Space-time code diversity by phase rotation in multi-carrier multi-user systems Articles uri icon

publication date

  • May 2013

issue

  • 148

volume

  • 2013

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1687-1472

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1687-1499

abstract

  • Code diversity using space-time block codes was developed for single-carrier and single-receiver systems. In this paper, the extension of code diversity by phase rotation to multi-user and multi-carrier systems is proposed and analyzed. We show that code diversity with reduced feedback is possible in this new scenario and the coding gain has a mild logarithmic decrease with the number of users and the number of sub-carriers. In addition, we develop an analytical upper bound for the average error probability whose accuracy is verified by simulation.

keywords

  • transmit antennas; block-codes; communication; receivers; variables; feedback