A method for encoding messages using space-time grid codes weighted diagonally by bit feedback.

摘要

Disclosed is a method for encoding messages with space-time trellis codes(STTC) and transmitting the encoded messages in communication system provided with at least two transmit antennas and at least one receive antenna. The method comprising generating a codeword by encoding message using STTC; generating a modified codeword by multiplying the codeword by unitary matrix V; and multiplying the modified codeword by weighting matrix W, and then transmitting it through transmit antennas. The weighting matrix W is determined depending on channel information fed back to the transmit antenna from the receive antenna. The unitary matrix V is the value that minimizes the union bound of frame error rate, and is chosen by computer search. Result of a simulation using the method shows that the performance of the STTC is improved over a wide range of feedback channel condition.