IEICE Trans - FPGA Implementation of STBC Based Cooperative Relaying System

FPGA Implementation of STBC Based Cooperative Relaying System

Hidekazu MURATA  Yuji OISHI  Koji YAMAMOTO  Susumu YOSHIDA

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E93-B    No.8    pp.1988-1992
Publication Date: 2010/08/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E93.B.1988
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Implementation, Experiments, and Practice for Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks)
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Keyword:
multi-hop wireless networks,  cooperative relaying,  laboratory experiments,  FPGA implementation,

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Summary:
Multihop network is an approach utilizing distributed wireless stations for relaying. In this system, area size, coverage and total transmit power efficiency can be improved. It is shown by computer simulations that the cooperative relaying scheme provides transmit diversity effect, and can offer much better performance compared with that of non-cooperation case. To confirm this superior performance in actual environments, field trials using real time communication equipments are now being planned. This paper reports the design and the performance of wireless equipments for field trials.