• DocumentCode
    1224391
  • Title

    New results on the BER of switched diversity combining over Nakagami fading channels

  • Author

    Xiao, Lei ; Dong, Xiaodai

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    136
  • Lastpage
    138
  • Abstract
    New closed-form bit error rate (BER) expressions are derived for multibranch switched combining (SWC) systems with independent Nakagami faded diversity branches having integer Nakagami 717-parameters. Constellations considered include BPSK, M-PSK, M-PAM and M-QAM. The analysis is also applicable to the generalized hierarchical PAM and QAM modulation formats.
  • Keywords
    diversity reception; error statistics; fading channels; phase shift keying; pulse amplitude modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; BER; BPSK; M-PAM; M-PSK; M-QAM; Nakagami channel; SWC; binary phase shift keying; closed-form bit error rate expression; independent faded diversity; integer Nakagami 717-parameters; multibranch switched combining system; multilevel quadrature amplitude modulation; multiple phase shift keying; pulse amplitude modulation; AWGN; Binary phase shift keying; Bit error rate; Diversity reception; Error analysis; Fading; Modulation; Performance analysis; Signal analysis; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2005.02024
  • Filename
    1388731