• DocumentCode
    1009044
  • Title

    Analysis of equal gain diversity receivers in correlated Rayleigh fading channels

  • Author

    Ramanathan, V. ; Annamalai, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., USA
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    362
  • Lastpage
    364
  • Abstract
    Utilizing a desirable exponential integral representation of Gaussian probability integral, this letter derives the average bit error rate (ABER) expressions for coherent binary signals that employ a dual branch equal gain combining receiver. Our numerical results reveal that the branch correlations do not affect the ABER significantly provided power correlation coefficient is less than 0.3 in Rayleigh fading.
  • Keywords
    Gaussian channels; Rayleigh channels; correlation theory; diversity reception; error statistics; integral equations; mobile radio; radio receivers; Gaussian probability integral; bit error rate; coherent binary signal; correlated Rayleigh fading channel; dual branch equal gain combining receiver; exponential integral equation; gain diversity receiver; mobile radio system; power correlation coefficient; Binary phase shift keying; Bit error rate; Diversity methods; Diversity reception; Engine cylinders; Fading; Gaussian processes; Rayleigh channels; Receivers; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2004.828225
  • Filename
    1306421