Bit Error Probability of Maximal-Ratio Combining Over Correlated Gaussian Vector Channels

Author

Sorooshyari, Siamak ; Daut, David G.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol.-Bell Labs., Whippany, NJ

fYear

2006

fDate

22-24 March 2006

Firstpage

1659

Lastpage

1664

Abstract

Analytical results are derived for the performance of maximal-ratio combining (MRC) over correlated Gaussian vector channels. Generality is maintained by assuming no specific form for the covariance matrices of the received faded signals. The scenarios of Rayleigh fading and statistical independence among diversity branches are considered as special cases of the general analysis. The analysis is presented within the context of a system with receive diversity and cochannel interference. The results obtained are applicable to general multiuser single-input multiple-output (SIMO) channels.

Keywords

Gaussian channels; Rayleigh channels; cochannel interference; covariance matrices; diversity reception; error statistics; multiuser channels; MRC; Rayleigh fading; bit error probability; cochannel interference; correlated Gaussian vector channel; covariance matrix; diversity reception; general multiuser SIMO channel; maximal-ratio combining; single-input multiple-output channel; statistical independence; Context; Covariance matrix; Degradation; Distributed computing; Diversity reception; Error probability; Fading; Performance analysis; Random variables; Statistical distributions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Sciences and Systems, 2006 40th Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Princeton, NJ

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0349-9

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0350-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CISS.2006.286401

Filename

4068067