Optimization of Group Layered Multi-Antenna Architectures with LDPC Codes

Group layered multi-antenna architectures (GLAs) employing orthogonal space-time block codes and spatial multiplexing techniques may simultaneously exploit diversity and multiplexing gains with simple decoding algorithms based on successive interference cancellation (SIC). In this paper we first describe a decoding method of a SIC receiver based on QR decomposition in a GLA using LDPC codes, and then find a combination of code rate and modulation order which optimizes the asymptotic performance of the GLA. Simulation results show that the performance of the GLA using code rates and modulation orders found by our method is better by 2 dB than that of a GLA using the same code rate and modulation order in all layers. Our optimization method can be applied to adaptive modulation and coding schemes for GLAs.

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