On the η-μ/gamma and the λ-μ/gamma multipath/shadowing distributions

Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, ATNAC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sofotasios, Paschalis C ^a   Freear, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution; distribution; composite fading channels; gamma distribution; Multipath fading; shadowing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; COMPOSITE FADING; DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FADING MODELS; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; GENERALIZED MULTIPATH MODELS; MULTI-PATH; NAKAGAMI-M; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; RAYLEIGH; REALISTIC COMMUNICATION; SHADOWING; SHADOWING EFFECTS;

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

FADING CHANNELS;

EID: 84255175721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ATNAC.2011.6096671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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