Abstract
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems implement multiple antennas to enhance diversity gain of wireless communication systems. Earlier work in generalized selection combining (GSC) focused on single-input multiple-output systems without space---time coding. Recently, with the aid of space---time coding, diversity gain became possible using multiple transmit antennas. In this paper, GSC scheme is applied to orthogonal space---time block codes (OSTBC) for 4 × L and 8 × L MIMO systems with various modulation schemes like M-PSK, M-QAM, and M-PAM in a slowly fading Rayleigh channel. The performance of GSC for half rate-full diversity, full rate-full diversity, and 3/4 rate-full diversity OSTBC is discussed and compared. Approximate closed-form expressions for symbol error rate (SER) and ergodic capacity for various OSTBCs are derived. The impact of channel estimation errors on system performance is also examined. Approximate closed-form expressions for performance bounds on SER and ergodic capacity of GSC for MIMO OSTBC are also derived and plotted.
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