2007/03/28 by Marco Chiani, Andrea Conti, Chiani, Marco +3
Computer Science · Engineering · Mathematics · #Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques #Coding theory and cryptography #Error Correcting Code Techniques #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Information Theory (cs.IT) #cs.IT #math.IT
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cs/0703142
arxiv created 2007/03/28 · openalex publication_date 2007/03/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A pragmatic approach for the construction of space-time codes over block fading channels is investigated. The approach consists in using common convolutional encoders and Viterbi decoders with suitable generators and rates, thus greatly simplifying the implementation of space-time codes. For the design of pragmatic space-time codes a methodology is proposed and applied, based on the extension of the concept of generalized transfer function for convolutional codes over block fading channels. Our search algorithm produces the convolutional encoder generators of pragmatic space-time codes for various number of states, number of antennas and fading rate. Finally it is shown that, for the investigated cases, the performance of pragmatic space-time codes is better than that of previously known space-time codes, confirming that they are a valuable choice in terms of both implementation complexity and performance.