Cooperative selection diversity with a single fixed gain amplify-and-forward relay in Nakagami-m fading channels

Phee Lep Yeoh, Maged Elkashlan, Iain B. Collings

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Abstract

We present new exact closed-form expressions for the symbol error rate (SER) of cooperative selection diversity (CSD) with a single fixed gain amplify-and-forward (AF) relay. We consider the general fading condition of independent but not necessarily identically distributed (i.n.d.) Nakagami-m fading.We also present a closed-form expression for i.n.d. Rayleigh fading as a special case. We highlight the performance improvements provided by CSD with fixed gain relaying in unbalanced fading conditions. Numerical results substantiate the validity of our analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 IEEE 20th Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium, PIMRC 2009
Pages2681-2685
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 IEEE 20th Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium, PIMRC 2009 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 13 Sep 200916 Sep 2009

Other

Other2009 IEEE 20th Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium, PIMRC 2009
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period13/09/0916/09/09

Keywords

  • Cooperative communications
  • Nakagami fading
  • Wireless relays

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