METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING DATA SYMBOLS IN A NETWORK

摘要

A method and system realize reliable wireless communications in non-coherent multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) doubly-selective channels. The method uses Grassmannian space-time-frequency block codes and an iterative generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT) with a multi-dimensional basis expansion model (BEM), decision reordering, and a fixed number of surviving candidates. The computational complexity of a non-coherent MIMO equalizer becomes linear as a function of a code length and a size of a modulation alphabet. The codebook, the alphabet size, the bit labeling, and the block power are optimized using worst-case channel statistics or instantaneous channel states. The method can use soft-information feedback from error correction codes, such as low-density-parity-check codes to improve performance.