Performance Evaluation of Alamouti STC through Amplify-Forward Cooperative Relay Network over Nakagami-m Fading Channels

Author

Atapattu, Saman ; Rajatheva, Nandana

Author_Institution

Asian Inst. of Technol., Klong Luang

Volume

2

fYear

2007

fDate

6-8 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

258

Lastpage

263

Abstract

The performance of a cooperative communication wireless network with a single relay system is studied over Nakagami-m fading channels. The simplest Alamouti space-time block code is transmitted through an amplify- and-forward (AF) relay terminal in a two-hop network. The exact symbol error rates (SER) are analyzed using the moment generating function (MGF) of the total signal to noise ratio (SNR) for a particular signal in the case of M-ary phase shift keying (M-PSK) modulation schemes. Subsequently, numerical and simulation results are provided to verify the accuracy of the formulation.

Keywords

Nakagami channels; cooperative systems; phase shift keying; Alamouti space time block code; Nakagami-m fading channels; alamouti STC; amplify forward cooperative relay network; cooperative communication wireless network; moment generating function; performance evaluation; phase shift keying; symbol error rates; total signal to noise ratio; two hop network; Block codes; Error analysis; Fading; Phase modulation; Phase shift keying; Relays; Signal analysis; Signal generators; Signal to noise ratio; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Future Generation Communication and Networking (FGCN 2007)

Conference_Location

Jeju

Print_ISBN

0-7695-3048-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FGCN.2007.181

Filename

4426245