Conditions for Cooperative Transmission on Rayleigh Fading Channels

Author

Chatzigeorgiou, Ioannis

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Commun., Lancaster Univ., Lancaster, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

14-17 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

We consider a system of two nodes transmitting to an access point on quasi-static Rayleigh fading channels. We use signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) thresholds to characterize the requirements of each node, in terms of throughput and reliability, and we study their impact on outage probability. Given the average quality of the uplink channels, we formulate conditions on the SNR thresholds for decode-and-forward cooperation to be beneficial; that is, for nodes to experience an improvement in their outage probabilities if they switch from non-cooperative to cooperative transmission. We derive analytical bounds and propose tight approximations, which can be applied by the nodes to make decisions in favor or against cooperation.

Keywords

approximation theory; cooperative communication; decode and forward communication; fading channels; telecommunication network reliability; SNR thresholds; access point; cooperative transmission; decode-and-forward cooperation; outage probability; quasistatic Rayleigh fading channels; signal-to-noise ratio thresholds; tight approximations; uplink channels; Approximation methods; Equations; Fading; Signal to noise ratio; Switches; Throughput; Uplink;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), 2014 IEEE 80th

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTCFall.2014.6965915

Filename

6965915