Title :
SER of threshold-based hybrid selection/maximal-ratio combining in equicorrelated Nakagami fading
Author :
Zhang, Xiaodi ; Beaulieu, Norman C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada
Abstract :
The average symbol error rate (SER) of threshold-based hybrid selection/maximal-ratio combining (T-HS/MRC) in equicorrelated Nakagami-m fading is obtained for positive integer values of fading parameter, m. The derivation allows different M-ary linear modulation schemes. We illustrate our methodology using M-ary phase-shift keying as an example.
Keywords :
correlation theory; diversity reception; error statistics; fading channels; phase shift keying; M-ary linear modulation schemes; M-ary phase-shift keying; equicorrelated Nakagami-m fading parameters; positive integer values; signal-to-noise ratio; symbol error rate; threshold-based hybrid selection-maximal-ratio combining; Diversity reception; Error analysis; Fading; Phase shift keying; Probability; Random variables; Signal generators; Signal to noise ratio; System performance; Testing; Diversity; H-S/MRC; Nakagami fading; SER; SNR; hybrid selection/maximal-ratio combining; signal-to-noise ratio; symbol error rate;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2004.833813
