# General BER Expression for One-Dimensional Constellations

**Authors:** Mikhail Ivanov, Fredrik Brännström, Alex Alvarado, Erik Agrell  
**arXiv:** [1210.8326](https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.8326)  
**Date:** 2012-10-31  
**Summary page:** https://www.summarizepaper.com/fr/paper/1210.8326v1/

## Abstract

A novel general ready-to-use bit-error rate (BER) expression for one-dimensional constellations is developed. The BER analysis is performed for bit patterns that form a labeling. The number of patterns for equally spaced M-PAM constellations with different BER is analyzed.