Spatially and temporally correlated MIMO channels: performance evaluating of space-time block code

Most existing space-time block code (STBC) schemes have been developed for flat and quasi-static fading channels. Recently, Geoffrey et al. propose a general geometric spatially and temporally correlated multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel model, which considers motion of the receiver and nonisotropic scattering at both ends of the radio link and give the compact closed-form space-time cross-correlation function. Simultaneously, the outage and ergodic capacity of this channel is investigated based on this model. In this paper, we investigate the STBC performance based on the above channel model. On the one hand, we further testify the validity of this general model, on the other hand, we evaluate the influence of the channel time variation on the STBC performance.