An Effective MIMO–OFDM System for IEEE 802.22 WRAN Channels

Abstract

We propose a closed-loop multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) transmission scheme appropriate for the IEEE 802.22 wireless regional area network (WRAN) channel environments. The proposed scheme utilizes the Grassmannian beamforming and an antenna selection algorithm to maintain bit-error-rate (BER) performance and to reduce feedback information. To further reduce the feedback information considering the channel property of the IEEE 802.22 WRAN, the proposed scheme employs an extension of the feedback period and subcarrier grouping. Simulation results in the IEEE 802.22 WRAN reference channel models indicate that the proposed MIMO-OFDM transmission scheme achieves superior BER performance and spectral efficiency than open-loop MIMO-OFDM system even considering the feedback overhead of the system.