Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / A great demand exits for higher data rates and increased reliability of future consumer based
mobile communication systems while being more bandwidth and power efficient. Orthogonal frequency
division multiplexing (OFDM) in combination with multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)
schemes has become a promising candidate for fulfilling the demand of next generation communication
systems.
The sensitivity of MIMO OFDM systems to physical impairments is of great interest and particularly
the Alamouti space-time block code is under investigation in this thesis. Generic and
comprehensive simulation models of an OFDM communication system incorporating the spacetime
block code are developed in a modular fashion and used in a performance evaluation with
non-ideal component and channel behaviour.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/1676 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Schulze, Shaun |
| Contributors | Palmer, K. D., Kuhnert, C., University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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