Title :
Capacity and error probability analysis for space-time block codes over fading channels
Author :
Zhang, Hao ; Gulliver, T. Aaron
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada
Abstract :
The capacity and error probability of space-time block codes (STBC) are considered for PAM/PSK/QAM modulation in fading channels. The approach is based on an equivalent scalar AWGN (additive white Gaussian noise) channel with a channel gain proportional to the Frobenius norm of the matrix channel for the STBC. Using this effective channel, capacity and probability of error expressions are derived for PSK/PAM/QAM modulation with STBC. Rayleigh, Ricean and Nakagami fading channels are considered.
Keywords :
AWGN channels; Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; block codes; channel capacity; error statistics; phase shift keying; pulse amplitude modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; space-time codes; AWGN channel; Frobenius norm; Nakagami fading channels; PAM modulation; PSK modulation; QAM modulation; Rayleigh channels; Ricean channels; capacity probability; channel gain; error probability; fading channels; space-time block codes; AWGN; Block codes; Capacity planning; Channel capacity; Error analysis; Error probability; Fading; Modulation coding; Phase shift keying; Quadrature amplitude modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Computers and signal Processing, 2003. PACRIM. 2003 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7978-0
DOI :
10.1109/PACRIM.2003.1235729
