Differential modulation based on space-time block codes

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2004-03-13
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Adifferentialmodulationschemeusingspace-timeblockcodesisputforward.Comparedwithotherschemes,ourschemehaslowercomputationalcomplexityandhasasimplerdecoder.Inthecaseofthreeorfourtransmitterantennas,ourschemehasahigherrateahighercodinggainandalowerbiterrorrateforagivenrate.Thenwemadesimulationsforspace-timeblockcodesaswellasgroupcodesinthecaseoftwo,three,fourandfivetransmitantennas.Thesimulationsprovethatusingtwotransmitantennas,onereceiveantennaandcoderateof4bits/s/Hz,thedifferentialSTBCmethodoutperformthedifferentialgroupcodesmethodby4dB.Useingthree,fourandfivetransmitantennas,onereceiveantenna,andcoderateof3bits/s/Hzareadopted,thedifferentialSTBCmethodoutperformthedifferentialgroupcodesmethodby5dB,6.5dBand7dB,respectively.Inotherwords,thedifferentialmodulationschemebasedonspace-timeblockcodeisbetterthanthecorrespondingdifferentialmodulationscheme