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Introduction Frequency-selective fading is a dominant impairment in mobile communications Fading reduces receive signal-to-noise ratio and degrades the bit-error-rate(BER) Frequency selectivity of the channel, i. e, delay spread, induces inter-symbol interference(ISI) To combat frequency-selective fading

Enhancement of HIPERLaN/2 Systems using Space-Time Coding Mikael gidlund Radio Communication Systems Group Department of Signals, Sensors and Systems Royal Institute of Technology(KTh) SE-100 44 Stockholm. Sweden Email: mikael gidlund@mhse