SEP Performance Using Equivalence in Nakagami-m Fading Channels

Young Gil Kim, Norman C. Beaulieu, Woo Kyung Lee

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Abstract

We show that an L-branch maximal ratio combining (MRC) receiver with an average signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) γ in Nakagami-m fading channels is equivalent to an mL-branch MRC receiver with average SNR γ/m in Rayleigh fading channels in terms of symbol error probability (SEP) when mL is an integer. Moreover, the orthogonal space-time block code (OSTBC) employing Mt transmit antennas and Mr receive antennas with the average SNR γ in Nakagami-m fading channels is shown to be equivalent to an mMtMr-branch MRC single-input-multiple-output (SIMO) receiver with the average SNR γ/mMt in Rayleigh fading channels.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6996015
Pages (from-to)3792-3795
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Volume65
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2016

Keywords

  • Maximal ratio combining (MRC)
  • Nakagami fading
  • Rayleigh fading
  • orthogonal space time block code (OSTBC)

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