Capacity analysis of cooperative systems with relay selection in Nakagami-m fading

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 637-639

  da Costa, Daniel Benevides ^a   Aïssa, Sonia ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Approximation methods; Ergodic capacity; Fixedgain relays; Relay selection

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION METHODS; CAPACITY ANALYSIS; CLOSED FORM APPROXIMATIONS; COOPERATIVE SYSTEMS; ERGODIC CAPACITY; FIXEDGAIN RELAYS; NAKAGAMI-M FADING; NAKAGAMI-M FADING CHANNELS; OUTAGE CAPACITY; RELAY SELECTION; RELAYING SYSTEMS; SIMULATION RESULT;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FADING (RADIO);

FADING CHANNELS;

EID: 70350413642     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2009.091136     Document Type: Article

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