Bit-error rate of binary digital modulation schemes in generalized gamma fading channels

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-141

  Aalo, Valentine A ^a   Piboongungon, Terawat ^a   Iskander, Cyril Daniel ^a  

^a Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

Fox's H Function; Generalized gamma fading; Generalized Nakagami fading; Meijer's G Function

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIT ERROR RATE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FADING (RADIO); FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE MODULATION; RADIO COMMUNICATION;

BINARY DIGITAL MODULATION; CHANNEL MODEL; G FUNCTION; GENERALIZED GAMMA FADING CHANNELS; GENERALIZED NAKAGAMI FADING; H FUNCTION;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 14044258440     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2005.02027     Document Type: Article

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