TY - GEN
T1 - MIMO multi-relay networks with TAS/MRC and TAS/SC in Weibull fading channels
AU - Yeoh, Phee Lep
AU - Elkashlan, Maged
AU - Yang, Nan
AU - Benevides Da Costa, Daniel
AU - Duong, Trung Q.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - We examine transmit antenna selection with receiver maximal-ratio combining (TAS/MRC) and transmit antenna selection with receiver selection combining (TAS/SC) in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) relay networks. Amongst L two-hop relay links, a single relay offering the highest end-to-end signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is activated. Assuming independent non-identically distributed Weibull fading between the hops, new closed-form asymptotic expressions for the outage probability and the symbol error rate are derived considering NS, NR, and ND antennas at the source, the relays, and the destination, respectively. Based on such expressions, the diversity order and the array gain for M-ary phase shift keying and M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation are analyzed. We highlight that the diversity order of TAS/MRC is the same as TAS/SC. As such, we explicitly characterize the SNR gap between TAS/MRC and TAS/SC as the ratio of their respective array gains. An interesting observation is reached that for equal per-hop SNRs, the SNR gap between the two protocols is independent of L.
AB - We examine transmit antenna selection with receiver maximal-ratio combining (TAS/MRC) and transmit antenna selection with receiver selection combining (TAS/SC) in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) relay networks. Amongst L two-hop relay links, a single relay offering the highest end-to-end signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is activated. Assuming independent non-identically distributed Weibull fading between the hops, new closed-form asymptotic expressions for the outage probability and the symbol error rate are derived considering NS, NR, and ND antennas at the source, the relays, and the destination, respectively. Based on such expressions, the diversity order and the array gain for M-ary phase shift keying and M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation are analyzed. We highlight that the diversity order of TAS/MRC is the same as TAS/SC. As such, we explicitly characterize the SNR gap between TAS/MRC and TAS/SC as the ratio of their respective array gains. An interesting observation is reached that for equal per-hop SNRs, the SNR gap between the two protocols is independent of L.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871960980&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PIMRC.2012.6362742
DO - 10.1109/PIMRC.2012.6362742
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781467325691
T3 - IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC
SP - 2314
EP - 2318
BT - 2012 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2012
Y2 - 9 September 2012 through 12 September 2012
ER -