Bit-Error Outage over SIMO Spatially Correlated Rain-Fading Channels [Wireless Corner]

Author

Liolis, K.P. ; Panagopoulos, A.D. ; Cottis, Panayotis G.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece

Volume

53

Issue

3

fYear

2011

fDate

6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

204

Lastpage

209

Abstract

In this paper, a propagation model is presented for the bit-error outage probability (BEOP) in distributed single-input multiple-output (SIMO) correlated rain-fading channels. The general case of unbalanced spatial-diversity reception is considered. Such rain-fading channels usually represent terrestrial millimeter-wave line-of-sight (LOS) broadband fixed-wireless-access (BFWA) channels, operating at frequencies above 10 GHz. Useful numerical results regarding the validity of the proposed model are obtained to investigate the effects of spatial correlation and unequal diversity branch gains on the bit-error outage. The flexibility and global-scale applicability of the proposed propagation model for BEOP is also numerically demonstrated.

Keywords

diversity reception; error statistics; fading channels; millimetre wave propagation; BEOP; BFWA channel; LOS broadband fixed-wireless-access channel; SIMO spatially correlated rain-fading channel; bit-error outage probability; distributed single-input multiple-output channel; global-scale applicability; propagation model; spatial correlation; terrestrial millimeter-wave line-of-sight; unbalanced spatial-diversity reception; Bit error rate; Broadband antennas; Fading channels; MIMO; Rain; Receivers; Wireless networks; Broadband fixed wireless access (BFWA); bit error outage; electromagnetic propagation; fading channels; millimeter wave radio propagation; rain; rain fading; single-input multiple-output (SIMO); spatial correlation; unbalanced diversity reception;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2011.6028460

Filename

6028460