A Simple form for the two-dimensional Q-function suitable for performance evaluation of communication systems

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1091-1095

  Yousefi, Shahram ^a   Holmes, Billy ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

ONE-DIMENSION GAUSSIAN INTEGRAL; Q-FUNCTIONS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 26444608530     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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