Title :
Average level crossing rate and average outage duration of generalized selection combining
Author :
Yang, Lin ; Alouini, Mohamed-Slim
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Minnesota Univ., USA
Abstract :
The paper presents an analytical methodology for the evaluation of the average level crossing rate and the average outage duration of generalized selection combining. More specifically, it presents a general approach when this scheme is employed over independent, but not necessarily identically distributed, fading channels. The general approach is then specialized to independent identically distributed Rayleigh fading paths. Selected numerical examples and plots are also provided and discussed.
Keywords :
Rayleigh channels; diversity reception; diversity combining; generalized selection combining; independent fading channels; independent identically distributed Rayleigh fading paths; level crossing rate; maximal-ratio combining; outage duration; Cultural differences; Diversity reception; Fading; Frequency measurement; Performance analysis; Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; Signal processing; Statistics; Ultra wideband technology;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCOMM.2003.820743
