Space-time block coding for switched beam systems

Author

Lei, Zhongding ; Chin, Francois P S ; Liang, Ying-Chang

Author_Institution

Inst. for Commun. Res., Singapore

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

20-20 March 2003

Firstpage

699

Abstract

A scheme for selecting two beams in a switched beam antenna system for providing downlink transmit diversity based on space-time block coding (STBC) technique is proposed. The scheme involves selecting a pair of beams based on the uplink reception of the switched beam antenna system, and determining from the pair of beams a corresponding pair of orthogonal beams. The scheme also involves providing the pair of orthogonal beams as pair of transmit beams, the switched beam antenna system achieves nearly the same system performance, in terms of bit error rate (BER), as much complex adaptive antenna system with STBC. Simulation results demonstrate the promising scheme.

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; beam steering; block codes; diversity reception; error statistics; mobile radio; multibeam antennas; space-time codes; BER; STBC; bit-error-rate; downlink transmit delivery; orthogonal transmit beams; smart antenna; space-time block coding; space-time processing; switched beam antenna systems; system performance; transmit diversity; uplink reception; Adaptive arrays; Adaptive systems; Array signal processing; Block codes; Directional antennas; Diversity reception; Downlink; Fading; System performance; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking, 2003. WCNC 2003. 2003 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7700-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2003.1200436

Filename

1200436