Analyzing the Effect of Channel Estimation Errors on the Average Block Error Probability of a MISO Transmit Beamforming System

Author

Isukapalli, Yogananda ; Rao, Bhaskar D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

We address the problem of analyzing the effect of channel estimation errors on the average block error probability (BLEP) of transmit beamforming multiple input single output (MISO) system in a slowly varying Rayleigh fading wireless channel. For this purpose, we develop an accurate model of estimation errors in a block fading context and derive an analytical expression quantifying the impact of channel estimation errors on feedback MISO systems. In particular, the block fading model implies that the channel estimate and its error component are fixed for the entire block and an appropriate performance criteria is the average BLEP, a more complex metric to analyze. The derived closed form analytical expression for the average BLEP is validated by simulations.

Keywords

MIMO communication; Rayleigh channels; channel estimation; error statistics; BLEP; MISO transmit beamforming system; Rayleigh fading wireless channel; average block error probability; block fading; channel estimation errors; multiple input single output system; Array signal processing; Channel estimation; Computer errors; Context modeling; Error probability; Estimation error; Fading; Feedback; Noise level; Rayleigh channels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2008. IEEE GLOBECOM 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LO

ISSN

1930-529X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2324-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2008.ECP.684

Filename

4698459