Accurate closed-form approximations to Ricean sum distributions and densities

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-135

  Hu, Jeremiah ^a   Beaulieu, Norman C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Approximation methods; Ricean distribution; Ricean sum distribution

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BESSEL FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RAYLEIGH FADING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLOSED FORM APPROXIMATIONS; RICEAN FADING; RICEAN SUM DENSITIES; RICEAN SUM DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 14044270721     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2005.02029     Document Type: Article

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