An Investigation of a Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output Communication System With the Alamouti Space-Time Code

Abstract

This thesis investigates the fundamentals of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) radio communication systems with space-time codes. A MIMO systems was designed using the Alamouti space-time code. The modulation technique was binary phase-shift keying (BPSK). Matlab with Simulink was used to simulate the design, which was tested in both an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel and ill a multipath fading channel with AWGN. Theoretical performance was derived for both channels and compared to simulated results. The original receiver design was changed to incorporate a maximal-ratio combiner (MRC) receiving technique with channel state information (CSI). The theoretical performance for this design was determined and compared to simulated and published results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA424531

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Turpin

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Channel State Information
  • Communication Systems
  • Digital Communications
  • Distribution Functions
  • Engineering
  • Gaussian Noise
  • Modulation
  • Multiple Input Multiple Output
  • Numbers
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Probability Distribution Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Radio Communications
  • Random Variables
  • Transfer Functions
  • Wireless Communications

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Space