Analysis of hybrid selection/maximal-ratio combining in rayleigh fading

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1773-1776

  Win, Moe Z ^a   Winters, Jack H ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity methods; Fading channels; Maximal ratio combining; Selection diversity; Virtural branch technique

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIVERSITY RECEPTION; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

HYBRID SELECTION/MAXIMAL-RATIO COMBINING (H-S/MRC); VIRTUAL BRANCH TECHNIQUES;

RAYLEIGH FADING;

EID: 0033279971     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/26.809693     Document Type: Article

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