Title
On the performance of selection cooperation with equal gain combining
Abstract
In this study, the performances of selection cooperation are investigated in a scenario based on decode-and-forward and where equal gain combining (EGC) technique is adopted at the destination. Assuming that the channels suffer from independent non-identical Rayleigh fading, we first derive the cumulative distribution function, probability density function and moment generating function for the total instantaneous signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the destination after EGC. Then, these statistical functions are used to derive closed-form expressions for average SNR output, outage probability and average symbol error rate (SER) of selection cooperation. The results hold for arbitrary number of relays and refer to multiple-phase shift keying (M-PSK) modulations. Finally, simulations are carried out to verify the correctness of our theoretical analysis. A random network model is introduced to investigate the effect of relay number and path loss exponent on outage probability and average SER. In addition, based on this random network, the comparison between the performance of selection cooperation with EGC and that of selection cooperation with maximal ratio combining are performed. © 2012 The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1049/iet-spr.2011.0033
Signal Processing, IET
Keywords
Field
DocType
closed form expression,cumulative distribution function,phase shift keying,maximal ratio combining,moment generating function,probability
Mathematical optimization,Random graph,Rayleigh fading,Maximal-ratio combining,Algorithm,Closed-form expression,Cumulative distribution function,Statistics,Moment-generating function,Probability density function,Mathematics,Relay
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
6
3
17519683
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.63
14
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hui Chen110.63
Ju Liu239652.06
Kai-Kit Wong33777281.90
Yuxi Liu48613.46
Rui Zhang51107145.40