A Novel Generalized Framework for Performance Analysis of Selection Combining Diversity

Author

Beaulieu, Norman C.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Commun. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China

Volume

61

Issue

10

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct-13

Firstpage

4196

Lastpage

4205

Abstract

A novel generalized framework for performance analysis of selection combining diversity in Rayleigh fading channels is derived. It is shown that the performance of arbitrary systems used with selection combining diversity can be expressed in terms of only the performance of the system on a single branch Rayleigh fading channel. The results are valid for coded and uncoded transmission as well as for balanced (equal power) diversity branches and unbalanced (unequal power) diversity branches. The generalized framework encompasses both general noise and general interference, and allows correlated noise and correlated interference sources. Applications of the generalized framework to analytical, semi-analytical and simulation based performance evaluation of digital modulation schemes are discussed.

Keywords

Rayleigh channels; diversity reception; modulation; radiofrequency interference; Rayleigh fading channel; balanced diversity; correlated interference source; correlated noise; digital modulation; equal power diversity; general interference; general noise; generalized framework; performance analysis; selection combining diversity; uncoded transmission; Diversity reception; Error analysis; Interference; Modulation; Rayleigh channels; Signal to noise ratio; Error rate; fading channels; modulation; selection diversity; semi-analytical methods; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCOMM.2013.082813.110387

Filename

6588548