Effect of channel estimation errors on MRC diversity in Rician fading channels

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2137-2142

  Ma, Yao ^a   Schober, Robert ^b   Pasupathy, Subbarayan ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Correlated fading; Imperfect channel estimation; Maximum ratio combining (MRC); Rician fading channels

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CORRELATED FADING; IMPERFECT CHANNEL ESTIMATION; MAXIMUM RATIO COMBINING; RICIAN FADING CHANNELS;

FADING (RADIO);

EID: 30844439481     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2005.853454     Document Type: Article

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