MGF-based performance analysis of selection diversity with switching constraints in nakagami fading

Author

Femenias, Guillem

Author_Institution

Dept. de Matematiques i Inf., Univ. de les Illes Balears

Volume

5

Issue

9

fYear

2006

fDate

9/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2328

Lastpage

2333

Abstract

This paper focuses on the performance evaluation of selection combining (SC) diversity with switching constraints over independent non-identically distributed (i.n.i.d.) Nakagami-m fading channels. New closed-form expressions for the moment generating function (MGF) of the SC output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in Nakagami-m fading channels, as a function of channel decorrelation, have been obtained. These expressions have been the starting point to derive performance measures like average combined SNR, outage probability, and average bit error probability of various modulation schemes

Keywords

Nakagami channels; decorrelation; diversity reception; error statistics; modulation; telecommunication switching; MGF-based performance analysis; SC output signal-to-noise ratio; average bit error probability; average combined SNR; channel decorrelation; closed-form expressions; independent nonidentically distributed Nakagami-m fading channels; modulation schemes; moment generating function; outage probability; selection combining diversity; switching constraints; Channel estimation; Closed-form solution; Decorrelation; Digital modulation; Diversity reception; Error probability; Fading; Performance analysis; Signal to noise ratio; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1276

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TWC.2006.1687752

Filename

1687752