J4 ›› 2009, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 940-944.

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Fast decoding algorithm for differential space-time-frequency codes

WEI Na1,2;LIU Wen1;XIE Wu2;LI Tie-cheng1   

  1. (1. China Research Inst. of Radiowave Propagation, Qingdao  266107, China;
    2. College of Info. and Comm. Eng., Harbin Eng. Univ., Harbin  150001, China)
  • Received:2008-06-02 Online:2009-10-20 Published:2009-11-30
  • Contact: WEI Na E-mail:lenghanbingxue@sina.com

Abstract:

The decoding complexity of conventional differential space-time-frequency codes based on maximum-likelihood (ML) differential detection increases quickly with the number of constellation components and transmitted information symbols. By grouping the constellation, a fast decoding algorithm is proposed. The proposed algorithm provides performance close to that of the ML differential detection, that is, both can achieve maximum space-multipath diversity, but the proposed algorithm offers a lower decoding complexity. Analytical evaluation and corroborating simulations reveal its performance merits.

Key words: multiple input multiple output, space-time block code, differential space-time-frequency coding, differential decoding, frequency-selective channel, space-multipath diversity

CLC Number: 

  • TN911