A Unitary Space-Time Modulation Scheme with Multistage Decoding

Yu-Lung WU
Ruey-Yi WEI

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E89-B    No.6    pp.1869-1872
Publication Date: 2006/06/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e89-b.6.1869
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: LETTER
Category: Fundamental Theories for Communications
Keyword: 
unitary space-time modulation,  multistage decoding,  

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Summary: 
The complexity of maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding for unitary space-time modulation (USTM) is exponential in the code rate times symbol periods. In this letter, we propose a new USTM scheme which consists of USTMs with noncoherent multistage decoding. The decoding of the proposed scheme is less complex than ML decoding. We also find some good codes of the proposed scheme according to the design criterion. Simulation results indicate that our codes perform better than seamless USTMs over the quasistatic fading channels.