A Closed-Form BER Expression for BPSK Using MRC in Correlated CCI and Rayleigh Fading

Author

Zhang, Xiaodi ; Beaulieu, Norman C.

Author_Institution

Nortel, Ottawa

Volume

55

Issue

12

fYear

2007

Firstpage

2249

Lastpage

2252

Abstract

An exact closed-form expression for the average bit error rate (BER) of coherent BPSK using maximal ratio combining (MRC) with correlated branches in the presence of cochannel interference (CCI) and noise is derived. This expression is valid for an arbitrary correlation structure under the assumption that the branch gains of the desired user signal and interfering signals experience correlated Rayleigh fading with the same correlation eigenvector matrix.

Keywords

Rayleigh channels; cochannel interference; correlation methods; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; error statistics; matrix algebra; phase shift keying; BPSK; CCI; MRC; Rayleigh fading channel; bit error rate; closed-form BER expression; cochannel interference; correlation eigenvector matrix; maximal ratio combining; Binary phase shift keying; Bit error rate; Diversity reception; Fading; Interchannel interference; Radiofrequency interference; Rayleigh channels; Signal processing; Signal to noise ratio; Working environment noise; Bit error rate (BER); cochannel interference (CCI); diversity; fading channels; maximal ratio combining (MRC);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCOMM.2007.910600

Filename

4395278