In this letter, we present a unified mathematical expression for the decoding algorithm of space-time block codes (STBC). Based on the unified expression, we make a comparison of the STBC transmit diversity and the maximal-ratio combining MRC receive diversity, and analyze the symbol error probability for the STBC transmissions. The effects of the channel correlation and the number of transmit and receive antennas on the performance of the STBC are discussed.

An alternative blind adaptive multiuser detection is investigated based on modified constrained constant modulus (CM) criterion. It is shown that the performance of a CM-based receiver is limited by the received power of the desired user. In this paper, we show that the limitation can be avoided using the noncanonical constraint CM criterion and that in the presence of channel noise the modified CM criterion function is strictly convex by properly selecting some constant. With analyzing the extrema of the cost function, we point out how to select the constant. Moreover, a simple stochastic gradient algorithm for implementing our scheme is presented, and the convergence properties of the algorithm are analyzed. Simulation examples are given to demonstrate the performance of the proposed scheme.