Blind RLS-Based Detection Using GSC with DF for STBC MC-CDMA Systems Under Mismatched Channel Estimation

Under Rayleigh fading channels, a common problem with blind multiuser space-time block coded (STBC) multicarrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) detectors is that their performance is very sensitive to the signature waveform mismatch (SWM) induced by channel estimation distortion. This paper presents a robust detector using the generalized sidelobe canceller with a double-feedback filter that effectively mitigates the channel estimation distortion for the STBC MC-CDMA system during multipath fading. Numerical simulations show that the proposed detector substantially provides robustness against small-to-medium SWM scenarios for a downlink STBC MC-CDMA system.