Semianalytical simulation for evaluation of block-error rates on fading channels

Author

Seyoum, Alemayehu ; Beaulieu, Norman C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada

Volume

46

Issue

7

fYear

1998

fDate

7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

916

Lastpage

920

Abstract

A semianalytical (SA) simulation method is proposed as a means to improve the efficiency of computer simulation in estimating block-error rates (BKERs) in the presence of Doppler fading and additive white Gaussian noise. Frequency-nonselective Rayleigh, Rician, and Nakagami fading with diversity combining for binary noncoherent frequency-shift keying (NCFSK) modulation are considered. The reduction in required computer simulation time of the SA method compared to the conventional Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is assessed

Keywords

Doppler effect; Gaussian noise; Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; coding errors; digital simulation; diversity reception; error statistics; fading; frequency shift keying; white noise; Doppler fading; Monte Carlo simulation; NCFSK; Nakagami fading; Rician fading; additive white Gaussian noise; binary noncoherent frequency-shift keying; bit interleaving; block-error rates; computer simulation time reduction; diversity combining; fading channels; forward error correction; frequency-nonselective Rayleigh fading; modulation; semianalytical simulation; Additive white noise; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Diversity reception; Frequency diversity; Frequency modulation; Frequency shift keying; Monte Carlo methods; Rayleigh channels; Rician channels;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/26.701318

Filename

701318