Title :
BER analysis of collaborative dual-hop wireless transmissions
Author :
Tsiftsis, T.A. ; Karagiannidis, G.K. ; Kotsopoulos, S.A. ; Pavlidou, F.N.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Patras, Greece
fDate :
5/27/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The error performance of collaborative dual-hop wireless transmissions with maximal-ratio combining diversity is presented. Specifically, using the well-known inequality between geometric and harmonic mean of positive random variables, an upper bound for the end-to-end signal-to-noise-ratio is derived, and it is used to efficiently evaluate the average error probability.
Keywords :
diversity reception; error statistics; mobile communication; multi-access systems; BER analysis; bit error rate analysis; collaborative dual hop wireless transmissions; end-end signal to noise ratio; error probability evaluation; geometric mean; harmonic mean; maximal ratio; positive random variables; transmission diversity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20040393
