Performance Analysis of Wireless Systems from the MGF of the Reciprocal of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio

Author

Tellambura, C. ; Soysa, M. ; Senaratne, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Volume

15

Issue

1

fYear

2011

fDate

1/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

55

Lastpage

57

Abstract

A class of wireless problems is characterized by the availability of the moment generating function (MGF) of the reciprocal of the signal-to-noise ratio. We show how to compute the average error rates and outage probability in this case. The result allows a simple, accurate numerical calculation of the average error rate by using the Gauss-Legendre numerical quadratures. We also derive the exact bit error rate of multihop relays for the special case where the fading index of each hop is an odd multiple of one-half.

Keywords

error statistics; fading channels; Gauss-Legendre numerical quadratures; average error rates; bit error rate; fading index; moment generating function; multihop relays; performance analysis; signal-to-noise ratio; wireless systems; Binary phase shift keying; Bit error rate; Fading; Performance analysis; Signal to noise ratio; Wireless communication; Average probability of error;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2010.111910.101902

Filename

5648742