Title :
Exact analytical solution for end-to-end SNR of multihop AF relaying systems
Author :
Beaulieu, Norman C. ; Soliman, Samy S.
Author_Institution :
iCORE Wireless Commun. Lab., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Abstract :
A new method that leads to exact solutions for performance metrics related to the end-to-end signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of multihop amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying systems is reported. The approach uses a generalized transformed characteristic function (GTCF) to find the exact average symbol error probability, ergodic capacity and outage probability of generic multihop AF relaying systems. The new GTCF method is illustrated by deriving exact solutions for Nakagami-m fading channels.
Keywords :
Nakagami channels; amplify and forward communication; error statistics; GTCF method; Nakagami-m fading channels; end-to-end SNR; end-to-end signal-to-noise ratio; ergodic capacity; generalized transformed characteristic function; multihop AF relaying systems; multihop amplify-and-forward relaying systems; outage probability; symbol error probability; Error probability; Fading; Manganese; Random variables; Relays; Signal to noise ratio; Zinc; Amplify-and-forward; ergodic capacity; generalized transformed characteristic function; multihop relaying; outage probability; signal-to-noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
GLOBECOM Workshops (GC Wkshps), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0039-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0038-4
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOMW.2011.6162518
