• DocumentCode
    1439344
  • Title

    Exact Closed-Form Expression for Ergodic Capacity of Amplify-and-Forward Relaying in Channel-Noise-Assisted Cooperative Networks with Relay Selection

  • Author

    Fan, Lisheng ; Lei, Xianfu ; Li, Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shantou Univ., Shantou, China
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    332
  • Lastpage
    333
  • Abstract
    In this letter, an exact closed-form expression is derived for the ergodic capacity of dual-hop channel-noise-assisted amplify-and-forward cooperative networks with relay selection considered by Costa and Aïssa. Simulation results corroborate the theoretical analysis.
  • Keywords
    amplify and forward communication; cooperative communication; relays; wireless channels; amplify-and-forward relaying; closed-form expression; dual hop channel-noise assisted amplify-and-forward cooperative network; ergodic capacity; relay selection; Capacity planning; Closed-form solution; Probability density function; Relays; Signal to noise ratio; Simulation; Upper bound; Closed-form expression; amplify-and-forward (AF); ergodic capacity; relay selection (SC);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2011.012511.102192
  • Filename
    5704851