Abstract
We investigate the effects of imperfect channel knowledge and feedback in incremental-redundancy automatic-repeat request (INR-ARQ) coding systems over multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) block-fading channels. We propose an ARQ decoder based on nearest neighbour decoding and evaluate the corresponding achievable rates. We then derive the optimal code diversity assuming that the feedback channel is modelled as a binary symmetric channel. Our main results show that the feedback link reliability must improve with the forward (transmission) signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the code to exploit the diversity offered by ARQ scheme. We also identify the conditions for achieving full diversity and for ARQ not helping in improving the system's diversity.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2010 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2010 - Proceedings |
Publisher | IEEE |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781424482641 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 2010 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2010 - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 30 Aug 2010 → 3 Sept 2010 |
Workshop
Workshop | 2010 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2010 |
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Country/Territory | Ireland |
City | Dublin |
Period | 30/08/10 → 3/09/10 |
Keywords
- Automatic repeat request
- Decoding
- Signal to noise ratio
- MIMO
- Error probability
- Fading
- Encoding
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Information Systems
- Applied Mathematics