Title :
Performance analysis of MQAM with MRC over Nakagami-m fading channels
Author :
Al Falujah, Iyad ; Prabhu, Vasant K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas Univ., Arlington, TX
Abstract :
A method for computing the exact average symbol error probability (SEP) of the rectangular M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (MQAM) with maximum ratio combining (MRC) diversity over L independent and equal-correlated Nakagami-m fading channels with arbitrary fading index m is presented. Two models of MQAM receivers are analyzed. Closed-form expressions are provided for the average SEP in terms of the Appell and Gauss hypergeometric functions. Simplified error expressions are proposed when the product Lm is either integer or half integer. The distinction between the performance of the two MQAM schemes is discussed. Finally, the penalty in signal to noise ratio (SNR) due to equal-correlated Nakagami-m channel fading is investigated
Keywords :
Nakagami channels; diversity reception; error statistics; quadrature amplitude modulation; radio receivers; Appell hypergeometric function; Gauss hypergeometric function; MQAM receivers; MRC; arbitrary fading index; closed-form expressions; equal-correlated Nakagami-m fading channels; exact average symbol error probability; maximum ratio combining diversity; performance analysis; rectangular M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation; signal to noise ratio; AWGN; Constellation diagram; Diversity reception; Fading; Gaussian processes; Multipath channels; Nakagami distribution; Performance analysis; Rayleigh channels; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2006. WCNC 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0269-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1525-3511
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.2006.1696480
