In this paper we present an analytical approach to evaluate the M-QAM symbol error rate (SER) of Alamouti space time coded OFDM direct conversion receivers subject to carrier frequency offset (CFO), channel estimation errors, outdated channel state information, limited ADC resolution and flat receiver I/Q imbalance in Rayleigh time and frequency selective fading channels. The SER is numerically...

This setting can be generalized by replacing E by a differential 1-form ω, subject to the Maxwell-type equation (δd− k)ω = 0 [7]. Herein, d denotes the exterior derivative, and δ the co-derivative, its formal L adjoint [2,8]. The latter equation seamlessly extends to dimensions n other than 3. Moreover, it can be posed in Riemannian manifolds, while the original double curl equation relies on f...

A new class of time-symmetric solutions to the initial value constraints of vacuum General Relativity is introduced. These data are globally regular, asymptotically flat (with possibly several asymptotic ends) and in general have no isometries, but a U(1) × U(1) group of conformal isometries. After decomposing the Lichnerowicz conformal factor in a double Fourier series on the group orbits, the...

Luminous, sharply defined and nearly spherical objects (‘fireballs’), typically several centimetres in diameter, have been observed in Ar, Kr and Xe plasmas. The ‘fireballs’ are anchored on a disk anode biased et 4040 V above ground potential. They have been analysed in terms of a spherical double-layer model, in which ionizalion of the gas atoms by electrons energized at the double layer plays...