Performance analysis of space-time block codes with general rectangular QAM in MIMO fading channels with channel estimation error

Author

Li, Guangqiu ; Wang, Chengying

Author_Institution

Sch. of Commun. Eng., Hangzhou Dianzi Univ., Hangzhou, China

fYear

2008

fDate

19-21 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

1405

Lastpage

1409

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the impact of channel estimation error on the average symbol error rate (SER) of orthogonal space-time block coding (OSTBC) in MIMO Rayleigh fading channels. Exact closed-form expressions of SER for general rectangular quardrature amplitude modulation (QAM) schemes with M-ary signaling are derived. Using an accurate exponential bound for the Gaussian Q-function, we also present a simple approximate solution for the average SER of general rectangular QAM, when these modulation schemes are used along with OSTBC in MIMO Rayleigh fading channels with channel estimation error. The approximate solution can be used to compute the average SER of general rectangular QAM in such fading channels. Numerical results are presented to verify the accuracy of the solution.

Keywords

MIMO communication; Rayleigh channels; block codes; channel estimation; error statistics; orthogonal codes; quadrature amplitude modulation; space-time codes; telecommunication signalling; Gaussian Q-function; M-ary signaling; MIMO Rayleigh fading channels; OSTBC; SER; channel estimation error; general rectangular QAM; orthogonal space-time block coding; quardrature amplitude modulation; symbol error rate; Amplitude modulation; Block codes; Channel estimation; Error analysis; Fading; MIMO; Performance analysis; Phase shift keying; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Rayleigh channels; Orthogonal space-time block coding (STBC); channel estimation error; multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems; symbol error rate;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Systems, 2008. ICCS 2008. 11th IEEE Singapore International Conference on

Conference_Location

Guangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2423-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2424-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCS.2008.4737414

Filename

4737414