Throughput and coverage of WLANs employing STBC under different channel conditions

A Doufexi, EK Tameh, AR Nix, A Pal, MA Beach, C Williams

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Abstract

HIPERLAN/2 and 802.11a/g WLANs employ coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (COFDM) to provide data rates of up to 54 Mbps in a 20 MHz bandwidth. In this paper, space-time block coding (STBC) techniques are considered as a means of enhancing the performance of COFDM WLANs. Packet error rate (PER) and throughput performance results are presented under different channel conditions. A WLAN physical layer simulator employing STBC and a propagation modelling tool are combined in order to evaluate the coverage and throughput of hot spot WLANs employing STBC for the 2/spl times/2 and 4/spl times/4 MIMO cases. Results showed that STBC can provide good performance, even at high K factors and under correlated channels. Throughput is significantly enhanced throughout the environment when STBC are employed
Translated title of the contributionThroughput and coverage of WLANs employing STBC under different channel conditions
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS04)
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages367 - 372
Number of pages5
Volume1
ISBN (Print)0780384725
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2004
Event1st International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems - Port-Louis, Mauritius
Duration: 20 Sept 200422 Sept 2004

Conference

Conference1st International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems
Abbreviated titleISWCS 04
Country/TerritoryMauritius
CityPort-Louis
Period20/09/0422/09/04

Bibliographical note

Conference Proceedings/Title of Journal: 1st International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS04), 2004
Conference Organiser: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Rose publication type: Conference contribution

Sponsorship: The financial support of the IST ROMANTIK project and OFCOM are gratefully acknowledged

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Keywords

  • Space Time Coding
  • WLANs
  • OFDM
  • correlation

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