Title :
A Simple Orthogonal Space-Time-Polarization Block Code
Author :
Wysocki, B.J. ; Wysocki, T.A. ; Seberry, J. ; Adams, S. Spence ; Sharif, H.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong
Abstract :
This letter proposes a simple but highly efficient technique to jointly utilize space, time, and polarization diversities. The technique is based on extending orthogonal space-time block codes into the quaternion domain and utilizing a description of the dual-polarized signal by means of quaternions, which are a generalization of complex numbers. In the given example, the achievable performance gain for two transmit and one receive antennas is approximately 6 dB at a bit error rate of 10-4 when compared with the Alamouti code.
Keywords :
block codes; error analysis; error statistics; receiving antennas; space-time codes; transmitting antennas; bit error rate; orthogonal space-time-polarization block code; quaternion domain; receive antennas; transmit antennas; Bit error rate; Block codes; Constellation diagram; Diversity methods; Performance gain; Polarization; Quaternions; Rayleigh channels; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2007. VTC-2007 Fall. 2007 IEEE 66th
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0263-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1090-3038
DOI :
10.1109/VETECF.2007.167