Multiple-input Multiple-output Space-time Block Coding Research Articles

A New Robust Decoding Technique of Four Transmitters MIMO STBC System based on FastICA Algorithm

A new robust decoding technique which designed of Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Space–Time Block Code (MIMO-STBC) using Fast Independent Component Analysis (Fast-ICA) based on proposed mixing model has been performed in this paper. This decoding technique is characterized by i) complexity is very low, ii) the speed is high and iii) BER performance is excellent. It can be achieved with any MIMO STBC system with a fewer pilot symbols number. Also, it is reduced decoding time into 1/8 by innovating a simple strategy referred by one source extraction method. Also, this paper includes suitable initializing for the de-mixing vector to solve the ambiguities problem of sign and source of blind source separation (BSS). To test the proposed technique, four transmitters (4Tx) STBC MIMO system was implemented using MATLAB2018. It also found that excellent BER performance associated with a high number of symbols per frame (about 8012 symbols). The simulation results show that the new decoder works for any number of receiver antenna (Nr = 2, 4 and 5). As compare with classical decoding algorithm, it is found that the new decoder provides coding gain (at BER =10-6 ) equal to 1 dB,1.45 dB and 1.76 dB when Nr = 2,4 and 8 respectively, using only 2~3 iterations only.

Performance improvement of space diversity technique using space time block coding for time varying channels in wireless environment

Performance improvement of space diversity technique using space time block coding for time varying channels in wireless environment

Performance Analysis of MIMO STBC System in Flat Fading and Frequency Selective Fading Channels

Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology is a technique that can be used to overcome multipath fading. The multipath fading is caused by signals coming from several paths that experience different attenuations, delays and phases. In a multipath condition, an impulse that sent by the transmitter, will be received by the recipient not as an impulse but as a pulse with a spread width that called delay spread. Delay spread can cause intersymbol interference (ISI) and bit translation errors from the information received. To determine the effect of delay spread on the MIMO system, then MIMO system performance research was performed on flat fading and frequency selective fading channels using the Space Time Block Code (STBC) coding technique. This research was conducted using MatLab 2018a software. The simulation results show that the MIMO STBC system performance on flat fading channels is better than the MIMO STBC system performance on the frequency selective fading channel. This result is analyzed based on the value of BER vs. Eb/No and eye diagram.

On the Blind Channel Identifiability of MIMO-STBC Systems Using Noncircular Complex FastICA Algorithm

This paper studies the channel identifiability for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Space---Time Block Code (MIMO-STBC) systems using the noncircular complex Fast Independent Component Analysis (nc-FastICA) algorithm. In contrast to the previous blind MIMO-STBC channel estimation methods in literature, the method proposed in this paper is more suitable for non-cooperative scenario since it needs less prior knowledge and does not require any modification of the transmitter. The main contribution of the paper consists in the theoretical proof that, although the sources among different antennas of MIMO-STBC systems are not independent, they can be retrieved from the received data by directly using nc-FastICA algorithm in most cases. The conclusion is also demonstrated by simulation. This shows that the classical nc-FastICA algorithm can be applied to a wider range of situations rather than strictly independent sources.

On the blind channel identifiability of multiple-input multiple-output space-time block code systems using Joint Approximate Diagonalization of Eigenmatrices

Channel identifiability for multiple-input multiple-output space-time block code MIMO-STBC systems using Joint Approximate Diagonalization of Eigenmatrices JADE is studied in this paper. Compared with the previous blind MIMO-STBC channel estimation methods in literature, the method proposed in this paper is more suitable for non-cooperative scenario because it needs less prior information and can be applied to a general class of STBCs. The main contribution of the paper consists in the theoretical proof that, although the sources transmitted by different antennas of MIMO-STBC systems are not independent, they can be retrieved from the received data by directly using JADE in most cases. The conclusion is also demonstrated by a simulation. This shows that the classical JADE algorithm can be applied to a wider range of situations rather than strictly independent sources. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Statistical Performance Analysis for MIMO Beamforming and STBC when Co-Channel Interferers Use Arbitrary MIMO Modes

In a cellular-like system, the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) mode used by a base station (BS) can be adaptively varied among several candidate MIMO modes, including space-time block coding (STBC), open-loop spatial multiplexing (OLSM), closed-loop spatial multiplexing (CLSM), MIMO beamforming (MBF), and maximal ratio transmission (MRT). In practice, during any one given period of time, when the desired BS performs downlink transmission with a specific MIMO mode, each co-channel interfering BS will use a MIMO mode the same as or different from that used in the desired link and any two co-channel interfering BSs may use different MIMO modes, so that the interference scenario becomes quite complicated. In this paper, considering realistic propagation conditions including both path-loss and Rayleigh fading and considering the existence of unequal-power interferers, the statistical distributions of the post-processing signal-to-interference ratios (SIRs) for either MBF or STBC downlink transmissions are analyzed when co-channel interfering BSs employ arbitrary MIMO modes. In particular, closed-form expressions for the probability density function (PDF) of the interference terms in the post-processing SIRs are derived. Further, the statistical distributions of the post-processing SIRs are analyzed. Simulation results verify the validity of the theoretical analyses.

Advanced MIMO STBC Adaptive Array with PSAM in Fast Fading Channel

We provide an efficient transmission scheme which embeds a pilot signal in the data signal for channel state information (CSI) based on the configuration of a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system using space-time block coding (STBC) with an adaptive array (AA). A computer simulation and analysis show that the proposed scheme, which combines the advantage of an Alamouti-like STBC scheme and the pilot-based AA, can suppress the irreducible error due to random FM noise. The proposed scheme using a pilot minimizes the decoding delay, and is highly robust against fast fading. We show that the proposed scheme can significantly increase the data transmission rate by using the transmitter diversity based on STBC, and the accuracy of the proposed technique is exemplified by a computer simulation.

A Broadcast Scheme for MIMO Systems with Channel State Information at the Transmitter

We propose a new broadcast strategy for a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system with N transmit antennas at the transmitter and M≤N single antenna receivers. The proposed method, based on dirty-paper coding (DPC), spatially separates the M users but does not suffer from the power loss of classical spatial division multiple access (SDMA). For the special case of M=N=2 and when the two single antenna receivers are assumed to be co-located, the proposed scheme produces a 2 transmit, 2 receiver antenna MIMO transmission system that doubles the symbol rate of MIMO space-time block code (STBC) systems from one to two symbol per transmission time. It is proved theoretically and experimentally that the proposed scheme provides the same performance level as that of MIMO STBC systems (i. e., the Alamouti scheme) for the first symbol, and the same performance as the Bell labs layered space-time (BLAST) system for the second symbol. When compared to the BLAST system, the proposed scheme has the same symbol rate, but achieves significantly better performance, since it provides 2 level diversity per symbol on the first symbol while the BLAST system does not provide any diversity.