Error performance analysis of space-time codes over Rayleigh fading channels Academic Article

abstract

• Space-time coding is a bandwidth and power efficient method of communication over fading channels that realizes the benefits of multiple transmit and receive antennas. This novel technique has attracted much attention recently. However, currently the only analytical guide to the performance of space-time codes is an upper bound [1] which could be quite loose in many cases. In this paper, an exact pairwise error probability is derived for space-time codes operating over Rayleigh fading channels. Based on this expression, an analytical estimate for bit error probability is computed, taking into account dominant error events. Simulation results indicate that the estimates are of high accuracy in a broad range of signal-to-noise ratios.

authors

• Georghiades, Costas

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS

author list (cited authors)

• Uysal, M., & Georghiades, C. N.

citation count

• 29

complete list of authors

• Uysal, M||Georghiades, CN

publication date

• December 2000

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Communications and Networks  Journal

keywords

• Bit-error-rate Performance
• Fading Channels
• Pairwise Error Probability
• Space-time Codes
• Transmitter Diversity
• Wireless Communication

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/JCN.2000.6596770

start page

• 351

end page

• 355

volume

• 2

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jcn.2000.6596770