Abstract
The exact average bit error probability (BEP) performance of decode-and-forward (DF) cooperative systems for binary phase shift keying (BPSK) signals in Nakagami-m fading channels for integer values of m is analyzed. Two types of receivers, a -maximal ratio combining (-MRC) receiver and a piecewise linear (PL) receiver are examined. Closed-form, integral-free, expressions for the BEPs of the -MRC receiver and the PL receiver are obtained.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 5936796 |
| Pages (from-to) | 2355-2361 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Communications |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2011 |
Keywords
- Cooperative diversity
- Nakagami-m fading
- decode-and-forward (DF)