Low-complexity detection of golden codes in LDPC-coded OFDM systems

Recent and next-generation wireless broadcasting standards, such as DVB-T2 or DVB-NGH, are considering distributed multi-antenna transmission in order to increase bandwidth efficiency and signal quality. Full-rate full-diversity (FRFD) space-time codes (STC), such as the Golden code, have been reported to be excellent candidates, being their main drawback their detection complexity, which is enhanced when soft output is required when combined with a bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) scheme based on low-density parity check (LDPC) codes. We present a novel low-complexity soft detection algorithm for the reception of Golden codes in LDPC-based orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. Complexity and simulation-based performance results are provided which show that the proposed detector performs close to the optimal detector in a variety of DVB-T2 broadcasting scenarios.