Abstract
In the context of two-wave with diffuse power (TWDP) fading scenarios, this letter analyzes the average symbol error probability (SEP) of rectangular quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) for single- and multi-channel receptions. Specifically, novel exact expressions are derived for the average SEP in nondiversity and maximal-ratio combining (MRC) schemes. Our derived SEP results apply to general operating scenarios with distinct TWDP fading parameters and arbitrary number of diversity branches.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 5654636 |
| Pages (from-to) | 10-12 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEEE Communications Letters |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |