Statistical properties of amplify and forward relay fading channels

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Patel, Chirag S ^a   Stüber, Gordon L ^a   Pratt, Thomas G ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad hoc cellular networks; Channel statistics; Cooperation diversity; Rayleigh fading; Relay channels

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECODING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAYLEIGH FADING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CHANNEL STATISTICS; COOPERATION DIVERSITY; FORWARD RELAY FADING CHANNELS; RELAY CHANNELS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 32144455214     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2005.861170     Document Type: Article

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