Title :
Capacity of maximal ratio combining reception over correlated Nakagami fading channels
Author :
Li, Wei ; Zhang, Hao ; Gulliver, T. Aaron
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, the capacity of maximal ratio combining is considered for different modulation schemes on correlated Nakagami fading channels. Based on an equivalent scalar additive white Gaussian noise channel, we derive the characteristic function (CF) and the probability density function (PDF) of the signal to noise ratio for MRC reception. Using these CF and PDF results, closed form capacity expressions are obtained.
Keywords :
AWGN channels; channel capacity; diversity reception; fading channels; phase shift keying; probability; pulse amplitude modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; MRC reception; PAM; PDF; PSK; QAM; characteristic function; closed form capacity expressions; correlated Nakagami fading channels; maximal ratio combining reception; modulation schemes; probability density function; scalar additive white Gaussian noise channel; signal to noise ratio; AWGN; Capacity planning; Channel capacity; Diversity reception; Error probability; Fading; Phase shift keying; Probability density function; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC2004-Fall. 2004 IEEE 60th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8521-7
DOI :
10.1109/VETECF.2004.1400344
