A construction technique for generalized complex orthogonal designs and applications to wireless communications Original Research Article

We introduce a construction technique for generalized complex linear processing orthogonal designs, which are p × n matrices X satisfying XHX = fI, where f is a complex quadratic form, I is the identity matrix, and X has complex entries. These matrices generalize the familiar notions of orthogonal designs and generalized complex orthogonal designs. We explain the application of these matrices to space–time block coding for multiple-antenna wireless communications. In particular, we discuss the practical strengths of the space–time block codes constructed via our proposed technique.