Space-time BICM versus space-time trellis code for MIMO block fading multipath AWGN channel

Author

Berthet, Antoine O. ; Visoz, Raphaël ; Boutros, Joseph J.

Author_Institution

Service Radioelectricite et Electronique, Ecole Superieure d´´Electricite, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

fYear

2003

Firstpage

206

Lastpage

209

Abstract

The paper aims at comparing the respective benefits of STBICM (space-time bit-interleaved coded modulation) and space-time trellis codes (STTC) for a MIMO block fading multipath channel. Giving a general framework for the calculation of the outage probability, we try to point out the best transmit scheme that approaches the closest the outage probability, assuming the most efficient receiver (i.e., disregarding any complexity aspect). We conclude that iteratively decoded STBICM should be used in preference to STTC.

Keywords

AWGN channels; MIMO systems; computational complexity; fading channels; interleaved codes; iterative decoding; modulation coding; multipath channels; probability; space-time codes; trellis codes; AWGN channel; MIMO channel; bit-interleaved coded modulation; block fading channel; iterative decoding; multipath channel; outage probability; space-time BICM; space-time code; space-time trellis code; AWGN channels; Additive noise; Convolutional codes; Fading; Finite impulse response filter; MIMO; Multipath channels; Probability; Research and development; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Theory Workshop, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7799-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITW.2003.1216731

Filename

1216731