Diversity incorporated energy adaptation for A-CDMA systems over slow fading channels

In this paper, a theoretical analysis of diversity incorporated Variable Energy Adaptation (VEA) in an Asynchronous Code Division Multiple Access (A-CDMA) system is discussed for Rayleigh, Rician and Nakagami slow fading channels. The adaptation is accomplished by providing the receiver with the capability of measuring the signal energy-to-noise ratio, and controlling the transmitted signal energy by means of a noise-free feedback loop. System parameters such as fading margin, maximum signal-to-noise ratio, and mean transmitter energy gain are derived and plotted for fading channels as a function of the probability of error specification and the probability of unsatisfactory operation. The mean and median probabilities of error are plotted as a function of energy-to-noise ratios for different fading channels. Error probability distribution and density functions are derived and plotted for various signal-fading distributions.