Title :
Higher order statistics of the output SNR of hybrid selection/maximal-ratio combining
Author :
Win, Moe Z. ; Mallik, Ranjan K. ; Chrisikos, George ; Winters, Jack H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Wireless Syst. Res., AT&T Labs., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We use a virtual branch technique to derive higher order statistics of the output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of hybrid selection/maximal-ratio combining (H-S/MRC) in a multipath fading environment. In particular, the cumulants, central moments, skewness and kurtosis are derived. We consider the case of independent Rayleigh fading with equal receive SNR averaged over the fading on each diversity branch
Keywords :
Rayleigh channels; diversity reception; higher order statistics; multipath channels; noise; central moments; cumulants; diversity branch; higher order statistics; hybrid selection/maximal-ratio combining; independent Rayleigh fading; kurtosis; multipath fading; output SNR; output signal-to-noise ratio; skewness; virtual branch technique; Diversity reception; Energy consumption; Higher order statistics; Lifting equipment; Power system modeling; Rayleigh channels; Signal detection; Signal processing algorithms; Signal to noise ratio; Springs;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2000. GLOBECOM '00. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6451-1
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2000.891273
