SPACE TIME CODING

摘要

A data communication method involves combine space time encoding a first set of multiple data elements into a combined space time coded data element. A second set of at least one data element is likewise space time coded into a space time coded data element. The combined data element is transmitted at a transmission slot by a first antenna (112) of a multi-antenna system (110) simultaneously as a second antenna (114) of the system transmits the space time coded data element. The combination STC coding of multiple data elements allows provision of a balance between spatial multiplexing gain and diversity gain in the data transmission and still achieves code rates of more than one.