MRC and GSC diversity combining with an output threshold

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1081-1090

  Yang, Hong Chuan ^a,b   Alouini, Mohamed Slim ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversity techniques; Generalized selection combining; Maximum ratio combining; Performance analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FADING (RADIO); NUMERICAL METHODS; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DIVERSITY COMBINING; GENERALIZED SELECTION COMBINING; MAXIMUM RATIO COMBINING; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS;

DIVERSITY RECEPTION;

EID: 21244485487     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2005.844634     Document Type: Article

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