BER Analysis of STBC ALAMOUTI’s Code for MIMO System

International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering

© 2015 by SSRG - IJECE Journal

Volume 2 Issue 7

Year of Publication : 2015

Authors : Monika Pathania and Vinay Bhatia

10.14445/23488549/IJECE-V2I7P101

How to Cite?

Monika Pathania and Vinay Bhatia, "BER Analysis of STBC ALAMOUTI’s Code for MIMO System," SSRG International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering, vol. 2,  no. 7, pp. 1-6, 2015. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488549/IJECE-V2I7P101

Abstract:

In this paper we are studying about the different transmit diversity techniques and different algorithms used for MRC technique in MIMO system to enhance diversity gain. Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems, which uses many antennas at the transmitter and receiver ends of a wireless communication system. MIMO systems are adopted increasingly in communication systems for the potential gains in capacity they realize when using many antennas. To transmit diversity we use space time block coding scheme that will yields the similar diversity advantage as maximal ratio combining. In space time block coding we use Alamouti’s code. The Alamouti’s scheme is historically the first SpaceTime Block Code (STBC) to give full transmit diversity for systems with two transmit antennas. It is worthwhile to advert that delay diversity schemes can also meet a full diversity, but they introduce interference between symbols and complex detectors are required at the receiver

Keywords:

Alamouti’s Code, Diversity Techniques, MIMO Systems, Space Time Block Coding.

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