Comprehensive error performance analysis of distributed selection combining with multi-antenna amplify-and-forward relay over Nakagami-m fading channels

Author

Datta, Soumendra Nath ; Chakrabarti, Subit ; Roy, Ranjit

Author_Institution

G.S. Sanyal Sch. of Telecommun., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kharagpur, India

Volume

46

Issue

22

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1523

Lastpage

1525

Abstract

A unified analytical framework is developed using a general two-parameter received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) model for two-hop amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying with a multi-antenna relay, to determine error performance of binary modulation schemes over independent but non-identically distributed Nakagami-m faded links. The multi-antenna relay employs selection combining (SC) and the destination adopts distributed SC. Exact analytical expression is obtained for the cumulative distribution function of received SNR. A pair of generalised closed form expressions for bit error probability has been obtained for two specific AF relay configurations.

Keywords

Nakagami channels; antenna arrays; diversity reception; error analysis; higher order statistics; modulation; radio links; Nakagami-m fading channel; binary modulation scheme; comprehensive error performance analysis; cumulative distribution function; distributed Nakagami-m faded link; distributed selection combining; multiantenna amplify-and-forward relay; signal-to-noise ratio model; two-hop amplify-and-forward relaying; two-parameter received signal-to-noise ratio model; unified analytical framework;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el.2010.2155

Filename

5614028