Average BER Analysis for $M$-ary FSK Signals in Nakagami-$q$ (Hoyt) Fading with Noncoherent Diversity Combining Academic Article

abstract

• This paper analyzes the average bit error rate (BER) of noncoherent M-ary frequency-shift keying (FSK) signals over multichannel nonidentically distributed Nakagami-q (Hoyt) fading employing diversity combining. The first part of the paper considers the conventional postdetection noncoherent equal-gain combiner (NC-EGC), in which a Fourier series inversion formula is employed to derive a simple and rapidly converging series-based expression for the system average BER. This expression is valid for arbitrary values of received average signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) and fading parameters. The derived expression is then compared with some existing ones in the literature, and the results show a large reduction in computational complexity, particularly when M and/or the diversity order increases. In the second part, a new noncoherent combiner is proposed to achieve improvements over the conventional NC-EGC. It is also shown that this new combiner results in a simple closed-form expression for the system average BER that is given in terms of elementary functions; hence, it can be easily numerically evaluated with noticeable computation efficiency.

authors

• Radaydeh, Redha

published proceedings

• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

author list (cited authors)

• Radaydeh, R. M., & Matalgah, M. M.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Radaydeh, Redha M||Matalgah, Mustafa M

publication date

• January 2008

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology  Journal

keywords

• Average Ber Analysis
• Average Bit Error Rate
• Bit Error Rate
• Closed-form Solution
• Computational Complexity
• Diversity Combining
• Diversity Reception
• Error Analysis
• Error Statistics
• Fading
• Fourier Series
• Frequency Shift Keying
• Hoyt Fading
• IMAGE ANALYSIS
• M-ary Frequency-shift Keying
• M-ary Fsk Signals
• Mfsk
• Multichannel Nonidentically Distributed Nakagami-q Fading
• Multiple Frequency-shift Keying (mfsk)
• Nakagami Channels
• Nakagami-$q$
• Nakagami-q
• Nakagami-q Fading
• Noncoherent Diversity Combining
• Postdetection Noncoherent Equal-gain Combiner
• Signal Analysis
• Signal To Noise Ratio
• Signal-to-noise Ratios

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/tvt.2007.912963

start page

• 2257

end page

• 2267

volume

• 57

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tvt.2007.912963