Second-order statistics of maximal-ratio and equal-gain combining in Weibull fading

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 499-501

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIVERSITY RECEPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

AVERAGE FADE DURATION; EQUAL GAIN COMBINING; LEVEL CROSSING RATE; MAXIMAL RATIO COMBINING; WEIBULL FADING;

FADING (RADIO);

EID: 21444435361     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2005.1437350     Document Type: Article

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