EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 872151, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/872151
Research Article

Pragmatic Space-Time Codes for Cooperative Relaying in Block Fading Channels

Andrea Conti,1,2 Velio Tralli,1,2 and Marco Chiani3

1Engineering Department in Ferrara (ENDIF), University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
2Wirless Communication Laboratory (WiLAB), University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
3Marco Chiani WiLAB/DEIS, University of Bologna, via Venezia 52, 47023 Cesena, Italy

Received 13 December 2007; Accepted 23 April 2008

Academic Editor: Moe Win

Copyright © 2008 Andrea Conti et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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