Differential Distributed Space-Time Coding with Imperfect Synchronization

Differential distributed space-time coding (D-DSTC) has been considered to improve both diversity and data-rate in cooperative communications in the absence of channel information. However, conventionally, it is assumed that relays are perfectly synchronized in the symbol level. In practice, this as...

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Published in:arXiv.org
Main Authors: Avendi, M R, Poorkasmaei, Sina, Jafarkhani, Hamid
Format: Paper
Language:English
Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 24.07.2014
Subjects:
Algorithms
Coding
Computer simulation
Decoding
Error detection
Relay networks
Spacetime
Time synchronization
ISSN:2331-8422
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Summary:Differential distributed space-time coding (D-DSTC) has been considered to improve both diversity and data-rate in cooperative communications in the absence of channel information. However, conventionally, it is assumed that relays are perfectly synchronized in the symbol level. In practice, this assumption is easily violated due to the distributed nature of the relay networks. This paper proposes a new differential encoding and decoding process for D-DSTC systems with two relays. The proposed method is robust against synchronization errors and does not require any channel information at the destination. Moreover, the maximum possible diversity and symbol-by-symbol decoding are attained. Simulation results are provided to show the performance of the proposed method for various synchronization errors and the fact that our algorithm is not sensitive to synchronization error.
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ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1407.6751