Capacity and error probability analysis for space-time block codes over fading channels

Author

Zhang, Hao ; Gulliver, T. Aaron

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

30-30 Aug. 2003

Firstpage

102

Abstract

The capacity and error probability of space-time block codes (STBC) are considered for PAM/PSK/QAM modulation in fading channels. The approach is based on an equivalent scalar AWGN (additive white Gaussian noise) channel with a channel gain proportional to the Frobenius norm of the matrix channel for the STBC. Using this effective channel, capacity and probability of error expressions are derived for PSK/PAM/QAM modulation with STBC. Rayleigh, Ricean and Nakagami fading channels are considered.

Keywords

AWGN channels; Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; block codes; channel capacity; error statistics; phase shift keying; pulse amplitude modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; space-time codes; AWGN channel; Frobenius norm; Nakagami fading channels; PAM modulation; PSK modulation; QAM modulation; Rayleigh channels; Ricean channels; capacity probability; channel gain; error probability; fading channels; space-time block codes; AWGN; Block codes; Capacity planning; Channel capacity; Error analysis; Error probability; Fading; Modulation coding; Phase shift keying; Quadrature amplitude modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, Computers and signal Processing, 2003. PACRIM. 2003 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7978-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PACRIM.2003.1235729

Filename

1235729