Performance analysis of selective combining decode-and-forward relay networks over Nakagami-n and Nakagami-q fading channels

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1564-1581

  Soleimani Nasab, Ehsan ^a   Ardebilipour, Mehrdad ^a   Kalantari, Ashkan ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Best worse; Convex optimization; Decode and forward; Decoding set; Nakagami n fading; Nakagami q fading; Outage probability; Symbol error probability

Indexed keywords

CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; DECODING; FADING CHANNELS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BEST-WORSE; DECODE - AND - FORWARDS; NAKAGAMI-N FADING; NAKAGAMI-Q FADING; OUTAGE PROBABILITY; SYMBOL ERROR PROBABILITIES (SEP);

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84908111477     PISSN: 15308669     EISSN: 15308677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcm.2301     Document Type: Article

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