Performance analysis of space-time block codes over keyhole MIMO channels

Author

Shin, Hyundong ; Lee, Jae Hong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

7-10 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

2933

Abstract

In multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) fading environments, degenerate channel phenomena, so-called keyholes or pinholes, may exist under realistic assumptions that the spatial fading is uncorrelated at the transmitter and the receiver but the channel has a rank-deficient transfer matrix. In this paper, we analyze the average symbol error rate (SER) of a space-time block coded MIMO link in the presence of the keyhole. We also study an effective diversity order, which quantifies the influence of the keyhole on the diversity gain offered by space-time block codes.

Keywords

MIMO systems; antenna arrays; block codes; receiving antennas; space-time codes; telecommunication links; transmitting antennas; MIMO link; antenna arrays; average symbol error rate; diversity gain; keyhole MIMO channels; multiple-input multiple-output fading; rank-deficient transfer matrix; receiver; space-time block codes; transmitter; Block codes; Error analysis; Fading; MIMO; Performance analysis; Radio transmitters; Rayleigh channels; Rayleigh scattering; Receiving antennas; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2003. PIMRC 2003. 14th IEEE Proceedings on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7822-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2003.1259288

Filename

1259288