A combined space鈥搕ime block coding (STBC) and eigen-space tracking
(EST) scheme in multiple-input-multiple-output systems is
proposed. It is proved that the STBC-EST is capable of shifting
hardware complexity from the receiver to the transmitter without
any bit error rate (BER) performance loss. A computation efficient
EST algorithm is also proposed, which makes the STBC-EST affordable.
Simulation results show that the STBC-EST with a modest
feedback requirement results in a negligible BER performance loss
compared with a dual system configuration.
