Title :
BER evaluation for general QAM in Nakagami-m fading channels
Author :
Aniba, G. ; Aissa, Sonia
Author_Institution :
MRS-EMT, Univ. of Quebec, Montreal, QC
Abstract :
Evaluation of the bit error rate for general M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) in Nakagami-m fading channels is presented. The analysis considers real values of the Nakagami fading parameter m, and bit-to-symbol mapping that is not necessarily Gray. Analytical and simulation results are compared to illustrate the accuracy of the analysis, taking as examples non-Gray mapped 16-QAM and 32-cross-QAM constellations.
Keywords :
Nakagami channels; error statistics; quadrature amplitude modulation; BER evaluation; M-QAM; M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation; Nakagami-m fading channel; bit error rate; bit-to-symbol mapping method;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2009.3656
