Title :
Gaussian Q-function and Its Approximations
Author :
Malluri, Sirisha ; Pamula, Vinay K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of ECE, DVR & Dr. H.S. MIC Coll. of Technol., Kanchikacherla, India
Abstract :
This paper presents some useful approximations to the Gaussian Q-function with an application to computation of bit error probability (BEP) of M-ary phase shift keying (MPSK) modulation scheme. Computational results are provided to compare various approximations to Gaussian Q-function.
Keywords :
Gaussian processes; approximation theory; phase shift keying; probability; Gaussian Q-function; M-ary phase shift keying modulation scheme; bit error probability; Accuracy; Approximation methods; Communication systems; Error probability; Fading; Nakagami distribution; Signal to noise ratio; Absolute error; Nakagami fading; Q-function; bit error probability; phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gwalior
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5603-9
DOI :
10.1109/CSNT.2013.25
