MRC reception of rectangular M-ary QAM signals over frequency-flat Rayleigh fading channels with distinctive branch fading amplitudes

IEE Proceedings: Communications

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 995-1003

  Yen, R Y ^a   Liu, H Y ^a   Liau, T ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ESS Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; RAYLEIGH FADING;

FADING CHANNELS; MRC RECEPTION; QAM SIGNALS; SYMBOL ERROR RATE (SER);

QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

EID: 29144480849     PISSN: 13502425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-com:20045144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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