Transmit antenna selection schemes for STBC-SM

Authors

Belal ASAATI
AMMAR ABU HUDROUSS

Abstract

The coupling of space-time block codes (STBCs) with the spatial modulation (SM) scheme can introduce a spatial diversity to the SM systems. This paper presents antenna selection techniques to provide an additional coding gain with the space-time block coded spatial modulation (STBC-SM). Specifically, the selection of optimal transmit antenna elements at the transmitter to send a spatially modulated space-time block code is studied. This paper studies the effects of applying the capacity optimized antenna selection (COAS) algorithm with the STBC-SM. The COAS algorithm has a suboptimal performance with a trade-off between complexity and bit-error-rate (BER) enhancement. Simulation results for STBC-SM with a spectral efficiency of 3 bits/s/Hz have been introduced with and without antenna selection.

DOI

10.3906/elk-1910-92

Keywords

Antenna selection, spatial modulation, diversity, space time block coded spatial modulation

First Page

2077

Last Page

2087

Recommended Citation

ASAATI, Belal and HUDROUSS, AMMAR ABU (2020) "Transmit antenna selection schemes for STBC-SM," Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences: Vol. 28: No. 4, Article 18. https://doi.org/10.3906/elk-1910-92
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/elektrik/vol28/iss4/18