Full rate space-time turbo codes

This paper proposes a class of full space diversity full rate space-time tu rbo codes. Both parallel concatenated and serially concatenated codes art! designed. A rank theory proposed by the authors earlier is employed to chec k the full space diversity of the codes, The simulations show that the spac e-time turbo codes can take full advantage of space diversity and time dive rsity if they are available in the channels. We also study the robustness o f performance of both turbo codes and trellis codes in space-time correlate d fading channels.