On the Study of Applying Optimum Block Delay Detection for Redundant Block Transmission Systems Using Zero-forcing Equalization

[[abstract]]The block transmission scheme is a widely adopted technique in modern wireless communication systems. From the perspective of theoretical results and hardware implementations, a communication system can achieve an improved performance when the block-by-block transmission scheme is used and the channel state information is utilized efficiently in its transceiver design. For a block transmission system using zero-forcing equalization, this thesis investigates the performance of a jointly optimized linear transceiver design with block delay detection. The algorithm of determining minimum BER block delay is derived and built under the transmitted power constraint. Finally, computer simulations are conducted for validating the theoretical derivations and justifying the superior BER performance of the proposed designs in this thesis