Effect of MMSE Channel Estimation on BER Performance of Orthogonal Space-Time Block Codes in Rayleigh Fading Channels

Author

Jacobs, Lennert ; Moeneclaey, Marc

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telecommun. & Inf. Process., Ghent Univ., Ghent

Volume

57

Issue

5

fYear

2009

fDate

5/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1242

Lastpage

1245

Abstract

We present a simple closed-form expression for the BER of orthogonal space-time block codes (OSTBCs) with MMSE channel estimation, assuming PAM and QAM constellations and flat Rayleigh block fading. The BER expression is exact for a certain class of OSTBCs, and provides a very accurate approximation for other OSTBCs.

Keywords

MIMO communication; Rayleigh channels; block codes; channel estimation; error statistics; least mean squares methods; orthogonal codes; pulse amplitude modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; space-time codes; BER performance; MIMO communication; MMSE channel estimation; PAM constellations; QAM constellations; Rayleigh block fading; bit error rate; least mean squares methods; orthogonal space-time block codes; pulse amplitude modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; Bit error rate; Block codes; Channel estimation; Closed-form solution; Fading; Jacobian matrices; MIMO; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Rayleigh channels; Receiving antennas; Bit error rate (BER), channel estimation, Rayleigh fading, multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO), orthogonal space-time block codes (OSTBCs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCOMM.2009.05.070455

Filename

4939213