Building Space Time Block Codes with set partitioning for three transmit antennas: Application to STTC codes

This paper introduces new variations about the codes recently introduced by Jafarkhani & al named Super Orthogonal Space Time Trellis Codes (SOSTTC). Using powerful set partitioning rules, these codes are able to combine the coding advantage of STTC´s together with the advantage diversity of STBC. This partitioning is based mainly on the determinant criterion introduced first by Tarokh. In this paper we propose a new application field of these codes in the difficult context of a three transmit antenna system. The new obtained STTC codes enables to improve significantly the performances of the best existing STTC codes.