Title :
Threshold-based hybrid selection/maximal-ratio combining in correlated Nakagami fading
Author :
Zhang, Xiaodi ; Beaulieu, Norman C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta.
Abstract :
The average symbol error rate of threshold-based hybrid selection/maximal-ratio combining (T-HS/MRC) with correlated Nakagami-m fading channels is obtained for positive integer values of fading parameter m for a special correlation structure. An accurate approximate analysis of T-HS/MRC in arbitrarily correlated Nakagami-m fading channels is presented by using a Green´s matrix approximation. The derivation allows different M-ary linear modulation schemes. We illustrate our methodology using M-ary phase-shift keying as an example
Keywords :
Green´s function methods; Nakagami channels; diversity reception; error statistics; matrix algebra; phase shift keying; Green´s matrix approximation; M-ary linear modulation schemes; M-ary phase-shift keying; arbitrarily correlated Nakagami-m fading channels; average symbol error rate; correlation structure; threshold-based hybrid selection-maximal-ratio combining; Diversity reception; Error analysis; Fading; Phase shift keying; Random variables; Signal to noise ratio; System performance; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2006. WCNC 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0269-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1525-3511
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.2006.1696482
