MRC analysis of cooperative diversity with fixed-gain relays in nakagami-m fading channels

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2069-2074

  Shin, Hyundong ^a,b   Song, Ju Bin ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amplify and forward (AF) relaying; Cooperative diversity; Maximal ratio combining (MRC); Nakagami fading; Symbol error probability (SEP)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNAS; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; FADING (RADIO); PHOTOELECTRIC RELAYS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AMPLIFY AND FORWARD (AF); COOPERATIVE DIVERSITY (CD); COOPERATIVE DIVERSITY SYSTEMS; FIXED GAIN RELAYS; MAXIMAL-RATIO COMBINING (MRC); NAKAGAMI-M FADING CHANNELS; SEMI BLIND;

FADING CHANNELS;

EID: 45849101308     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2008.070812     Document Type: Article

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