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
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