Shannon capacity of STBC in Rayleigh fading channels |
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| Authors: | Maaref A. Aissa S. |
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| Affiliation: | INRS- Telecommun., Montreal, Que., Canada; |
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| Abstract: | Space-time block coding (STBC) is a powerful transmit diversity scheme for multiple antenna systems. A closed-form expression for the Shannon capacity of MIMO systems is derived using STBC under independent and quasi-static flat Rayleigh fading channels. The Shannon capacity of STBC over such channels is expressed as a finite sum of functions that are easy to evaluate, thereby avoiding the need for numerical integration or Monte Carlo simulation. |
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