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

fYear

2011

fDate

5-9 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

580

Lastpage

585

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOMW.2011.6162518

Filename

6162518