Exact evaluation of ergodic capacity for multihop variable-gain relay networks: A unified framework for generalized fading channels

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4181-4187

  Waqar, Omer ^a   McLernon, D C ^a   Ghogho, Mounir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF RABAT   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Ergodic capacity; generalized fading channels; Meijer G and Whittaker functions; multihop variable gain relay networks

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY NUMBER; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; COMMONLY USED; ERGODIC CAPACITY; FADING MODELS; GAIN RELAYS; GENERALIZED FADING CHANNELS; GENERATING FUNCTIONS; INFINITE SERIES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTIHOP; MULTIHOP NETWORKS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); REALISTIC SCENARIO; SINGLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUTS; THEORETICAL RESULT; UNIFIED FRAMEWORK; WHITTAKER FUNCTION;

CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FADING (RADIO); FUNCTION EVALUATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FADING CHANNELS;

EID: 77958101236     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2010.2063047     Document Type: Article

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