Symbol Error Probability of QAM with MRC Diversity in Two-Wave with Diffuse Power Fading Channels

Author

Lu, Yao ; Yang, Nan

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Universal Wireless Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China

Volume

15

Issue

1

fYear

2011

fDate

1/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

10

Lastpage

12

Abstract

In the context of two-wave with diffuse power (TWDP) fading scenarios, this letter analyzes the average symbol error probability (SEP) of rectangular quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) for single- and multi-channel receptions. Specifically, novel exact expressions are derived for the average SEP in nondiversity and maximal-ratio combining (MRC) schemes. Our derived SEP results apply to general operating scenarios with distinct TWDP fading parameters and arbitrary number of diversity branches.

Keywords

diversity reception; error statistics; fading channels; multicast communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; MRC diversity; MRC schemes; QAM; SEP; TWDP fading parameters; TWDP fading scenarios; diffuse power fading channels; diversity branches; maximal-ratio combining schemes; multichannel reception; rectangular quadrature amplitude modulation; single- channel reception; symbol error probability; Diversity reception; Error probability; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Rayleigh channels; Signal to noise ratio; Wireless communication; Two-wave with diffuse power fading; maximal-ratio combining; rectangular QAM; symbol error probability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2010.112310.101824

Filename

5654636