| Abstract: | In this paper, we present an analytical framework to analyse the error probability and the channel capacity of the inverse gamma (I‐Gamma) shadowed fading channel. First, the work discusses the utility of the I‐Gamma over log‐normal (LN) and gamma fading models where the closeness of I‐Gamma with other existing shadowing models is carried out. Utilising the probability density function (PDF) of the I‐Gamma shadowed fading channel, various metrics of the communication system, namely, the average symbol error probability (SEP), the channel capacity under optimal rate adaptation (ORA), channel inversion with fixed rate (CIFR), and truncated CIFR (TIFR) are derived. Further, the work is extended to derive a novel selection combining (SC) PDF, and the analytical results for the SEP and the channel capacity of SC diversity are presented. Furthermore, we also provide simpler asymptotic expressions for the average SEP. In addition, the simplified high and low signal‐to‐noise‐ratio (SNR) solutions to channel capacity are also provided. The derived mathematical formulations have been endorsed by comparing with Monte Carlo simulations. |
