On the performance of Space-Time Cooperative Relay in Fading Channel

Cooperativerelayhasbeenaninterestingresearchareaforthepastyearsasitpromoteshigherdataratesandrobusttowirelessenvironment.IEEEWorkGroupinitiatedtheuseofrelaystationsintheIEEE802.16estandardanditiscalledIEEE802.16j.Thispaperproposedamulti-hopcooperativerelaysystemwithspace-timecodes