Capacity and Error Probability for Maximal Ratio Combining Reception over Correlated Nakagami Fading Channels |
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Authors: | Wei Li Hao Zhang T Aaron Gulliver |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Canada |
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Abstract: | In this paper, the capacity and error probability of maximal ratio combining (MRC) reception are considered for different
modulation schemes over correlated Nakagami fading channels. Based on an equivalent scalar additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN)
channel, we derive the characteristic function (CF) and the probability density function (PDF) of the signal to noise ratio
for MRC reception over Nakagami fading channels. Using these CF and PDF results, closed form error probability and capacity
expressions are obtained for PSK, PAM and QAM modulation.
Wei Li received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Victoria in 2004. He is now a Post-doctoral
Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Victoria. He is a Member of
the IEEE. His research interests include ultra-wideband system, spread spectrum communications, diversity for wireless communications,
and cellular communication systems.
Hao Zhang was born in Jiangsu, China, in 1975. He received his Bachelor Degree in Telecom Engineering and Industrial Management from
Shanghai Jiaotong University, China in 1994, his MBA from New York Institute of Technology, USA in 2001, and his Ph.D. in
Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Victoria, Canada in 2004. His research interests include ultra-wideband
radio systems, MIMO wireless systems, and spectrum communications. From 1994 to 1997, he was the Assistant President of ICO(China)
Global Communication Company. He was the Founder and CEO of Beijing Parco Co., Ltd. from 1998 to 2000. In 2000, he joined
Microsoft Canada as a Software Engineer, and was Chief Engineer at Dream Access Information Technology, Canada from 2001 to
2002. He is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University
of Victoria.
T. Aaron Gulliver received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada in
1989. From 1989 to 1991 he was employed as a Defence Scientist at Defence Research Establishment Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
He has held academic positions at Carleton University, Ottawa, and the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
He joined the University of Victoria in 1999 and is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canada. In 2002, he
became a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada. His research interests include information theory and communication
theory, algebraic coding theory, cryptography, construction of optimal codes, turbo codes, spread spectrum communications,
space-time coding and ultra wideband communications. |
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Keywords: | MRC Nakagami fading PSK PAM QAM |
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