Robust MBSFN transmission using the Golden code

Abstract--Multimedia broadcast over a single frequency network (MBSFN) has attracted a lot of interest recently. This paper is on Golden coded spatial multiplexing MBSFN transmission using a soft-output sphere decoder (SOSD) and the impact of such a transceiver on the block error rate (BLER) system performance. In total, we consider three transceiver types and evaluate their performance in cellular orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based MBSFN scenarios with urban characteristic taking into account single-cell broadcast and multi-cell broadcast with and without guard interval (GI) excess. In addition to the Golden coded system, we consider horizontal BLAST (H-BLAST) [1] with decoded-feedback minimum meansquared error (MMSE) successive interference cancelation (SIC) detector as a low complexity reference system, and a pure spatial multiplexing system with SOSD. The Golden coded transmission shows an increased overall robustness in an MBSFN network in comparison to the H-...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2009
• Where: ICUMT
• Authors: Markus Konrad, Wolfgang H. Gerstacker, Wolfgang Koch
• Keywords: Communications, ICUMT 2009, Multiplexing, Spatial Multiplexing, Spatial Multiplexing Mbsfn