A simple and accurate approximation to the SEP of rectangular QAM in arbitrary Nakagami-m fading channels

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 426-428

  Suraweera, Himal A ^a,b   Armstrong, Jean ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bounds; Gaussian Q function; Nakagami m fading channels; Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM); Symbol error probability

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FADING CHANNELS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

CLOSED-FORM SOLUTION; GAUSSIAN Q-FUNCTION; SYMBOL ERROR PROBABILITY;

QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

EID: 34249794880     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2007.070136     Document Type: Article

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