Serial concatenation of LDPC and space-time trellis codes with transmit antenna selection

Elif Aydin*, Ibrahim Altunbaş

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Abstract

In this paper, a serial concatenation scheme comprising of low-density parity-check (LDPC) and space-time trellis codes (STTC) with transmit antenna selection (TAS) is considered. We analyze the frame error rate (FER) performance of this scheme over quasi-static and fast Rayleigh fading channels by computer simulations. It is shown that applying TAS further improves the performance of the serial concatenation LDPC-STTC. In particular, TAS provides diversity gain over quasi-static fading and coding gain over fast fading channels. Diversity gain over fast fading is improved by the LDPC decoding iterations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, MELECON 2006 - Circuits and Systems for Signal Processing, lnformation and Communication Technologies, and Power Sources and Systems
Pages647-650
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event2006 IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, MELECON 2006 - Benalmadena, Malaga, Spain
Duration: 16 May 200619 May 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON
Volume2006

Conference

Conference2006 IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, MELECON 2006
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBenalmadena, Malaga
Period16/05/0619/05/06

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