Space-Time Block Coded Joint Transmit/Receive Diversity in a Frequency-Nonselective Rayleigh Fading Channel

Hiromichi TOMEBA
Kazuaki TAKEDA
Fumiyuki ADACHI

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E89-B    No.8    pp.2189-2195
Publication Date: 2006/08/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e89-b.8.2189
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Wireless Communication Technologies
Keyword: 
antenna diversity,  space-time block coding,  time-division duplex,  

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Summary: 
Antenna diversity is an effective technique for improving the transmission performance in a multi-path fading channel. Recently, transmit diversity has been attracting much attention since it can alleviate the complexity problem of the mobile terminals. Joint transmit diversity/receive diversity achieves a much improved transmission performance. In this paper, we propose a new space-time block coding algorithm for joint transmit/receive diversity, which requires the channel state information (CSI) only at the transmitter side. Unlike the conventional space-time transmit diversity (STTD), the space-time block coded joint transmit/receive diversity (STBC-JTRD) can use arbitrary number of transmit antennas, while the number of receive antennas is limited to 4. STBC-JTRD achieves a larger diversity gain than joint STTD/receive antenna diversity. The bit error rate (BER) analysis in a frequency-nonselective Rayleigh fading channel is presented. The BER performance is evaluated and is confirmed by the computer simulation.