This paper describes the concept, architecture, development and demonstration of a real time, maximum likelihood Alamouti decoder for a wireless 4-transmit 4-receiver multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) Smart Antenna Software Radio Test System (SASRATS) platform. It is implemented on a Xilinx Virtex 2 Pro Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).Hardware, firmware, use of the Xilinx Core Generator Intellectual Property modules and experimental verification of the decoder are discussed.
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Electronic Design, Test and Application, 2010. DELTA '10. Fifth IEEE International Symposium on
Date of Conference: 13-15 Jan. 2010