Simply decoded efficient full-rate space-time block codes over correlated Rician fading channels

A novel technique is presented to design efficient full-rate space-time block codes (STBCs) over correlated Rician fading channels. The authors first derive a formula for the achievable information rate of a linear dispersion coded multi-input single-output system as a function of correlation at the transmitter in a Rician fading channel. In addition, the authors obtain the bit-error-rate (BER) equations for this system, when multiple phase shift keying and multiple quadrature amplitude modulation schemes are used at the transmitter. Therefore with regard to derived formulae and using a genetic algorithm, a method is presented to construct STBCs over correlated Rician fading channels. The efficient designed STBCs for two and four transmit antennas enjoy full-rate, simple structure, simple processing at the receiver, better BER performance than associated orthogonal STBCs at practical signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) and higher achievable information rate than them at all SNRs.