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Space–time coding can achieve transmit diversity and power gain over spatially uncoded systems without sacrificing bandwidth. There are various approaches in coding structures, including space–time block codes. A class of space–time block codes namely quasi-orthogonal space–time block codes can achieve the full rate, but the conventional decoders of these codes experience interference terms resulting from neighboring signals during signal detection. The presence of the interference terms causes an increase in the decoder complexity and a decrease in the performance gain. In this article, we propose a modification to the conventional coding/decoding scheme that will improve performance, reduce decoding complexity, and improve robustness against channel estimation errors as well.
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Zafar Q. Taha and Abdallah K. Farraj contributed equally to this article.
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Taha, Z.Q., Farraj, A.K. Efficient Decoding for Generalized Quasi-Orthogonal Space–Time Block Codes. Wireless Pers Commun 68, 1731–1743 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-012-0547-0
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