Sensitivity analysis of compact antenna arrays in correlated Nakagami fading channels

8 November 2002

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Vol. 4 (10903038) , 1677-1682
https://doi.org/10.1109/vetecf.2000.886111

Abstract

This paper presents the average error probability performance of a compact space diversity receiver for the reception of coherent binary PSK signals through a correlated Nakagami (1960) fading channel. Analytical expression of the average BER is derived as a function of the covariance matrix of the multipath component signals at the antenna elements. The sensitivity of the performance to the operating environment (fading, angular spread, mean angle-of-arrival and input branch SNR) and the antenna array configuration (diversity order, antenna separation and electromagnetic coupling) is investigated.

Keywords

This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:

Sensitivity analysis of the performance of a diversity receiver
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ,2003
Maximal-ratio combining over Nakagami fading channels with an arbitrary branch covariance matrix
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 1999
MRC performance for binary signals in Nakagami fading with general branch correlation
IEEE Transactions on Communications, 1999
A unified approach to the performance analysis of digital communication over generalized fading channels
Proceedings of the IEEE, 1998
Performance of maximal-ratio diversity systems in a correlated Nakagami-fading environment
IEEE Transactions on Communications, 1995
Effect of fading correlation on adaptive arrays in digital mobile radio
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 1994
Uncoded and coded performance of MFSK and DPSK in Nakagami fading channels
IEEE Transactions on Communications, 1992
A physical mobile radio channel model
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 1991
Effect of mutual coupling on the performance of adaptive arrays
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 1983
Multiple Diversity with Nonindependent Fading
Proceedings of the IRE, 1960