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Impact of Channel Estimation Errors on Space Time Trellis Codes

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dc.contributor.authorMenon, Rekhaen
dc.contributor.committeechairBuehrer, R. Michaelen
dc.contributor.committeememberBostian, Charles W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberReed, Jeffrey H.en
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:50:55Zen
dc.date.adate2004-01-22en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:50:55Zen
dc.date.issued2003-12-15en
dc.date.rdate2005-01-22en
dc.date.sdate2003-12-30en
dc.description.abstractSpace Time Trellis Coding (STTC) is a unique technique that combines the use of multiple transmit antennas with channel coding. This scheme provides capacity benefits in fading channels, and helps in improving the data rate and reliability of wireless communication. STTC schemes have been primarily designed assuming perfect channel estimates to be available at the receiver. However, in practical wireless systems, this is never the case. The noisy wireless channel precludes an exact characterization of channel coefficients. Even near-perfect channel estimates can necessitate huge overhead in terms of processing or spectral efficiency. This practical concern motivates the study of the impact of channel estimation errors on the design and performance of STTC. The design criteria for STTC are validated in the absence of perfect channel estimates at the receiver. Analytical results are presented that model the performance of STTC systems in the presence of channel estimation errors. Training based channel estimation schemes are the most popular choice for STTC systems. The amount of training however, increases with the number of transmit antennas used, the number of multi-path components in the channel and a decrease in the channel coherence time. This dependence is shown to decrease the performance gain obtained when increasing the number of transmit antennas in STTC systems, especially in channels with a large Doppler spread (low channel coherence time). In frequency selective channels, the training overhead associated with increasing the number of antennas can be so large that no benefit is shown to be obtained by using STTC. The amount of performance degradation due to channel estimation errors is shown to be influenced by system parameters such as the specific STTC code employed and the number of transmit and receive antennas in the system in addition to the magnitude of the estimation error. Hence inappropriate choice of system parameters is shown to significantly alter the performance pattern of STTC. The viability of STTC in practical wireless systems is thus addressed and it is shown that that channel estimation could offset benefits derived from this scheme.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12302003-150126en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12302003-150126/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36490en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartRekha_Thesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectTransmit Diversityen
dc.subjectChannel Estimationen
dc.subjectFlat Fadingen
dc.subjectFrequency Selective Fadingen
dc.subjectRayleigh Fading Channelen
dc.titleImpact of Channel Estimation Errors on Space Time Trellis Codesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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