Title :
Exact performance analysis of M-ary QAM with MRC diversity in Rician fading channels
Author :
Seo, S. ; Lee, C. ; Kang, S.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Kyunggi-Do, South Korea
fDate :
4/15/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The exact expression of symbol error rate (SER) is derived for coherent square M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) using Lth order maximal-ratio combining (MRC) diversity in Rician fading channels with an arbitrary fading parameter. The accuracy of the SER estimates evaluated by this expression is verified through comparison with the results evaluated by numerical integration.
Keywords :
Rician channels; diversity reception; error statistics; quadrature amplitude modulation; QAM; Rician fading channels; arbitrary fading parameter; coherent square M-ray quadrature amplitude modulation; maximal ratio combining diversity; numerical integration; symbol error rate;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20040341
