Diversity transmitter based on linear transform processing of transmitted information

Abstract

The present invention provides a diversity transmission system. The diversity transmission system includes a diversity transmitter receiving incoming symbols. The diversity transmitter includes at least one transmitter antenna transmitting a plurality of multi-carrier modulated signals. Each multi-carrier-modulated signal includes a corresponding processed symbol sub-block stream. Each symbol of the processed symbol sub-block stream is based on a linear transform of a plurality of incoming symbols. The diversity transmission system further includes a diversity receiver. The diversity receiver includes at least one receiver antenna receiving the plurality of multi-carrier modulated signals after the multi-carrier modulated signals having been modified by transmission channels between the transmitter antennas and the receiver antenna. The diversity receiver further includes at least one multi-carrier demodulator for demodulating the received multi-carrier modulated signals and generating a demodulated symbol stream. A symbol-processing unit receives the demodulated symbol stream and generates a stream of outgoing symbols. The invention also includes a diversity transmitter. The diversity transmitter includes a symbol-processing unit for receiving a stream of incoming symbols and generating a plurality of processed symbol streams. The processed symbol streams are based on linear transforms of the incoming symbols. A plurality of multi-carrier modulators generate a plurality of multiple-carrier modulated signals. Each multi-carrier modulator receives a corresponding processed symbol stream and generates a multiple-carrier-modulated signal based on the corresponding processed symbol stream.