Performance of coherent receivers with hybrid SC/MRC over Nakagami-m fading channels

被引:112
作者
Alouini, MS
Simon, MK
机构
[1] CALTECH, Dept Elect Engn, Commun Grp, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[2] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
关键词
diversity combining; Nakagami fading channels;
D O I
10.1109/25.775365
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A performance analysis of two hybrid selective combining/maximal ratio combining (SC/MRC) diversity receivers over Nakagami-m fading channels with a flat multipath intensity profile is presented and numerically compared with that of the conventional SC and MRC schemes. Numerical results for particular cases of interest show that the bit error rate (BER) degradation arising from the use of hybrid SC/MRC instead of MRC is independent of the average signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regardless of the severity of the fading and that MRC provides a higher rate of improvement than the hybrid SC/MRC as the severity of fading decreases.
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页码:1155 / 1164
页数:10
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