading channels show that the proposed receiver drastically reduces the number of errors occurring in the received HTML files compared to the classical receivers. An EXIT chart analysis illustrates some properties of this combination of source and channel decoders.