Bit error probability of MC-CDMA system over Rayleigh fading channels

Author

Hou, Zhihua ; Dubey, V.K.

Author_Institution

Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

fYear

2004

fDate

30 Aug.-2 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

320

Lastpage

324

Abstract

Downlink multicarrier code-division multiple access (MC-CDMA) systems with maximal ratio combining (MRC) in frequency-selective Rayleigh fading channels are considered. An exact bit error rate (BER) is provided based on the characteristic function (CF) and residue calculation method. The BER performance is evaluated in the time domain instead of frequency domain. This method does not require any assumption regarding the statistical or spectral behavior of multiple access interference (MAI).

Keywords

Rayleigh channels; code division multiple access; diversity reception; error statistics; radiofrequency interference; time-domain analysis; BER; MC-CDMA; Rayleigh fading channels; bit error probability; bit error rate; characteristic function; downlink multicarrier code-division multiple access systems; frequency domain; frequency-selective fading channels; maximal ratio combining; multiple access interference; time domain; Bit error rate; Diversity reception; Downlink; Error probability; Fading; Frequency domain analysis; Mathematical model; Multiaccess communication; Multicarrier code division multiple access; Multiple access interference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, 2004 IEEE Eighth International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8408-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSSTA.2004.1371714

Filename

1371714