Approximating the linear combination of log-normal RVs via pearson type IV distribution for UWB performance analysis

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 388-403

  Di Renzo, Marco ^a   Graziosi, Fabio ^b   Santucci, Fortunato ^b  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Log normal power sum; Multipath channels; Numerical approximation; Pearson system; Performance analysis; Rake receiver; Transmitted reference receiver; Ultra wide band

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; BIT ERROR RATE; FADING (RADIO); FADING CHANNELS; FRUITS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM VARIABLES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

LOG-NORMAL POWER SUM; MULTIPATH CHANNELS; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATION; PEARSON SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; RAKE RECEIVER; TRANSMITTED-REFERENCE RECEIVER; ULTRA WIDE BAND;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

EID: 61649109039     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2009.02.0700402     Document Type: Article

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