• DocumentCode
    1179618
  • Title

    BER of MC-CDMA systems with MRC in correlated Nakagami-m fading

  • Author

    Feng, Y. ; Qin, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Guangzhou, China
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    19
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    9/15/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1069
  • Lastpage
    1071
  • Abstract
    Based on the characteristic function of the sum of correlated gamma random variables and an alternative expression of Q-function, a simple bit error rate (BER) expression is derived for the multicarrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) systems with maximal ratio combining (MRC) in correlated Nakagami-m fading channels. The much simpler approximate average BER expression using exponential approximation of the Q-function is also derived.
  • Keywords
    code division multiple access; error statistics; fading channels; MC-CDMA systems; Q-function; bit error rate; correlated Nakagami-m fading channels; correlated gamma random variables; maximal ratio combining; multicarrier code division multiple access;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20052050
  • Filename
    1512762