Performance of selection diversity systems in a Nakagami fading environment

Author

Sannegowda, Ramesh ; Aalo, Valentine

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

10-13 Apr 1994

Firstpage

190

Lastpage

195

Abstract

Closed form results for the symbol error probabilities are derived for M-ary, L branch selection diversity system in a Nakagami fading environment using noncoherent frequency-shift keying modulation. The maximum SNR selection and the maximum output selection schemes are considered. The analysis is not limited to integer values of the Nakagami fading parameter m. Results for the Rayleigh fading channel are obtained and presented as special cases of those of the Nakagami fading model. The symbol error probability when the diversity branches undergo different fading statistics with unequal mean SNR are considered for the maximum SNR selection scheme. Outage probabilities are also calculated for the maximum SNR selection scheme

Keywords

diversity reception; error statistics; fading; frequency shift keying; probability; radiowave propagation; telecommunication channels; M-ary system; Nakagami fading environment; Nakagami fading model; Nakagami fading parameter; Rayleigh fading channel; closed form results; diversity branches; fading statistics; maximum SNR selection; maximum output selection; multipath propagation; noncoherent frequency-shift keying; outage probabilities; selection diversity systems; symbol error probability; unequal mean SNR; Bit error rate; Diversity methods; Diversity reception; Fading; Frequency; Nakagami distribution; Rayleigh channels; Receiving antennas; Signal to noise ratio; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '94. Creative Technology Transfer - A Global Affair., Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE

Conference_Location

Miami, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1797-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1994.324295

Filename

324295