%0 Journal Article %T Arithmetic fuchsian groups and space time block codes %A Carvalho %A E.D. %A Andrade %A A.A. %A Palazzo Jr. %A R. %A Vieira Filho %A J. %J Computational & Applied Mathematics %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1807-03022011000300001 %X in the context of space time block codes (stbcs) the theory of arithmetic fuchsian groups is presented. additionally, in this work we present a new class of stbcs based on arithmetic fuchsian groups. this new class of codes satisfies the property full-diversity, linear dispersion and full-rate. mathematical subject classification: 18b35, 94a15, 20h10. %K arithmetic fuchsian group %K division algebra %K quaternion order and space time codes. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1807-03022011000300001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en