Building Space Time Block Codes with set partitioning for three transmit antennas: Application to STTC codes

This paper introduces new variations about the codes recently introduced by Jafarkhani & al named Super Orthogonal Space Time Trellis Codes (SOSTTC). Using powerful set partitioning rules, these codes are able to combine the coding advantage of STTC's together with the advantage diversity of STBC. This partitioning is based mainly on the determinant criterion introduced first by Tarokh. In this paper we propose a new application field of these codes in the difficult context of a three transmit antenna system. The new obtained STTC codes enables to improve significantly the performances of the best existing STTC codes.