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Cooperative Transmission Using Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time Block Codes with Adaptive Decode-and-Forward Relaying Protocol

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In this paper, we propose a cooperative transmission scheme using quasi-orthogonal space-time block codes (QOSTBCs) for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) relay networks. Comparing with the conventional cooperative transmission scheme using orthogonal space-time block codes (OSTBCs), the proposed scheme can achieve higher bandwidth efficiency with the same decoding complexity. Moreover, an adaptive decode-and-forward (ADF) relaying protocol is proposed based on one-bit channel state information (CSI) feedback. According to the CSI feedback, a better transmission mode can be selected between the direct transmission and decode-and-forward (DF) cooperative transmission. In addition, the outage performance of the proposed scheme is investigated and a closed-form upper bound on the outage probability is derived. The performance analysis shows that the proposed scheme can achieve a full diversity order, which is higher than that of the direct and DF cooperative transmissions.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Service Networks, Xidian University, No. 2 South Taibai Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710071, China

    Yang Gao, Jianhua Ge & Yancheng Ji

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This work was supported by the National Major Specialized Project of Science and Technology (No. 2009ZX03003-003, 2009ZX03003-004), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (No. IRT0852), and the National Natural Science Foundation (No. 61001207).

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Gao, Y., Ge, J. & Ji, Y. Cooperative Transmission Using Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time Block Codes with Adaptive Decode-and-Forward Relaying Protocol. Wireless Pers Commun 63, 731–749 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-010-0163-9

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