Second-order statistics of maximal-ratio and equal-gain combining in Hoyt Fading

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-21

  Fraidenraich, Gustavo ^a   Santos Filho, José Cândido S ^a   Yacoub, Michel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Average fade duration; Equal gain combining; Hoyt fading channels; Level crossing rate; Maximal ratio combining

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AVERAGE FADE DURATION; DIVERSITY CHANNELS; EQUATION GAIN COMBINING; HOYT FADING CAHNNELS; LEVEL CROSSING RATE; MAXIMAL RATIO COMBINING; SECOND ORDER STATISTICS;

RAYLEIGH FADING;

EID: 12544257427     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2005.01012     Document Type: Article

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