Performance of decode-and-forward cooperative communications over Nakagami-m fading channels

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1218-1228

  Lee, Yinman ^a   Tsai, Ming Hung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cooperative communications; Decode and forward (DF) protocol; Nakagami m fading; Optimal power allocation; Relay selection; Symbol error rate (SER)

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONS; DECODE-AND FORWARD (DF) PROTOCOL; NAKAGAMI-M FADING; OPTIMAL POWER ALLOCATION; RELAY SELECTION; SYMBOL ERROR RATE (SER);

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BEAMFORMING; CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FADING (RADIO); FLUORESCENCE; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SIGNAL ENCODING;

FADING CHANNELS;

EID: 64049083723     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2008.928907     Document Type: Article

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