1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

Performance Analysis of Orthogonal Space-Time Block Codes Over Weibull Fading Channels

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344728,
        author={Feng  Xu and Dian-wu Yue  and Ying  Zhang},
        title={Performance Analysis of Orthogonal Space-Time Block Codes Over Weibull Fading Channels},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2007},
        month={4},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344728}
    }
    
  • Feng Xu
    Dian-wu Yue
    Ying Zhang
    Year: 2007
    Performance Analysis of Orthogonal Space-Time Block Codes Over Weibull Fading Channels
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344728
Feng Xu1,2,*, Dian-wu Yue 1,2,*, Ying Zhang1,2
  • 1: College of Information Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China.
  • 2: State Key Laboratory of Mobile Communication, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
*Contact email: a112@newmail.dlmu.edu.cn, dwyue@newmail.dlmu.edu.cn

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the performance of orthogonal space-time block codes (OSTBCs) over Weibull fading channels. Based on the equivalent single input single output (SISO) model, we first present the probability density function (PDF) of the instantaneous single to noise ratio (SNR) per symbol, and then derive a close-form expression for the outage probability of OSTBCs. We also evaluate the symbol error rate (SER) for MPSK and MQAM modulations in terms of moment generating function (MGF) of instantaneous SNR which is expressed in closed-form. Moreover, we show by several numerical examples the impact of Weibull fading parameter on the performance of OSTBCs.