Abstract
In this thesis, a novel blind space-time decoding (BSTD) algorithm is proposed for the down-link of a space-time coded multicarrier CDMA (ST-MC-CDMA) system with single receive antenna used. The proposed BSTD algorithm, which basically consists of Chi et. al.’s fast kurtosis maximization algorithm (FKMA) and blind maximum ratio combining (BMRC) algorithm, is an iterative algorithm with su-per-exponential convergence rate as the FKMA. Furthermore, the proposed BSTD algorithm is extended to the case of multiple receive antennas for space diversity gain. Finally, some simulation results are presented to support the efficacy of the proposed BSTD algorithm.