Performance analysis of selective DF relay networks over Rician fading channels

Author

Soleimani-Nasab, E. ; Kalantari, A. ; Ardebilipour, M.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., K.N. Toosi Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran

fYear

2011

fDate

June 28 2011-July 1 2011

Firstpage

117

Lastpage

122

Abstract

In this paper, we present the performance of selective combining decode-and-forward relay networks in independent and non identical distributed Rician fading channels. The outage probability, moment generation function, symbol error probability and average channel capacity are derived in closed-form using the SNR statistical characteristics. After that, we analyze the outage probability at high SNR and then we optimize it. Finally, for comparison with analytical formulas, we perform some Monte-Carlo simulations.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; Rician channels; channel capacity; decode and forward communication; error statistics; Monte-Carlo simulations; Rician fading channels; SNR statistical characteristics; average channel capacity; decode-and-forward relay networks; moment generation function; outage probability; selective DF relay networks; symbol error probability; Channel capacity; Error probability; Fading; Relays; Resource management; Rician channels; Signal to noise ratio; Decode-and-forward; Rician fading; average channel capacity; convex optimization; multi branch; outage probability; symbol error probability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications (ISCC), 2011 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kerkyra

ISSN

1530-1346

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0680-6

Electronic_ISBN

1530-1346

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCC.2011.5984037

Filename

5984037