Analytical evaluation of space-time transmit diversity with FEC-coding

Author

Bauch, Gerhard ; Hagenauer, Joachim

Author_Institution

Inst. for Commun., Munich Univ. of Technol., Germany

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

435

Abstract

We consider FEC coded transmit diversity with space-time block codes. We show that all space-time block codes are equivalent in terms of SNR per bit and give a new view on space-time block codes as a transformation of the fading MIMO channel towards a Gaussian SISO channel. Using a simple equivalent channel model we provide analytical results on the BER of uncoded and FEC coded transmit diversity. Finally, we roughly discuss using multiple antennas for transmit diversity or beamforming

Keywords

Gaussian channels; MIMO systems; block codes; channel capacity; data communication; diversity reception; error correction codes; error statistics; fading channels; forward error correction; transmitting antennas; BER; FEC coding; Gaussian channel; MIMO channel; SISO channel; SNR; beamforming; block codes; channel capacity; fading channel; multiple antennas; multiple-input-multiple-output channels; single-input-single-output channel; space-time transmit diversity; Analytical models; Array signal processing; Block codes; Channel capacity; Diversity reception; Fading; MIMO; Receiving antennas; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2001. GLOBECOM '01. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7206-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2001.965154

Filename

965154