• DocumentCode
    603305
  • Title

    Gaussian Q-function and Its Approximations

  • Author

    Malluri, Sirisha ; Pamula, Vinay K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of ECE, DVR & Dr. H.S. MIC Coll. of Technol., Kanchikacherla, India
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    6-8 April 2013
  • Firstpage
    74
  • Lastpage
    77
  • Abstract
    This paper presents some useful approximations to the Gaussian Q-function with an application to computation of bit error probability (BEP) of M-ary phase shift keying (MPSK) modulation scheme. Computational results are provided to compare various approximations to Gaussian Q-function.
  • Keywords
    Gaussian processes; approximation theory; phase shift keying; probability; Gaussian Q-function; M-ary phase shift keying modulation scheme; bit error probability; Accuracy; Approximation methods; Communication systems; Error probability; Fading; Nakagami distribution; Signal to noise ratio; Absolute error; Nakagami fading; Q-function; bit error probability; phase shift keying;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT), 2013 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Gwalior
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5603-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CSNT.2013.25
  • Filename
    6524361