DocumentCode :
1024635
Title :
Outage Analysis of Decode-and-Forward Relaying Over Nakagami- 
Fading Channels
Author :
Datsikas, Christos K. ; Sagias, Nikos C. ; Lazarakis, Fotis I. ; Tombras, George S.
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Mobile Commun., Athens
Volume :
15
fYear :
2008
fDate :
6/30/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
41
Lastpage :
44
Abstract :
In this letter, closed-form outage probability expressions are presented for an -relays dual-hop plus a direct link network, in which the decode-and-forward relaying protocol is employed. Our analysis significantly extends previous results on Rayleigh fading, considering a Nakagami- fading environment with either equal or distinct second hops fading parameters to average power ratios. Various numerical examples illustrate the proposed analysis.
Keywords :
Nakagami channels; Rayleigh channels; decoding; protocols; Nakagami-m fading channels; Rayleigh fading; closed-form outage probability; decode-and-forward relaying protocol; direct link network; Closed-form solution; Fading; Image analysis; Laboratories; Maximum likelihood decoding; Protocols; Rayleigh channels; Relays; Signal to noise ratio; Spread spectrum communication; Decode-and-forward (DF); Nakagami- $m$ ; diversity; multihop networks; outage probability (OP); relays;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Signal Processing Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1070-9908
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LSP.2007.910317
Filename :
4418384
Link To Document :
