Research in cognitive radios has renewed interest in tools, such as spectrum estimation and modulation identification, to characterize the radio frequency (RF) environment. The use of multiple antennas for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications presents a new challenge in detecting and classifying signals. In this paper, we propose a cyclostationarity-based statistical test to detect space-time block codes, focusing on the two transmitter Alamouti space-time block code (STBC). Our

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... test exploits a new characterization of the Alamouti code using fourth order cyclic frequencies. The test requires only a single receive antenna, and does not require any symbol synchronization.