Robust linear receiver design for multi-access space-time block coded MIMO systems using stochastic optimization

Traditional receiver algorithms developed for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless systems are based on the assumption that the channel state information (CSI) is precisely known at the receiver. However, in real environments the exact CSI may be unavailable. We address the problem of robustness of multi-access space-time block coded (STBC) MIMO systems against imperfect CSI. We propose a class of linear receivers which guarantee the robustness against CSI errors with a certain selected probability. The proposed formulations of robust receivers are given by probability-constrained optimization problems which can be simplified to convex forms. The latter convex problems can be efficiently solved using standard optimization methods