Alamouti Code

Space Time Block Code CMISO

Does not known CSI Channel coefficient
Very useful from practical view point

consider 1 2 Miso system

I
1 04224 4.4171
Consider two symbols
time Tx antennal transmitted x Ni
b
antenna 2 transmitted Az
wow 24
Received at
ty 7Th he Ma 1W

Received at tz time

ya hi
hi IF two

Yz h xz thzxF wz

yz hit seat hid WE

him Chiya wit

M
h't n't wit
 hi hi m
t WL

l I twixt
I Ia Earth

e 1 t.hn
Iw fwiiI
Gaussian Noise vector Qso

Observed that THE

hit ha f.hn O

E and I are orthogonal

Thus Alamouti code is called orthogonal STB C
H
CEM tem tu
1 15
III tII atI
H
w

H IH Ni t T IID Noise
1 11

Tv wW'T TI
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E WT J E
7 w
wttu.FI
It

f EINO'T FEI
E f E WT Tt

H
11
5 11511 Nitin
Gaussaii var et

SNR IICTIMEEMRL
on

11411 TEE as I fhn

Wth 211511

2
some 11h71 E 124
r

Transmit vector Mm 2 Symbols in each transmit

vector

If Tx power P
a

E Hit E 1 214 the

Final SNR E l Ill blip

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T 2hL
or

same as MRC except the