• DocumentCode
    1406193
  • Title

    Performance of Amplify-and-Forward Cooperative Communications with the N^{th} Best-Relay Selection Scheme over Nakagami-m Fading Channels

  • Author

    Chu, Shao-I

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Eng., I-Shou Univ., Dashu, Taiwan
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    172
  • Lastpage
    174
  • Abstract
    This letter derives the asymptotic symbol error rate (SER) of amplify-and-forward (AF) cooperative communications with the Nth best-relay scheme over independent and non-identical Nakagami-m fading channels. The diversity gain has been analyzed and examined as well. Simulation and numerical evaluation show the tightness of such an approximation in the high SNR regions and the accuracy of our theoretical analysis.
  • Keywords
    Nakagami channels; amplify and forward communication; cooperative communication; diversity reception; telecommunication network routing; Nakagami-m fading channels; amplify and forward cooperative communications; approximation; asymptotic symbol error rate; best relay selection; diversity gain; Amplify-and-forward (AF); Nakagami-m fading; best relay; symbol error rate (SER);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2010.121310.101381
  • Filename
    5669626
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1406193