• DocumentCode
    3559060
  • Title

    Construction of Multiblock Space–Time Codes From Division Algebras With Roots of Unity as Nonnorm Elements

  • Author

    Lahtonen, Jyrki ; Markin, Nadya ; McGuire, Gary

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Math., Turku Univ., Turku
  • Volume
    54
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    5231
  • Lastpage
    5235
  • Abstract
    The authors give a construction of multiblock space-time block codes from cyclic division algebras with a given nth root of unity as the nonnorm element. The construction uses local class field theory. Multiblock codes with M blocks can achieve an M-fold increase in diversity.
  • Keywords
    algebraic codes; block codes; cyclic codes; space-time codes; cyclic division algebras; local class field theory; multiblock space-time codes; nonnorm element; Algebra; Block codes; Electronic mail; Lattices; Mathematics; Pairwise error probability; Wireless communication; Division algebra; multiblock; norm; space–time code;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIT.2008.929963
  • Filename
    4655456