Adaptive time-frequency spreading of quasi-orthogonal block codes for MIMO-OFDM systems

J. L. Ong, A. D.S. Jayalath, C. R.N. Athaudage

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    Abstract

    This paper describes a novel low complexity time-frequency spreading of orthogonal block codes for MIMO-OFDM systems in highly time and frequency selective channels. The space-time codes (STC) and space-frequency codes (SFC) proposed in literature for MIMO-OFDM systems require a quasi-static channel, where the channel is assumed to be constant over a number of OFDM time symbols or OFDM subcarriers. In orthogonal block codes (OBC) this is equal to the number of transmit antennas Nt employed. For higher order space-diversity systems with Nt ≥ 4, it is likely that the assumption of constant channel within the OBC to be violated in fast fading channels resulting performance degradation. We propose an adaptive time-frequency spreading strategy that minimizes the decoding error rate in different types of fading channels. The adaptation technique incorporated is based on a fading interference matric, which is evaluated at the transmitter using channel fading statistics. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive time-frequency spreading of OBCs.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2006 IEEE Singapore International Conference on Communication Systems, ICCS 2006
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006
    Event10th IEEE Singapore International Conference on Communications Systems, ICCS 2006 - Singapore, Singapore
    Duration: 30 Oct 20061 Nov 2006

    Publication series

    Name2006 IEEE Singapore International Conference on Communication Systems, ICCS 2006

    Conference

    Conference10th IEEE Singapore International Conference on Communications Systems, ICCS 2006
    Country/TerritorySingapore
    CitySingapore
    Period30/10/061/11/06

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