An approximation of the first order marcum Q-function with application to network connectivity analysis

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 499-502

  Bocus, Mohammud Z ^a   Dettmann, Carl P ^b   Coon, Justin P ^a,b  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

approximation; Marcum Q function; network connectivity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION; CONNECTIVITY PROPERTIES; MARCUM Q-FUNCTION; MODERATE VALUE; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS;

NUMERICAL METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84875521827     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2013.011513.122462     Document Type: Article

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