Multi-branch predetection equal gain combiner in equally correlated Nakagami-m fading channels

Author

Bae, Kyung K. ; Annamalai, A. ; Tranter, W.H.

Author_Institution

Mobile & Portable Radio Res. Group, Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., USA

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

29 Nov.-3 Dec. 2004

Firstpage

469

Abstract

The article presents an analytical framework for evaluating the performance of an equally correlated multi-branch predetection equal gain combining (EGC) diversity receiver in Nakagami-m fading channels. Specifically, the characteristic function (CHF) of the EGC output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) with L correlated inputs is derived. Selected numerical examples are provided to illustrate the effects of branch correlation and fade distribution on the average error rate and outage probability of EGC receivers.

Keywords

diversity reception; error statistics; fading channels; probability; radio receivers; SNR; average error rate; branch correlation; characteristic function; diversity receiver; equal gain combining; equally correlated Nakagami-m fading channels; fade distribution; multi-branch predetection; outage probability; signal-to-noise ratio; Digital modulation; Diversity methods; Diversity reception; Error analysis; Error probability; Fading; Frequency domain analysis; Performance analysis; Random variables; Rayleigh channels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2004. GLOBECOM '04. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8794-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2004.1377991

Filename

1377991