Building a Cooperative Communications System

dc.creatorMurphy, Patrick
dc.creatorSabharwal, Ashutosh
dc.creatorAazhang, Behnaam
dc.date2007-07-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:19:21Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:19:21Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper, we present the results from over-the-air experiments of a complete implementation of an amplify and forward cooperative communications system. Our custom OFDM-based physical layer uses a distributed version of the Alamouti block code, where the relay sends one branch of Alamouti encoded symbols. First we show analytically and experimentally that amplify and forward protocols are unaffected by carrier frequency offsets at the relay. This result allows us to use a conventional Alamouti receiver without change for the distributed relay system. Our full system implementation shows gains up to 5.5dB in peak power constrained networks. Thus, we can conclusively state that even the simplest form of relaying can lead to significant gains in practical implementations.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2998
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2998
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/134733
dc.subjectInformation Theory
dc.titleBuilding a Cooperative Communications System
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