Title :
The Optimal BER Linear Rake Receiver for Alpha-Stable Noise
Author :
Niranjayan, S. ; Beaulieu, N.C.
Author_Institution :
CORE Wireless Commun. Lab., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Abstract :
The optimal linear Rake receiver for the detection of binary signals contaminated by symmetric alpha-stable noise is derived for 1 < alpha les 2. The bit error rate improvements of the optimal linear Rake receiver over the maximal ratio combiner and the equal gain combiner are also derived in the form of signal-to-noise ratio advantage. The proposed receiver is a very simple form of diversity combiner for signal detection in alpha- stable noise.
Keywords :
noise; radio receivers; signal detection; binary signal detection; equal gain combiner; maximal ratio combiner; optimal linear Rake receiver; signal-to-noise ratio; symmetric alpha-stable noise; Additive noise; Bit error rate; Fading; Fingers; Gaussian noise; Multipath channels; Multiple access interference; RAKE receivers; Signal detection; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 2008. ICC '08. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2075-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2075-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2008.940
