Multicellular Alamouti scheme performance in Rayleigh and shadow fading

In this paper we study the performance of two downlink multi-cellular systems: a Multiple Inputs Single Output (MISO) system using the Alamouti code and a Multiple Inputs Multiple Outputs (MIMO) system using the Alamouti code at the transmitter side and a Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC) as a receiver, in terms of outage probability. The channel model includes path-loss, shadowing and fast fading and the system is considered interference limited. Two cases are ⋆ Communicating author. Part of the results presented in this paper have been published in [1]. Dorra Ben Cheikh and Jean-Marc Kelif Orange Labs, Issy-les-moulineaux, France E-mail: dorra ibn [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Dorra Ben Cheikh, Marceau Coupechoux, and Philippe Godlewski Telecom Paris Tech & CNRS LTCI, Paris, France Tel.: +91 8