Parametric analog mappings for correlated Gaussian sources over AWGN channels

We address the transmission of bivariate Gaussian sources using analog Joint Source Channel Coding (JSCC). The analog mappings are specifically designed to exploit the correlation between the source symbols. A parametric mapping based on sinusoidal functions is proposed and its performance is compared to that of the optimal non parametric mappings and other applicable analog JSCC mappings, and also to the theoretical bound. The obtained results show that the performance of the parametric mapping closely approaches the optimal performance, and it is very similar to that of the non parametric one.