Limited Feedback Unitary Matrix applied to MIMO dmin-based Precoder

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In spatial multiplexing systems, transmission reliability is enhanced by the full channel state information (CSI) used to design optimum linear precoders, but in practice a full CSI is often unrealistic. Indeed, a higher number of transmitters and/or receivers elevates the coefficient numbers of the estimated channel, and the precision on coefficients depends on the rate of the feedback stream. An interesting alternative is to return a limited amount of information to the transmitter; this led us to design a dmin precoder based on the use of i) a finite codebook known by the receiver and the transmitter and ii) feedback of only one quantized real-valued parameter. The selection criteria employed to find the optimal precoding matrix are presented. Then, the performances about BER are compared under different criteria and amounts of feedback and confronted to Alamouti code.