Space diversity in presence of discrete multipath fading channel

Most analytical studies of the performance of space diversity systems on fading channels assume a very rich multipath environment. In certain wireless applications, however, the number of significant multipath components can be small. In this letter, we consider a multipath channel in which the sign...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on communications 2003-10, Vol.51 (10), p.1629-1632
Main Authors: Cozzo, C., Hughes, B.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna accessories
Antenna arrays
Antennas and propagation
Channel capacity
Channels
Diversity methods
Error analysis
Error probability
Fading
Mathematical analysis
Multipath channels
Outages
Performance analysis
Rayleigh channels
Receivers
Transmitters
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Summary:Most analytical studies of the performance of space diversity systems on fading channels assume a very rich multipath environment. In certain wireless applications, however, the number of significant multipath components can be small. In this letter, we consider a multipath channel in which the signal propagates from the transmitter to the receiver via L discrete paths which are uniformly distributed about the transmitter and receiver. For this channel, we study the effects of the number of multipath components and antenna array size on the error probability and outage capacity of space diversity systems. We observe that performance is significantly influenced by the presence of a channel with few multipath components.
ISSN:0090-6778
1558-0857
DOI:10.1109/TCOMM.2003.818101