Space-time coding for receive switch and stay combining

Adarsh B. Narasimhamurthy, Cihan Tepedelenlioglu

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Abstract

Switch and stay diversity combining is shown to offer substantial complexity reduction at the cost of modest performance degradation compared to systems with selection diversity. In this work, the performance of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems employing switch and stay combining at the receiver is studied. Only 2 antennas are assumed to be present at the receiver. A novel switching algorithm is proposed and an upper bound on the pairwise error probability (PEP) is derived. Based on this upper bound, the optimal switching threshold is derived and it is shown that the system can achieve full diversity when the optimal switching threshold is used. The switching rates have also been derived to characterize the switching burden on the system. Simulation results have also been included to corroborate our results.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2008 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ASILOMAR 2008
Pages1777-1781
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2008
Event2008 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ASILOMAR 2008 - Pacific Grove, CA, United States
Duration: Oct 26 2008Oct 29 2008

Publication series

NameConference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
ISSN (Print)1058-6393

Other

Other2008 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ASILOMAR 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPacific Grove, CA
Period10/26/0810/29/08

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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