Error performance of selection combining and switched combining systems in Rayleigh fading channels with imperfect channel estimation

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2054-2065

  Xiao, Lei ^a   Dong, Xiaodai ^b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Imperfect channel estimation (ICE); Minimum mean square error (MMSE) estimation; Pilot symbol assisted modulation (PSAM); Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM); Rayleigh fading; Selection combining (SC); Switch and examine combining (SEC); Switch and stay combining (SSC); Two dimensional (2 D) signaling

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; RAYLEIGH FADING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

IMPERFECT CHANNEL ESTIMATION; MINIMUM MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SELECTION COMBINING; SWITCH-AND-EXAMINE COMBINING; SWITCH-AND-STAY COMBINING;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 30744448994     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2005.858167     Document Type: Article

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