Comparative Study of Different Antenna Configurations for the MIMO-OSTBC Technique Using FEC and the Rayleigh Fading Channel

Background: Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) systems using Orthogonal Space-Time Block Coding (OSTBC) gained extensive popularity in wireless applications owing to the potential of providing improved reliability. Methods: The performance of MIMO - OSTBC systems using error-correcting code (Convolutional, Reed Solomon and Interleaving) schemes used to encode data streams in wireless communications using the Rayleigh channel is reported here. These are subjected to experimentation under modulation schemes such as Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK). Decoding occurs using the Maximum Likelihood (ML) algorithm, which provides high data rates using spatial domains under the limits of power transmission and limited bandwidths. Results: Different simulations are performed to detect the best BER performance for various antenna configurations and values of antenna configurations with Error Correction so as to use the best outcomes to model the OSTBC. Conclusion: Their effect of improving the overall can be noticed by the advantages of OSTBC with the correcting codes and the maximum number of configurations.