Exact error probability analysis of rectangular QAM for single- and multichannel reception in Nakagami-m fading channels

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 214-221

  Maaref, Amine ^a,b   Aïssa, Sonia ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaussian Q function; Maximal ratio combining; Nakagami fading; Rectangular QAM; Symbol error rate

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIVERSITY RECEPTION; FADING (RADIO); FUNCTIONS; MODULATION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; RAYLEIGH FADING; SIGNAL ENCODING; TRELLIS CODES;

GAUSSIAN Q-FUNCTION; MAXIMAL-RATIO COMBINING; NAKAGAMI FADING; RECTANGULAR QAM; SYMBOL ERROR RATE;

FADING CHANNELS;

EID: 60149085544     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2009.0901.060523     Document Type: Article

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