Chapter 8Digital Communications BER Performance (STBC)
8.1 Digital Modulations in Rayleigh Fading With STBC
This chapter introduces several topics in Simulink using space–time block coding (STBC) for compensating for BER degradation due to channel fading. Specifically these topics include the following:
BPSK in Rayleigh fading with STBC
QAM in Rayleigh fading with STBC
8.2 BPSK BER in Rayleigh Fading with STBC
Appendix 8.A presents an overview of Alamouti STBC for two transmit antennas and one receive antenna. The formulation can be generalized to N transmit antennas and M receive antennas as implemented in Matlabs's Communication System Toolbox. Figures 8.1 and 8.2 show a Simulink model for estimating the BPSK BER performance in Rayleigh fading with two transmit antennas and one receive antenna using Alamouti STBC.
Figure 8.1Simulink Model for BPSK BER in Rayleigh Fading with 2 × 1 STBC.
Figure 8.2Rayleigh Fading Channel for Two Transmit Antennas and One Receive Antenna.
The parameters for this model are specified as follows:
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