Outage analysis of hybrid satellite-terrestrial cooperative network with best relay selection

Author

Sreng, Sokchenda ; Escrig, Benoît ; Boucheret, Marie-Laure

Author_Institution

INPT-ENSEEIHT/IRIT, Univ. of Toulouse, Toulouse, France

fYear

2012

fDate

18-20 April 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper, we study the performance of a downlink hybrid satellite-terrestrial cooperative network. The decode-and-forward scheme is used and a selection of the best relay terminal is implemented. In this proposed system, a two time-slot scenario is considered. The first time slot is used by the satellite for broadcasting the information to the terrestrial relays and the destination. In the second time slot, only the best relay which provides the maximal received signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio at the destination is selected for forwarding the information. Then, both signals are combined using the maximum ratio combining (MRC) technique. The analytical expression of the outage probability is evaluated and is then verified with the simulation. The results show that our analytical expression matched well to the simulation results at the high SNR regime.

Keywords

cooperative communication; decode and forward communication; diversity reception; probability; satellite communication; MRC technique; SNR ratio; best-relay terminal selection; broadcasting; decode-and-forward scheme; downlink hybrid satellite-terrestrial cooperative network; maximum ratio combining technique; outage analysis; outage probability; received signal-to-noise ratio; terrestrial destination; terrestrial relays; time-slot scenario; Fading; Probability; Relays; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Shadow mapping; Signal to noise ratio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), 2012

Conference_Location

London

ISSN

1934-5070

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0579-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WTS.2012.6266136

Filename

6266136