A Simplified Efficient Algorithm for Blind Detection of Orthogonal Space-Time Block Codes

Abstract

This work presents a simplified efficient blind detection algorithm for orthogonal space-time codes (OSTBC). First, the proposed decoder exploits a proper decomposition approach of the upper triangular matrix R, which resulted from Cholesky-factorization of the composition channel matrix, to form an easy-to-solve blind detection equation. Secondly, in order to avoid suffering from the high computational load, the proposed decoder applies a sub-optimal QR-based decoder. Computer simulation results verify that the proposed decoder allows to significantly reduce computational complexity while still satisfying the bit-error-rate (BER) performance.