WSEAS Transactions on Communications
Print ISSN: 1109-2742, E-ISSN: 2224-2864
Volume 15, 2016
Error-Rate Performance of Selection Combining over Generalized Correlated Weibull Fading Channels
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Abstract: Error-rate performance is studied for selection combining (SC) with arbitrary number of diversity branches over generalized correlatedWeibull fading channels. Using a transformation of cumulative distribution function of average branch signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), we present the exact error-rate expressions for coherent and non-coherent modulations in infinite series forms. In particular, we develop asymptotic symbol error rate expressions with closed-form which are valid at high SNR. Presented numerical examples show that taking the first several terms of the series based error-rate expression results in improved error-rate estimation compared to the asymptotic error-rate. These error-rate expressions which can be evaluated efficiently indicate some significant insights into the characteristics of SC over generalized correlated Weibull fading channels. The accuracy of the analytical results is validated by the simulation results.
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Keywords: orrelated fading channels, error-rate performance, selection combining, Weibull distribution
Pages: 18-26
WSEAS Transactions on Communications, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1109-2742 / 2224-2864, Volume 15, 2016, Art. #3