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Ergodic capacity for the SIMO Nakagami- Channel

  • Petros Karadimas
    ,
  • Efstathios D. Vagenas
    ,
  • Stavros A. Kotsopoulos
  • University of Patras
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Abstract

This paper presents closed-form expressions for the ergodic channel capacity of SIMO (single-input and multiple output) wireless systems operating in a Nakagami- fading channel. As the performance of SIMO channel is closely related to the diversity combining techniques, we present closed-form expressions for the capacity of maximal ratio combining (MRC), equal gain combining (EGC), selection combining (SC), and switch and stay (SSC) diversity systems operating in Nakagami- fading channels. Also, the ergodic capacity of a SIMO system in a Nakagami- fading channel without any diversity technique is derived. The latter scenario is further investigated for a large amount of receive antennas. Finally, numerical results are presented for illustration.

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Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Article number

802067

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (Volume 1)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 19/08/2009

Publication status

Published - 19/08/2009

ISSN

1687-1472

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/272005
  • Scopus: 70449381033

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