Two-way non-coherent Physical-Layer Network Coded differential distributed space-time block coding

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Abstract

In this contribution, we propose a novel differential distributed space-time block coding (DDSTBC) scheme for multi-relay assisted two-way cooperative networks. A low-complexity non-coherent Physical-layer Network Coding (PNC) algorithm is first investigated, which allows direct extraction of network-coded symbols from the received superimposed signal at the relay node without knowledge of Channel State Information (CSI). We show that, although the DDSTBC codewords are constructed by a group of single antenna aided cooperating nodes, the proposed scheme is still capable of attaining full transmit diversity order. The negative effect of error propagation suffered at the relay-to-destination link is addressed using a simple CRC-based selective relaying protocol. In addition, the employment of differential PNC at the intermediate relay node significantly improves the overall network throughput by exchanging information between two users simultaneously.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
Pages2416-2421
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Aug 2013
Event2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2013 - Shanghai, United Kingdom
Duration: 7 Apr 201310 Apr 2013

Conference

Conference2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityShanghai
Period7/04/1310/04/13

Keywords

  • Cooperative Diversity
  • Differential Distributed STBC
  • Non-Coherent Physical-Layer Network Coding
  • Relay Selection Protocol
  • Two-Way Relay Channels

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