Optimized Distributed Linear Block Codes For Single Relay Cooperative Wireless Communications

Cooperative communication strategies have long been touted as a solution to increase performance in wireless networks. We propose a simple form of coded cooperation using block codes and optimized selection at the relay node in this paper. The optimized distributed linear block codes for single relay cooperative technique enhances the performance by extending the maximum free distance of the overall code. MATLAB simulations proved that the proposed scheme outperforms the sub-optimal cooperation where there is no optimized selection at the relay node.