DocumentCode
853746
Title
A closed-form expression for the outage probability of decode-and-forward relaying in dissimilar Rayleigh fading channels
Author
Beaulieu, Norman C. ; Hu, Jeremiah
Author_Institution
iCORE Wireless Commun. Lab., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta.
Volume
10
Issue
12
fYear
2006
fDate
12/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
813
Lastpage
815
Abstract
Decode-and-forward relaying has been shown to be a viable transmission protocol for wireless networks incorporating distributed spatial diversity. Practical systems may employ relay channels that experience statistically different signal fading. The performance of decode-and-forward relaying in channels with dissimilar fading parameters is investigated. In particular, a closed-form expression for the outage probability of a system with an arbitrary number of relays is derived
Keywords
Rayleigh channels; decoding; diversity reception; probability; protocols; radio networks; Rayleigh fading channel; closed-form expression; decode-forward relaying; distributed spatial diversity; outage probability; relay channel; signal fading; transmission protocol; wireless network; Closed-form solution; Diversity reception; Fading; Maximum likelihood decoding; Probability; Protocols; Random variables; Relays; Wireless communication; Wireless networks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7798
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LCOMM.2006.061048
Filename
4027612
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