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 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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2285-2290 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 52 ND |
| State | Published - 2000 |
| Event | 52nd Vehicular Technology Conference (IEEE VTS Fall VTC2000) - Boston, MA, USA Duration: Sep 24 2000 → Sep 28 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science Applications
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Applied Mathematics