Performance of diversity receivers in generalised gamma fading channels

IET Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-347

  Aalo, V A ^a   Efthymoglou, G P ^b   Piboongungon, T ^c   Iskander, C D ^d  

^a Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^c TOT Corporation Public Company Ltd   (Thailand)

^d MATHWORKS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FADING CHANNELS; GAMMA RAYS; MODULATION;

DIVERSITY RECEIVERS; EQUAL GAIN COMBINING (EGC); GAMMA DISTRIBUTION;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 34748850227     PISSN: 17518628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-com:20050235     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Simon, M.K., and Alouini, M.S.: ' Digital communications over fading channels ', (Wiley, New York, 2000)
2. Coulson, A.J., Williamson, A.G., and Vaughan, R.G.: ' Improved fading distribution for mobile radio ', IEE Proc. F, Commun., 1998, 145, (13), p. 197-202
3. Yacoub, M.D.: ' The α- distribution: a general fading distribution ', Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2002, 2, p. 629-633
4. Stacy, E.W.: ' A generalization of the gamma distribution ', Annal. Math. Stat., 1962, 33, p. 1187-1192
5. Zonoozi, M.M., and Dassanayake, P.: ' User mobility modeling and characterization of mobility patterns ', IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., 1997, 15, (7), p. 1239-1252 10.1109/49.622908 0733-8716
6. Kourtis, S., and Tafazolli, R.: ' Modelling cell residence time of mobile terminals in cellular radio systems ', Electron. Lett., 2002, 38, (1), p. 52-54 10.1049/el:20020037 0013-5194
7. Anastassopoulos, V., Lampropoulos, G.A., Drosopoulos, A., and Rey, M.: ' High resolution radar clutter statistics ', IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst., 1999, 35, (1), p. 43-60 10.1109/7.745679 0018-9251
8. Shin, J.W., Chang, J.-H., and Kim, N.S.: ' Image probability distribution based on generalized gamma function ', IEEE Signal Process. Lett., 2005, 12, (4), p. 325-328 1070-9908
9. Shin, J.W., Chang, J.-H., Kim, N.S., and Mitra, S.K.: ' Statistical modeling of speech signals based on generalized gamma distribution ', IEEE Signal Process. Lett., 2005, 12, (3), p. 258-261 10.1109/LSP.2004.840869 1070-9908
10. Sagias, N.C., Karagiannidis, G.K., Zogas, D.A., Mathiopoulos, P.T., and Tombras, G.S.: ' Performance analysis of dual selection diversity in correlated Weibull fading channels ', IEEE Trans. Commun., 2004, 52, (7), p. 1063-1067 10.1109/TCOMM.2004.831362 0090-6778
11. Cheng, J., Tellambura, C., and Beaulieu, N.C.: ' Performance of digital linear modulations on Weibull slow-fading channels ', IEEE Trans Commun., 2004, 52, (8), p. 1265-1268 10.1109/TCOMM.2004.833015 0090-6778
12. Sahu, P.R., and Chaturvedi, A.K.: ' Performance analysis of predetection EGC receiver in Weibull fading channel ', Electron. Lett., 2005, 41, (2), p. 85-86 10.1049/el:20057262 0013-5194
13. Karagiannidis, G.K., Zogas, D.A., Sagias, N.C., Kotsopoulos, S.A., and Tombras, G.S.: ' Equal gain and maximal ratio combining over Weibull fading channels ', IEEE Trans Wirel. Commun., 4, (3), p. 841-846 10.1109/TWC.2005. 846982 1536-1276
14. Sagias, N.C., Zogas, D.A., Karagiannidis, G.K., and Tombras, G.S.: ' Performance analysis of switched diversity in Weibull fading ', Electron. Lett., 39, (20), p. 1472-1474 10.1049/el:20030956 0013-5194
15. Sagias, N.C., Karagiannidis, G.K., and Tombras, G.S.: ' Error-rate analysis of switched diversity receivers in Weibull fading ', Electron. Lett., 40, (11), p. 681-682 10.1049/el:20040479 0013-5194
16. Beaulieu, N.C., and Abu-Dayya, A.: ' Analysis of equal gain diversity on Nakagami fading channels ', IEEE Trans. Commun., 1991, 39, (2), p. 225-234 10.1109/26.76460 0090-6778
17. Zhang, Q.T.: ' A simple approach to probability of error for equal gain combiners over Rayleigh channels ', IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., 1999, 48, (4), p. 1151-1154 10.1109/25.775364 0018-9545
18. Annamalai, A., Tellambura, C., and Bhargava, V.K.: ' Equal-gain diversity receiver performance in wireless channels ', IEEE Trans. Commun., 2000, 48, (10), p. 1732-1744 10.1109/26.871398 0090-6778
19. Aalo, V.A., Piboongungon, T., and Iskander, C.D.: ' Bit-error rate of binary digital modulation schemes in generalized gamma fading channels ', IEEE Commun. Lett., 2005, 9, (2), p. 139-141 10.1109/LCOMM.2005.02027 1089-7798
20. Sagias, N.C., and Mathiopoulos, T.: ' Switched diversity receivers over generalized gamma fading channels ', IEEE Commun. Lett., 2005, 9, (10), p. 871-873 10.1109/LCOMM.2005.10026 1089-7798
21. Win, M.Z., Chrisikos, G.S., and Winters, J.H.: ' MRC performance for M-ary modulation in arbitrarily correlated Nakagami fading channels ', IEEE Commun. Lett., 2000, 4, (10), p. 301-303 10.1109/4234.880815 1089-7798
22. Mathai, A.M., and Saxena, R.K.: ' The H-function with applications in statistics and other disciplines ', (Wiley, New York, 1978)
23. Gradshteyn, I.S., and Ryzhik, I.M.: ' Tables of integrals, series and products ', (Academic Press, New York, 1980)
24. Srivastava, H.M., and Manocha, H.L.: ' A treatise on generating functions ', (Wiley, New York, 1984)
25. Alouini, M.S., and Simon, M.K.: ' Performance of coherent receivers with hybrid SC/MRC over Nakagami-m fading channels ', IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., 1999, 48, (4), p. 1155-1164 10.1109/25.775365 0018-9545