• DocumentCode
    1500529
  • Title

    Comment on "An Exact Performance Analysis of MRC/OSTBC over Generalized Fading Channels"

  • Author

    Gappmair, Wilfried

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Commun. Networks & Satellite Commun., Graz Univ. of Technol., Graz, Austria
  • Volume
    59
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1495
  • Lastpage
    1496
  • Abstract
    In this comment, it is shown that the semi-numerical algorithm for computation of the ergodic channel capacity, which has been suggested in the paper cited by the headline above, can be replaced by a closed-form solution - either based on generalized hypergeometric functions or, in a more concise and elegant approach, on Meijer´s G-function.
  • Keywords
    channel capacity; fading channels; orthogonal codes; space-time block codes; G-function; MRC/OSTBC; closed-form solution; ergodic channel capacity; exact performance analysis; generalized fading channels; generalized hypergeometric functions; seminumerical algorithm; Channel capacity; Closed-form solution; Error probability; Fading; Performance analysis; Phase shift keying; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Fading channels; ergodic capacity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOMM.2011.041111.100009
  • Filename
    5753990