Performance of Distributed Diversity Systems With a Single Amplify-and-Forward Relay

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Suraweera, Himal, Michalopoulos, Diomidis and Karagiannidis, G. K (2009) Performance of Distributed Diversity Systems With a Single Amplify-and-Forward Relay. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 58 (5). pp. 2603-2608. ISSN 00189545

Abstract

We study the error performance of the binary phase-shift keying (BPSK)-modulated distributed selection combining (SC) and distributed switched-and-stay combining (DSSC) schemes that utilize a single fixed-gain amplify-and-forward (AF) relay under Rayleigh fading conditions. The error performance of the distributed maximal ratio combining (MRC) is also investigated, which serves here as a benchmark. The numerical examples confirm that SC and DSSC offer a simpler substitute for MRC without much loss in performance. Moreover, we interestingly note that the performance of DSSC with a single fixed-gain AF relay is similar to that of DSSC with a single decode-and-forward relay, despite its relative simplicity.

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Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/4615
DOI 10.1109/TVT.2008.2007798
Official URL http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumb...
Subjects Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > Centre for Telecommunications and Micro-Electronics (CTME)
Historical > FOR Classification > 1005 Communications Technologies
Historical > SEO Classification > 8901 Communication Networks and Services
Keywords ResPubID18350, amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying, error performance, selection combining (SC), switch-and-stay combining (SSC)
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