Performance Evaluation of Spatial Modulation and QOSTBC for MIMO Systems

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems require simplified architectures that can maximize design parameters without sacrificing system performance. Such architectures may be used in a transmitter or a receiver. The most recent example with possible low cost architecture in the transmitter is...

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Автори: K.O.O. Anoh, R.A. Abd-Alhameed, G.N. Okorafor, J.M. Noras, J. Rodriguez, S.M.R. Jones
Формат: Стаття
Мова:English
Опубліковано: European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) 2015-08-01
Серія:EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications
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Онлайн доступ:http://eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/eai.11-8-2015.150094
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Резюме:Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems require simplified architectures that can maximize design parameters without sacrificing system performance. Such architectures may be used in a transmitter or a receiver. The most recent example with possible low cost architecture in the transmitter is spatial modulation (SM). In this study, we evaluate the SM and quasi-orthogonal space time block codes (QOSTBC) schemes for MIMO systems over a Rayleigh fading channel. QOSTBC enables STBC to be used in a four antenna design, for example. Standard QO-STBC techniques are limited in performance due to self-interference terms; here a QOSTBC scheme that eliminates these terms in its decoding matrix is explored. In addition, while most QOSTBC studies mainly explore performance improvements with different code structures, here we have implemented receiver diversity using maximal ratio combining (MRC). Results show that QOSTBC delivers better performance, at spectral efficiency comparable with SM.
ISSN:2032-9504