Accurate approximations to the sum of generalized random variables and applications in the performance analysis of diversity systems

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1271-1274

  da Costa, Daniel B ^a,b   Yacoub, Michel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

sums; sums; Diversity systems; Generalized random variables; Performance analysis; Sums approximation methods

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE EXPRESSIONS; AVERAGE BIT-ERROR RATES; CLOSED FORM APPROXIMATIONS; COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; DIVERSITY SYSTEMS; EQUAL-GAIN COMBINING; EXACT SOLUTION; GENERALIZED RANDOM VARIABLES; LEVEL CROSSING RATES; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE METRICS; SUMS APPROXIMATION METHODS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIT ERROR RATE; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

RANDOM VARIABLES;

EID: 66849104101     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2009.05.070312     Document Type: Article

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