Abstract
In this letter, we derive an exact closed-form expression for the bit error rate (BER) of an M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) 2×N <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">R</sub> system that employs Alamouti's space time block code (STBC) transmission and maximal ratio combining (MRC) reception, when imperfect channel state information (ICSI) is considered in a Ricean fading channel. An approximate yet accurate expression for the BER is also provided when a strong line of sight (LOS) component is considered. It is observed that the loss of orthogonality of Alamouti's code due to ICSI leads to a non-negligible noise enhancement.
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