A generalized solution for diversity combining techniques in fading channels

Author

Da Silva, Claudio R C M ; Yacoub, Michel Daoud

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of Campinas, Brazil

Volume

50

Issue

1

fYear

2002

fDate

1/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

46

Lastpage

50

Abstract

This paper develops an exact and general formulation in order to investigate the performance of equal gain, selection/equal gain, and selection/maximal ratio combining techniques. The performance is examined in terms of both the reliability and mean signal-to-noise ratio at the combiner output. Although the solution presented here considers the Nakagami fading environment, the formulation is general and can be easily applied to any other fading channel

Keywords

Rician channels; diversity reception; fading channels; noise; reliability; Nakagami fading environment; Rice fading channels; combiner output; diversity combining techniques; equal gain combining techniques; fading channel; fading channels; generalized solution; mean signal-to-noise ratio; reliability; selection/equal gain combining techniques; selection/maximal ratio combining techniques; wireless systems; Channel estimation; Degradation; Diversity reception; Fading; Helium; Nakagami distribution; Performance gain; Probability density function; Signal to noise ratio; Sliding mode control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.981244

Filename

981244