Performance analysis of multi-antenna relay systems with imperfect channel estimation

Author

Kalantari, Arash ; Soleimani-Nasab, Ehsan ; Ardebilipour, Mehrdad

Author_Institution

K.N. Toosi Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran

fYear

2012

fDate

20-22 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

823

Lastpage

826

Abstract

In this paper, we present the performance of multi-antenna selective combining decode-and-forward relay networks over independent but non-identical distributed Nakagami-m fading channels with imperfect channel estimation. The outage probability, moment generation function (MGF) and symbol error probability (SEP) are derived in closed-form using the signal to noise ratio (SNR) statistical characteristics. Lastly, to evaluate the accuracy of our analytical formulas, we carry out Monte-Carlo simulations.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; Nakagami channels; antennas; channel estimation; decode and forward communication; error statistics; relay networks (telecommunication); MGF; Monte-Carlo simulation; SEP; SNR; decode-and-forward relay network; distributed Nakagami-m fading channel; imperfect channel estimation; moment generation function; multiantenna relay system; multiantenna selective combining; outage probability; signal-to-noise ratio; statistical characteristic; symbol error probability; Antennas; Channel estimation; Error probability; Fading; Performance analysis; Relays; Signal to noise ratio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), 2012 20th

Conference_Location

Belgrade

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2983-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TELFOR.2012.6419334

Filename

6419334