Performance analysis of combined transmit-SC/receive-MRC

Author

Thoen, Steven ; Van der Perre, Liesbet ; Gyselinckx, Bert ; Engels, Marc

Author_Institution

IMEC, Heverlee, Belgium

Volume

49

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

5

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The average bit-error rate of transmit antenna selection combined with receive maximum-ratio combining is computed as a function of the transmit antenna update rate when using binary phase-shift keying in flat Rayleigh fading channels. This scheme achieves an order of diversity equal to the product of the number of transmit and receive antennas. Therefore, it can gain significant diversity benefits over traditional receive diversity schemes by distributing the antennas over the transmit and receive side

Keywords

Rayleigh channels; diversity reception; error statistics; phase shift keying; receiving antennas; time-varying channels; transmitting antennas; average bit-error rate; average-error probability; binary phase-shift keying; combined transmit-SC/receive-MRC; diversity order; flat Rayleigh fading channels; performance analysis; receive antennas; receive maximum-ratio combining; time varying channel; transmit antenna selection; transmit antenna update rate; Bit error rate; Diversity reception; Fading; Feedback; Performance analysis; Phase shift keying; Receiving antennas; Switches; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/26.898241

Filename

898241