Symbol-error rate of selection combining over two-wave with diffuse power fading

Author

Tan, Beng Soon ; Li, Kwok Hung ; Teh, Kah Chan

Author_Institution

Sch. of EEE, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2011

fDate

12-14 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Symbol-error rate expressions of selection combining over the two-wave with diffused power (TWDP) fading channel are derived using the moment-generating function approach. The TWDP fading model is characterized by two specular waves in the presence of other diffused waves and has both the Rayleigh and Rician fading channels as special cases. The TWDP fading model is applicable to both the narrow-band and wide-band operations and when directional antennas are used. The derived theoretical expressions are validated by simulation results.

Keywords

Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; directive antennas; Rayleigh fading channels; Rician fading channels; TWDP fading channel; TWDP fading model; directional antennas; moment-generating function approach; narrow-band operations; selection combining; specular waves; symbol-error rate expressions; two-wave with diffused power; wide-band operations; Binary phase shift keying; Bit error rate; Diversity reception; Rayleigh channels; Signal to noise ratio; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS), 2011 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1179-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1178-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSPCS.2011.6140894

Filename

6140894