Fast-decodable MIDO codes with large coding gain

Abstract

In this paper, a new method is proposed to obtain full-diversity, rate-2 (rate of 2 complex symbols per channel use) space-time block codes (STBCs) that are full-rate for multiple input, double output (MIDO) systems. Using this method, rate-2 STBCs for 4×2, 6×2, 8×2 and 12×2 systems are constructed and these STBCs are fast ML-decodable, have large coding gains, and STBC-schemes consisting of these STBCs have a non-vanishing determinant (NVD) so that they are DMT-optimal for their respective MIDO systems.