DocumentCode :
821574
Title :
Performance Analysis of Generalized Selection Combining in Generalized Correlated Nakagami- 
Fading
Author :
Zhang, Xiaodi ; Beaulieu, Norman C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta.
Volume :
54
Issue :
11
fYear :
2006
Firstpage :
2103
Lastpage :
2112
Abstract :
The exact performance of selection combining, hybrid selection/maximal-ratio combining (H-S/MRC), and threshold-based H-S/MRC in correlated Nakagami-m fading for positive integer values of fading parameter m, is analyzed for a particular correlation structure. This correlation model, though not general, is much more general than the equal-correlation case, and includes equal correlation as a special case. The symbol-error rate and outage probability of the three combining schemes are obtained by transforming the correlated branch gains into a set of conditionally independent branch gains. Numerical and simulation results show excellent agreement with theoretical results
Keywords :
Nakagami channels; correlation theory; diversity reception; error statistics; probability; correlated Nakagami-m fading; generalized selection combining; hybrid selection-maximal-ratio combining scheme; outage probability; performance analysis; symbol-error rate; threshold-based HS-MRC scheme; Costs; Diversity reception; Fading; Numerical simulation; Performance analysis; Probability density function; Random variables; Rayleigh channels; Signal to noise ratio; Wireless communication; Correlated fading; Nakagami-$m$
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0090-6778
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TCOMM.2006.881398
Filename :
4012518
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