Level crossing rates of envelop processes for multihop fading channels with amplify-and-forward relays

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2338-2343

  Chau, Yawgeng A ^a   Huang, Karl Y ^a   Chen, Yao Hua ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bounds; Envelope process; Level crossing rate; Multihop; Relay

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAYLEIGH FADING;

ENVELOPE PROCESS; LEVEL CROSSING RATE; MULTIHOP;

FADING CHANNELS;

EID: 36348970739     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2007.437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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