Title :
Performance of digital linear modulations on Weibull slow-fading channels
Author :
Cheng, Julian ; Tellambura, Chinthananda ; Beaulieu, Norman C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada
Abstract :
A closed-form expression is derived for the moment-generating function of the Weibull distribution, valid when its fading parameter assumes integer values. Expressions for average signal-to-noise ratio, signal outage, and average symbol-error rate are derived for single-channel reception and independent multichannel diversity reception operating on flat Weibull slow-fading channels.
Keywords :
Weibull distribution; diversity reception; error statistics; fading channels; modulation; Laplace transforms; Weibull distribution; Weibull slow-fading channel; digital linear modulation; fading parameters; independent multichannel diversity reception; moment-generating function; signal outage; signal-to-noise ratio; single-channel reception; symbol-error rate; Closed-form solution; Digital communication; Digital modulation; Diversity reception; Helium; Rayleigh channels; Signal to noise ratio; Vehicular and wireless technologies; Weibull distribution; Weibull fading channels; Error analysis; Laplace transforms; Weibull distributions; fading channels;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCOMM.2004.833015
