Performance of generalized selection combining for BPSK signals in time-correlated Rayleigh fading channels

Author

Yih, Chi-Hsiao ; Geraniotis, Evaggelos

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

1-5 Dec. 2003

Firstpage

1195

Abstract

We consider the performance analysis of generalized selection combining (GSC) for BPSK signals in time-correlated Rayleigh fading channels. For the coherent detection of BPSK signals, we employ pilot symbol aided modulation (PSAM) to provide channel side information (CSI) and the optimum GSC follows the maximal signal to noise ratio (SNR) criterion. To analyze the bit-error-rate (BER) of GSC for BPSK signals, we propose a novel method based on the Monte-Carlo integration technique to circumvent the high computational complexity occurred in the evaluation of analytical BER expression.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; Rayleigh channels; computational complexity; correlation theory; diversity reception; error statistics; modulation; phase shift keying; signal detection; BER; BPSK signal; Monte-Carlo integration technique; SNR; bit-error-rate; channel side information; coherent detection; computational complexity; generalized selection combining; pilot symbol aided modulation; signal to noise ratio; time-correlated Rayleigh fading channel; AWGN; Binary phase shift keying; Bit error rate; Computational complexity; Diversity reception; Fading; Performance analysis; Signal analysis; Signal to noise ratio; Statistical analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2003. GLOBECOM '03. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7974-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2003.1258428

Filename

1258428