Title :
Effect of an independent antenna on the performance of a correlated dual-diversity predetection EGC receiver in Nakagami-m fading channel
Author :
Sahu, P.R. ; Chaturvedi, A.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kanpur, India
Abstract :
The bit error rate (BER) performance improvement of a correlated dual-diversity predetection EGC receiver in a Nakagami-m fading channel when an additional antenna which is receiving signals independent of the correlated pair is available is analysed. Two percentage improvement criteria have been considered. Numerical results show that the percentage improvement is more for higher SNRs. One of them has been found to be almost independent of the correlation between the correlated pair of antennas.
Keywords :
correlation methods; diversity reception; error statistics; fading channels; radio receivers; receiving antennas; signal detection; BER; EGC receiver; Nakagami-m fading channel; bit error rate performance; correlated dual-diversity predetection; equal gain combining receivers; receiving antenna signal;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEE Proceedings-
DOI :
10.1049/ip-com:20045035
