Finger Management Schemes for RAKE Receivers with a Minimum Call Drop Criterion

abstract

• We propose and analyze in this letter new finger management techniques which are applicable for RAKE receivers operating in the soft handover region. These schemes employ "distributed" types of generalized selection combining (GSC) and minimum selection GSC schemes in order to minimize the impact of sudden connection loss of one of the active base stations. By accurately quantifying the average error rate, we show through numerical examples that our newly proposed distributed schemes offer a clear advantage in comparison with their conventional counterparts. 2009 IEEE.

authors

• Qaraqe, Khalid

published proceedings

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS

author list (cited authors)

• Choi, S., Alouini, M., & Qaraqe, K. A.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Choi, Seyeong||Alouini, Mohammed-Slim||Qaraqe, Khalid A

publication date

• February 2009

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS  Journal

keywords

• Diversity Techniques
• Fading Channels
• Generalized Selection Combining (gsc)
• Minimum Selection Gsc
• Performance Analysis
• Rake Receiver

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/TCOMM.2009.02.070028

start page

• 348

end page

• 352

volume

• 57

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tcomm.2009.02.070028