The Golden Code: A<tex>$2,times,2$</tex>Full-Rate Space–Time Code With Nonvanishing Determinants

Abstract

In this paper, the Golden code for a 2/spl times/2 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system is presented. This is a full-rate 2/spl times/2 linear dispersion algebraic space-time code with unprecedented performance based on the Golden number 1+/spl radic/5/2.