Title :
Performance of RAKE receivers in Nakagami fading channel with arbitrary fading parameters
Author :
Efthymoglou, George ; Aalo, Valentine
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL
fDate :
8/31/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new expression for the bit error rate of RAKE receivers with either coherent or noncoherent/differentially coherent binary demodulation schemes in a Nakagami fading channel is derived. The analysis assumes an arbitrary number of diversity branches with arbitrary fading parameters
Keywords :
demodulation; diversity reception; fading; radio receivers; telecommunication channels; Nakagami fading channel; RAKE receivers; bit error rate; coherent binary demodulation; diversity branches; noncoherent/differentially coherent binary demodulation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19951078
