Differentially en/decoded orthogonal space-time block codes with APSK signals

In this letter, we propose a differential en/decoding scheme for Alamouti's orthogonal space-time code using amplitude/phase-shift keying (STC-APSK) signals and two transmit antennas. It is compared with the differential en/decoding scheme using 16APSK and single transmit antenna. It is also compared with the differential en/decoding scheme for Alamouti's orthogonal space-time code using 16PSK (STC-16PSK) signals and two transmit antennas. We find that the performance of the differentially en/decoded STC-APSK with 4.5 b/s/Hz is significantly better than that of the differentially en/decoded 16APSK with 4 b/s/Hz, and is almost the same as that of the STC-16PSK with 4 b/s/Hz over Rayleigh flat fading channels.

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