Performance analysis of dual-hop relay systems with single relay selection in composite fading channels

AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-44

  Bissias, Nikolaos ^a   Efthymoglou, George P ^a   Aalo, Valentine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b Florida Atlantic University   (United States)

Author keywords

Average error rate; Best relay selection; Dual hop relay; Generalized K fading; Meijer's G function

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ERRORS; DUAL-HOP RELAY; GENERALIZED-K FADING; MEIJER'S G-FUNCTION; RELAY SELECTION;

ERROR STATISTICS; FADING (RADIO); FUNCTION EVALUATION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIO LINKS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FADING CHANNELS;

EID: 81155128540     PISSN: 14348411     EISSN: 16180399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeue.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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