Channel estimation for amplify and forward relay based cooperation diversity systems

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2348-2355

  Patel, Chirag S ^a,b,c   Stüber, Gordon L ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel estimation; Cooperation diversity; Fading channels; Relay networks

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; FADING CHANNELS; RADIO LINKS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

DIVERSITY SYSTEMS; RELAY NETWORKS; RELAY SIGNALS;

TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS;

EID: 34547730230     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2007.05875     Document Type: Article

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