Blind recognition of linear space-time block codes: a likelihood-based approach

  • Authors:

  • Vincent Choqueuse;Mélanie Marazin;Ludovic Collin;Koffi Clément Yao;Gilles Burel

  • Affiliations:

  • LBMS, UMR CNRS, ISSTB, Brest Cedex 3, France and Lab-STICC, Université de Brest, Brest Cedex 3, France;Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Information, Communication and Knowledge, UMR CNRS, Université de Brest, Brest Cedex 3, France;Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Information, Communication and Knowledge, UMR CNRS, Université de Brest, Brest Cedex 3, France;Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Information, Communication and Knowledge, UMR CNRS, Université de Brest, Brest Cedex 3, France;Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Information, Communication and Knowledge, UMR CNRS, Université de Brest, Brest Cedex 3, France

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Blind recognition of communication parameters is a research topic of high importance for both military and civilian communication systems. Numerous studies about carrier frequency estimation, modulation recognition as well as channel identification are available in literature. This paper deals with the blind recognition of the space-time block coding (STBC) scheme used in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems. Assuming there is perfect synchronization at the receiver side, this paper proposes three maximum-likelihood (ML)-based approaches for STBC classification: the optimal classifier, the second-order statistic (SOS) classifier, and the code parameter (CP) classifier. While the optimal and the SOS approaches require ideal conditions, the CP classifier is well suited for the blind context where the communication parameters are unknown at the receiver side. Our simulations show that this blind classifier is more easily implemented and yields better performance than those available in literature.