DocumentCode
1508759
Title
General forms for maximal ratio diversity with weighting errors
Author
Tomiuk, Bohdan R. ; Beaulieu, Norman C. ; Abu-Dayya, Adnan A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada
Volume
47
Issue
4
fYear
1999
fDate
4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
488
Lastpage
492
Abstract
This paper introduces two general relationships concerning the output signal-to-noise ratio distribution and the bit error performance of the nonideal maximal ratio combiner. The imperfections are modeled as Gaussian distributed weighting errors in the channel gain estimates used for coherent combination. The general form for the bit error rate is applicable to any modulation format
Keywords
AWGN; Gaussian distribution; Rayleigh channels; diversity reception; error statistics; modulation; AWGN; BER; Gaussian distributed weighting errors; bit error performance; bit error rate; channel gain estimates; coherent combination; diversity systems; general relationships; maximal ratio combiner; maximal ratio diversity; modulation format; output SNR distribution; signal-to-noise ratio; slow Rayleigh fading; Bit error rate; Channel estimation; Decorrelation; Diversity reception; Fading; Frequency estimation; Modulation; Multipath channels; Signal analysis; Signal to noise ratio;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0090-6778
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/26.764914
Filename
764914
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