Averages of the product of two Gaussian Q-functions over fading statistics and applications

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-60

  Li, Rong ^a   Kam, Pooi Yuen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Error performance; Gaussian Q function; Nakagami; Rayleigh; Rician

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

BIT ERROR PROBABILITY; FADING DISTRIBUTIONS; FADING STATISTICS; GAUSSIAN Q-FUNCTIONS;

RAYLEIGH FADING;

EID: 33947684402     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2007.061365     Document Type: Article

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