Title :
Exact evaluation of equal-gain diversity in the presence of Nakagami fading
Author :
Karagiannidis, G.K. ; Kotsopoulos, S.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Patras Univ., Greece
fDate :
7/6/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An exact closed formulation for the evaluation of the error probability of L-branches equal-gain combiners over Nakagami fading channels and additive Gaussian noise is presented. Using the definition and the properties of the characteristic function of a sum of random variables, the error performance is evaluated directly for coherent detection and several modulation techniques (BPSK, BFSK)
Keywords :
Gaussian noise; diversity reception; error statistics; fading channels; frequency shift keying; mobile radio; phase shift keying; BFSK; BPSK; L-branches equal-gain combiners; Nakagami fading; additive Gaussian noise; characteristic function; coherent detection; equal-gain diversity evaluation; error performance; error probability; exact closed formulation; fading channels; modulation techniques; sum of random variables;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000840
