On the multivariate α-µ distribution with arbitrary correlation

Author

de Souza, Rausley A. A. ; Fraidenraich, Gustavo ; Yacoub, Michel D.

Author_Institution

Inatel, P.O. Box 05 - 37540-000, Santa Rita do SapucaÃ\xad, MG - Brazil

fYear

2006

fDate

3-6 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

41

Abstract

In this paper, an exact new closed formula for the multivariate alpha-mu joint probability density function (PDF) is derived allowing for an arbitrary correlation matrix. In addition, the bit error rate (BER) and the outage probability for the selection combining (SC) technique in a correlated alpha-mu fading channel is obtained.

Keywords

Nakagami channels; correlation methods; diversity reception; error statistics; fading channels; matrix algebra; probability; statistical distributions; BER performance; PDF; arbitrary correlation matrix; bit error rate; closed-form expression; correlated alpha-mu fading channel; generalized Laguerre polynomials; joint probability density function; multivariate alpha-mu distribution; outage probability; selection combining diversity technique; Bit error rate; Diversity reception; Nakagami distribution; Polynomials; Probability density function; Rayleigh channels; Signal design; US Department of Transportation; Weibull fading channels; Wireless communication; α-µ distribution; Correlated fading; Nakagami-m fading; diversity systems; selection combining;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Symposium, 2006 International

Conference_Location

Fortaleza, Ceara

Print_ISBN

978-85-89748-04-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-85-89748-04-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITS.2006.4433238

Filename

4433238