The GTCF Method for Exact Analysis of Multihop AF Relaying Systems

Author

Beaulieu, Norman C. ; Soliman, Samy S.

Author_Institution

AITF/iCORE Wireless Commun. Lab., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

3-6 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

A new transform method, the generalized transformed characteristic function (GTCF), gives an exact, integral solution for the probability density function of the end-to-end received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of multihop amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying systems. The results are precise for any number of hops and can accommodate any channel fading distribution. The theory provides the first exact theoretical solutions when the number of hops N >; 2. Both cases of identically and non-identically distributed links are investigated. The case of dissimilar links, in which the link fadings follow different distributions, is also studied. The effect of the number of hops, N, on the performance metrics is studied.

Keywords

amplify and forward communication; fading channels; GTCF method; SNR; channel fading distribution; end-to-end received signal-to-noise ratio; exact analysis; generalized transformed characteristic function; link fadings; multihop AF relaying systems; multihop amplify-and-forward relaying systems; performance metrics; Closed-form solutions; Error probability; Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; Signal to noise ratio; Zinc;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Quebec City, QC

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1880-8

Electronic_ISBN

1090-3038

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTCFall.2012.6399148

Filename

6399148