Maximal-ratio eigen-combining: A performance analysis

Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 15-22

  Siriteanu, Constantin ^a   Blostein, Steven D ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beamforming; BPSK modulation; Diversity; Imperfectly known correlated channel gains; MRC; Rayleigh fading

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; MAXIMAL RATIO EIGEN COMBINING (MREC); PILOT SYMBOL AIDED MODULATION (PSAM);

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; CORRELATION METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MODULATION; RAYLEIGH FADING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 3242891381     PISSN: 08408688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/CJECE.2004.1425792     Document Type: Article

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