Title :
Outage probability of MIMO AF relay networks over Nakagami-m fading channels
Author :
Duong, T.Q. ; Alexandropoulos, George C. ; Tsiftsis, Theodoros A. ; Zepernick, Hans-Jurgen
Author_Institution :
Blekinge Inst. of Technol., Blekinge, Sweden
Abstract :
The outage probability (OP) of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) amplify-and-forward (AF) relay networks using orthogonal space-time block code is investigated. In particular, a closed-form tight lower bound expression for the OP over independently but not necessarily identically distributed Nakagami-m fading channels is derived. Moreover, an asymptotic approximation for OP which reveals the coding and diversity gains is presented. The analytical expressions are validated by Monte-Carlo simulations.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; Monte Carlo methods; Nakagami channels; approximation theory; block codes; probability; space-time codes; MIMO AF relay networks; Monte-Carlo simulations; amplify-and-forward relay networks; asymptotic approximation; closed-form tight lower bound expression; distributed Nakagami-m fading channels; diversity gains; multiple-input multiple-output relay networks; orthogonal space-time block code; outage probability;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2010.1503
