Simple Average BER Formulas for M-ary Orthogonal Signals with Noncoherent Diversity Combining in Nakagami-m Fading Channels Academic Article

abstract

• This paper presents simple and exact expressions for the average bit error rate (BER) of M-ary orthogonal signals with noncoherent diversity combining in independent as well as arbitrarily correlated nonidentically distributed Nakagami-m fading channels. The expressions are given in terms of elementary functions, and they do not involve numerical integrals or complicated functional operations. In addition, they are valid for the generalized case when the channels have arbitrary average signal- to-noise ratios (SNRs) as well as nonidentical fading parameters. Simulation results are provided to validate the analytical results.

authors

• Radaydeh, Redha

published proceedings

• IEEE Transactions on Communications

author list (cited authors)

• Radaydeh, R. M., & Matalgah, M. M.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Radaydeh, RM||Matalgah, MM

publication date

• January 2008

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS  Journal

keywords

• Analytical Models
• Average Ber Formulas
• Average Bit Error Rate
• Bit Error Rate
• Communications Society
• Cultural Differences
• Diversity Methods
• Diversity Reception
• Error Statistics
• Fading
• Integral Equations
• M-ary Orthogonal Signals
• Nakagami Channels
• Nakagami-m Fading Channels
• Noncoherent Diversity Combining
• Signal Analysis
• Signal- To-noise Ratios
• Wireless Communication

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/tcomm.2008.060274

start page

• 694

end page

• 699

volume

• 56

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tcomm.2008.060274