Effective SNR Based MIMO Switching in Mobile WiMAX Systems

The mobile WiMAX system considers the use of ( ) 2 2 × multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) schemes for performance improvement. It is required for mobile stations to appropriately switch the MIMO mode; space– time block code (STBC) or vertical spatial multiplexing (VSM). In this paper we consider a novel switching scheme for the MIMO mode based on effective signal-tonoise ratio. Assuming the use of a minimum mean square error (MMSE) receiver for the VSM and a maximum ratio combining receiver for the STBC, the threshold for the mode switching is analytically derived in a closed form. Simulation results show that the proposed switching scheme outperforms conventional switching schemes in terms of the capacity and outage probability.

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