A Family of Hybrid Space-Time Codes for MIMO Wireless Communications

Hybrid MIMO space-time codes combine the benefits of spatial multiplexing with diversity gain to achieve both high spectral efficiency and link reliability. In this paper, we present a family of hybrid codes, known as LD STBC-VBLAST codes, along with a receiver architecture suitable for low-complexity hardware implementation. We show that, under Rayleigh fading, the performance of LD STBC-VBLAST codes is superior to other recently proposed hybrid codes. We also present a technique to derive, from a given propagation scenario, spatially correlated MIMO channel models adequate for space-time coding performance analysis. Using this technique, we evaluate the performance of LD STBC-VBLAST codes under several correlated channels.

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Main Authors: Bazdresch,M., Cortez,J., Longoria-Gándara,O., Parra-Michel,R.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias Aplicadas y Tecnología 2012
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1665-64232012000200005
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