A new formula for the BER of binary modulations with dual-branch selection over generalized-K

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2654-2658

  Ansari, Imran Shafique ^a   Al Ahmadi, Saad ^b   Yilmaz, Ferkan ^a   Alouini, Mohamed Slim ^a   Yanikomeroglu, Halim ^c  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

and Meijer G function distribution; binary modulation schemes; bit error rate (BER); composite fading; Diversity schemes; dual branch selection diversity; generalized K (GK) model; selection combining

Indexed keywords

BINARY MODULATION; BIT ERROR RATE (BER); COMPOSITE FADING; DIVERSITY SCHEMES; G FUNCTION; GENERALIZED-K (GK) MODEL; SELECTION COMBINING; SELECTION DIVERSITY;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FADING CHANNELS; MODULATION;

BIT ERROR RATE;

EID: 80455155115     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2011.063011.100303A     Document Type: Article

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