Differentially en/decoded orthogonal space-time block codes with APSK signals

Xiang Gen Xia*

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Abstract

In this letter, we propose a differential en/decoding scheme for Almouti's orthogonal space-time code using amplitude/phase-shift keying (STC-APSK) signals and two transmit antennas. It is compared with the differential en/decoding scheme using 16APSK and single transmit antenna. It is also compared with the differential en/decoding scheme for Almouti's orthogonal space-time code using 16PSK (STC-16PSK) signals and two transmit antennas. We find that the performance of the differentially en/decoded STC-APSK with 4.5 b/s/Hz is significantly better than that of the differentially en/decoded 16APSK with 4 b/s/Hz, and is almost the same as that of the STC-16PSK with 4 b/s/Hz over Rayleigh flat fading channels.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)150-152
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Communications Letters
Volume6
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Differential amplitude/phase-shift keying (DAPSK)
  • Differential en/decoding
  • Orthogonal space-time codes

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