Interference cancellation for space-frequency ofdm mimo systems: Iterative decoding

L. Y. Song*, Alister G. Burr

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

One major assumption in most existing space-frequency (SF) OFDM systems is that neighboring OFDM sub-channels (SCs) have the same channel transfer functions (CTFs). However, this assumption might be not feasible for small number of SCs or long code block length because in such cases the channel gains between adjacent SCs will not be approximately constant. Even if the number of SCs is large enough, in some parts of the OFDM spectrum, or in a severe multi-path environment, the variation of the channel gain cannot be ignored. Because of this the linear ML decoder in [1] cannot be readily used to achieve maximum diversity, and it will cause an irreducible error floor in the high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) region. To this end, this paper proposes an interference cancellation (IC) signal detector to reduce the error floor. While the computational complexity of the IC detector is a little higher than that of the conventional ML linear detector, the new IC detector provides much better performance by subtracting the interference resulting from variations between the adjacent SCs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2005 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2005
Subtitle of host publicationBroadband Wireless for the Masses - Ready for Take-off
Pages444-448
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Event2005 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2005: Broadband Wirelss for the Masses - Ready for Take-off - New Orleans, LA, United States
Duration: 13 Mar 200517 Mar 2005

Publication series

NameIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
Volume1
ISSN (Print)1525-3511

Conference

Conference2005 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2005: Broadband Wirelss for the Masses - Ready for Take-off
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans, LA
Period13/03/0517/03/05

Keywords

  • MIMO
  • OFDM
  • Space-Frequency Codes
  • Space-Time Codes

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