In this paper, we investigate the performance of single-carrier frequency-domain equalization (SC-FDE) for distributed space-time block coded (DSTBC) systems with Non-Regenerative (or amplify-and-forward) relaying over frequency-selective Rician fading channels. Our performance analysis demonstrates that SC-FDE for DSTB is able to achieve a maximum diversity order of equation, where R is the number of relays, L SRi  and L RiD  are the channel memory lengths for source to i th  relay (S → R i ) link and i th  relay to destination (R i  → D) link, respectively. Simulation results are provided to corroborate the theoretical analysis.
['Homa Eghbali', 'Sami Muhaidat', 'Ibrahim Y. Abualhaol']
Distributed single carrier frequency-domain equalization for multi-relay cooperative networks over frequency selective Rician channels