Performance of L-SC Receiver over Hoyt Fading Channels with Arbitrary and Non-identical Fading Parameters

Abstract

In [1], we have presented the performance-related expressions for L-selection combining (SC) receiver over Hoyt fading channels, in the form of infinite series. In this presentation, these expressions are simplified using Yacoub’s integral [2], a general solution to which is recently published [3]. The obtained expressions are compact containing Yacoub’s integral and hence are easily computable. Furthermore, the work in [1] is extended to non-identical branch fading parameter case in the remaining of the paper. Expressions for the probability density function of the SC output signal-to-noise ratio and average bit error rate are derived which are also compact and computationally efficient. Both numerical and computer simulation results are plotted and the effect of fading parameters on the performance is studied.

Keywords:

• Average bit error rate
• Hoyt fading channels
• Non-identical fading parameter
• L-selection combining diversity receiver
• Yacoub’s integral

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Rupaban Subadar

Rupaban Subadar received M. Tech degree from department of Electronics, Tezpur University, Assam, India, in 1999 and Ph. D. degree from department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India, in 2011. Presently, he is Assistant Professor in Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India. His research interests include wireless communication theory and cooperative communications. E-mail: [email protected]

P. R. Sahu

P. R. Sahu received M. Tech. degree in Communication Systems and Ph.D degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, in the years 2000 and 2006, respectively. He is presently an Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. His research interests include Communication theory, radio propagation, cooperative communications, Ultrawideband communications, and signal processing for communication applications. E-mail: [email protected]