TY - GEN

T1 - Rank codes over Gaussian integers and space time block codes

AU - Asif, Hafiz

AU - Gabidulin, E. M.

AU - Honary, Bahram

PY - 2012/7

Y1 - 2012/7

N2 - Maximum rank distance (MRD) codes have been used for the construction of space time block code (STBC) using a matrix method. Like orthogonal STBC’s in most popular cases, MRDSTBC’s can also achieve full diversity. Though an OSTBC is known to yield the best BER performance, a unique case is described where MRDSTBC performs better than Alamouti code (OSTBC). Moreover, the viability of Gabidulin’s decoding algorithm has been established by decoding complex symbols generated from MRD-STBC’s. Under this decoding scheme, MRDSTBC’s have been shown to be preferred candidate for higher antenna configuration as the decoding complexity ofGabidulin’s algorithm is far less than that of maximum likelihood (ML) decoding algorithm.

AB - Maximum rank distance (MRD) codes have been used for the construction of space time block code (STBC) using a matrix method. Like orthogonal STBC’s in most popular cases, MRDSTBC’s can also achieve full diversity. Though an OSTBC is known to yield the best BER performance, a unique case is described where MRDSTBC performs better than Alamouti code (OSTBC). Moreover, the viability of Gabidulin’s decoding algorithm has been established by decoding complex symbols generated from MRD-STBC’s. Under this decoding scheme, MRDSTBC’s have been shown to be preferred candidate for higher antenna configuration as the decoding complexity ofGabidulin’s algorithm is far less than that of maximum likelihood (ML) decoding algorithm.

M3 - Conference contribution/Paper

SN - 978-954-16-2019-9

SP - 11

EP - 11

BT - Mathematics of Distances and Applications (MDA)

A2 - Deza, Michel

A2 - Petitjean, Michel

A2 - Markov, Krassimir

PB - ITHEA

CY - Sofia

T2 - International Conference Mathematics of Distances and Applications

Y2 - 2 July 2012 through 5 July 2012

ER -