Detection of GMSK signals in MIMO systems with arrival time differences

Author

Nelson, Tom ; Rice, Michael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA

Volume

7

fYear

2004

fDate

26-29 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

4928

Abstract

Space-time coding (STC) for linear, non-offset modulation is well known. The paper examines the application of STC to Gaussian minimum shift keying (GMSK). GMSK is a desirable modulation in systems employing non-linear power amplifiers due to its constant envelope and spectral efficiency. GMSK can be interpreted as an offset quadrature shift keying (OQPSK) modulation that experiences intersymbol interference (ISI). When the transmit antennas in a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) system are widely spaced, the path lengths from the transmit antennas to the receive antennas can vary sufficiently to cause the received signals to be offset in time. These arrival time differences can cause degradation in MIMO system performance. A method for detecting space-time coded GMSK in the presence of differential delays is presented and its performance is reported.

Keywords

MIMO systems; delays; demodulation; minimum shift keying; mobile radio; modulation coding; receiving antennas; signal detection; space-time codes; transmitting antennas; GMSK; GMSK signal detection; Gaussian minimum shift keying; ISI; MIMO system; MIMO systems; STC; constant envelope; differential delays; intersymbol interference; mobile communications systems; multiple-input multiple-output system; nonlinear power amplifiers; offset quadrature shift keying; receive antennas; space-time coded GMSK; space-time coding; spectral efficiency; transmit antennas; Degradation; Delay; Intersymbol interference; MIMO; Modulation coding; Power amplifiers; Receiving antennas; Signal detection; System performance; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC2004-Fall. 2004 IEEE 60th

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8521-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2004.1405034

Filename

1405034