Tensor products of central simple algebras and fast-decodable space-time block codes

We use the representation matrices of tensor products of two cyclic (associative or nonassociative) algebras, or subsets of them, to obtain asymmetric space-time block codes, building asymmetric full rate multiple input double output (MIDO) codes which are fully diverse. Some of these codes appear in the iterated code constructions of multiple input double output (MIDO) codes by Markin and Oggier. With the right choice of algebras they are full rate and fast-decodable. We also demonstrate how to obtain fully diverse, rate-2 (transmitting two complex symbols per channel use) codes presented with no n-vanishing determinant (NVD).

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S. Pumpluen < susanne.pumpluen@nottingham.ac.uk >