Upper bounds on the BER performance of MTCM-STBC schemes over shadowed Rician fading channels Conference Paper

abstract

• Space-time block coding (STBC) provides substantial diversity advantages with a low decoding complexity. However, these codes are not designed to achieve coding gains. Outer codes should be concatenated with STBC to provide additional coding gain. In this paper, we analyze the performance of concatenated trellis coded STBC schemes over shadowed Rician fading channels. We derive an exact pairwise error probability (PEP) expression that reveals the dominant factors affecting performance. Based on the derived PEP, in conjunction with the transfer function technique, we also present upper bounds on the bit error rate (BER), which are further verified through simulation.

name of conference

• Proceedings IEEE 56th Vehicular Technology Conference

authors

• Georghiades, Costas

published proceedings

• IEEE 56TH VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, VTC FALL 2002, VOLS 1-4, PROCEEDINGS

author list (cited authors)

• Uysal, M., & Georghiades, C. N.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Uysal, M||Georghiades, CN

publication date

• January 2002

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference  Journal

keywords

• Fading Channels
• Pairwise Error Probability
• Shadowing
• Space Time Block Coding
• Trellis Coded Modulation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/vetecf.2002.1040303

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0-7803-7467-3

start page

• 62

end page

• 66

volume

• 1

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/vetecf.2002.1040303