Title :
Tight upper bound for bit error probability of combined space-time block codes and ideal beamforming
Author :
Li, Y. ; Vucetic, B.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
A tight upper bound for the bit error probability of the combined space-time block codes and ideal beamforming is derived. The resulting upper bound is compared to the simulated BER performance, showing a tight approximation at both low and high SNR.
Keywords :
block codes; error statistics; space-time codes; SNR; bit error probability; ideal beamforming; space-time block codes; tight approximation; tight upper bound;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20046054