Exact analysis of dual-hop AF maximum end-to-end SNR relay selection

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2135-2145

  Soliman, Samy S ^a   Beaulieu, Norman C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplify and forward; average symbol error probability; cooperative networks; ergodic capacity; opportunistic relaying; relay selection

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFY-AND-FORWARD; COOPERATIVE NETWORKS; ERGODIC CAPACITY; OPPORTUNISTIC RELAYING; RELAY SELECTION; SYMBOL ERROR PROBABILITIES (SEP);

CHANNEL CAPACITY; FADING CHANNELS; LAKES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84885839562     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2012.061112.11-551     Document Type: Article

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