DocumentCode
459685
Title
Performance Analysis of Convolutional Codes over Fading Channels with Maximum Ratio Combining Diversity
Author
Farhadi, Golnaz ; Beaulieu, Norman C.
Author_Institution
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Email: gfarhadi@ece.ualberta.ca
Volume
11
fYear
2006
fDate
38869
Firstpage
5166
Lastpage
5171
Abstract
We study the exact bit error rate (BER) performance of convolutional codes with hard decision Viterbi decoding when used over fading additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels with maximum ratio combining (MRC) diversity. Analytical expressions for the bit error rates in Rayleigh, Rician and Nakagami-m fading channels are derived. The accuracy of the analytical results is verified by computer simulation.
Keywords
AWGN; Additive white noise; Bit error rate; Convolutional codes; Decoding; Diversity reception; Fading; Performance analysis; Rayleigh channels; Viterbi algorithm;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Communications, 2006. ICC '06. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Istanbul
ISSN
8164-9547
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0355-3
Electronic_ISBN
8164-9547
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICC.2006.255486
Filename
4024870
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