Title :
BER Analysis of the Alamouti Coding Scheme Using Receive Antenna Selection
Author :
Jemmali, Ali ; Conan, Jean
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a comprehensive performance analysis of the 2 × 2 wireless MIMO Alamouti coding scheme using receive antenna selection. Complete knowledge at the receiver of the Channel State Information (CSI), i.e., perfect knowledge of both the symbol synchronisation and the channel gains, and a MIMO model of uncorrelated Rayleigh fading subchannels are assumed. A receive selection algorithm based on the maximizing Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) is used to select two antennas. Under these conditions, we derive the exact average Bit Error Rate (BER) for Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulation using the Moment Generating Function (MGF) and the order statistics associated with the instantaneous SNR at the two selected antennas.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; Rayleigh channels; error statistics; network coding; receiving antennas; BER; BPSK modulation; MIMO model; Rayleigh fading subchannels; binary phase shift keying; bit error rate; channel state information; moment generating function; receive antenna selection; symbol synchronisation; wireless MIMO Alamouti coding scheme; Bit error rate; MIMO; Receiving antennas; Signal to noise ratio; Transmitting antennas; Wireless communication; 2x2 wireless MIMO; Alamouti coding; BER; BPSK; MGF; antennas selection;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC), 2010 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Valencia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8021-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4182-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICWMC.2010.19
