Performance of Space–Time Codes: Gallager Bounds and Weight Enumeration |
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Authors: | Cong Ling Li K.H. Kot A.C. |
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Affiliation: | Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Imperial Coll. London, London; |
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Abstract: | Since the standard union bound for space-time codes may diverge in quasi-static fading channels, the limit-before-average (LBA) technique has been exploited to derive tight performance bounds. However, it suffers from the computational burden arising from a multidimensional integral. In this paper, efficient bounding techniques for space-time codes are developed in the framework of Gallager bounds. Two closed-form upper bounds, the ellipsoidal bound and the spherical bound, are proposed that come close to simulation results within a few tenths of a decibel. In addition, two novel methods of weight enumeration operating on a further reduced state diagram are presented, which, in conjunction with the bounding techniques, give a thorough treatment of performance bounds for space-time codes. |
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