Part of the spatial-diversity roadmap #127. Depends on #D, #F, #H.
Goal
Add spatial diversity order as a per-temporal-layer protection knob, extending
the existing unequal-error-protection design (docs/adaptive-link.md,
docs/fused-fec.md), which today varies protection across layers on two knobs
(modulation + FEC rate). This adds a third.
The idea
Base / IDR layers fly with transmit diversity (STBC / more chains) for the deepest
fade protection; enhancement layers fly single-chain and cheap. Protection then
tracks importance on three axes at once — modulation, FEC rate, and spatial
diversity order — producing a finer graceful-degradation staircase and folding the
spatial energy cost (#H) into the per-layer cost function.
Scope
- Define the per-layer spatial ladder (which layers get which diversity mode) and
integrate it with the existing MCS + FEC-rate ladders.
- Simulate the three-axis staircase under a fly-out/back path-loss schedule and show
base-layer delivery holding while enhancement sheds.
- Quantify the energy cost of per-layer diversity via the #H model.
Part of the spatial-diversity roadmap #127. Depends on #D, #F, #H.
Goal
Add spatial diversity order as a per-temporal-layer protection knob, extending
the existing unequal-error-protection design (
docs/adaptive-link.md,docs/fused-fec.md), which today varies protection across layers on two knobs(modulation + FEC rate). This adds a third.
The idea
Base / IDR layers fly with transmit diversity (STBC / more chains) for the deepest
fade protection; enhancement layers fly single-chain and cheap. Protection then
tracks importance on three axes at once — modulation, FEC rate, and spatial
diversity order — producing a finer graceful-degradation staircase and folding the
spatial energy cost (#H) into the per-layer cost function.
Scope
integrate it with the existing MCS + FEC-rate ladders.
base-layer delivery holding while enhancement sheds.