Title :
Second-Order Statistics for the Envelope of α - κ - μ Fading Channels
Author :
Papazafeiropoulos, Anastasios K. ; Kotsopoulos, Stavros A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Patras, Rio, Greece
fDate :
4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Exact closed-form expressions for the level crossing rate (LCR) and the average duration of fades (ADF) of α - κ - μ fading channels are presented. Confirmation of the derived analytical formulations is attained by reducing the general results to some widely known cases (Nakagami-m, Rice, and Weibull). Extra validation is performed by comparison with measurement data and by means of a sample of numerical results obtained by the Monte Carlo simulation.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; fading channels; statistical analysis; Monte Carlo simulation; average duration of fades; closed-form expressions; fading channels; level crossing rate; second-order statistics; Assembly; Closed-form solution; Helium; Higher order statistics; Nakagami distribution; Performance evaluation; Rayleigh channels; Rayleigh scattering; Scattering parameters; Weibull fading channels; Fading channels, level crossing rate, average duration of fades, generalized fading distributions;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2010.04.092265
