Performance analysis of dual-hop systems with decode-and-forward relays over generalized fading channels

Journal of Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 407-413

  Aloqlah, Mohammed S ^a   Badarneh, Osamah S ^b  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABUK   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Average symbol error probability; Decode and forward relays; End to end SNR; Ergodic capacity; Extended Generalized K fading channels; Outage probability

Indexed keywords

DECODE-AND-FORWARD RELAY; END-TO-END SNR; ERGODIC CAPACITY; EXTENDED GENERALIZED-K FADING; OUTAGE PROBABILITY; SYMBOL ERROR PROBABILITIES (SEP);

CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FADING CHANNELS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84881057514     PISSN: 17962021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12720/jcm.8.7.407-413     Document Type: Article

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